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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Lea Pace

CLEAResult Green Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 698 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    38
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    20
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    40
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    180
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    80
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    1,020
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    51
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill

Lea's actions

Waste

Launch a Recycling Program

I will start a recycling program at my workplace or school. If a recycling program exists, I will advocate for ways to improve and expand it.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will spend at least 30 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Support Native Communities

I will use the resource links provided and spend 10 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

I will limit my social media use to once each day reducing my daily use by 60 minute(s)

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Meditate

I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 5 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 2 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Meditate
    What would you like to invest more time in reflecting on?
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    Lea Pace 10/24/2018 8:49 AM
    Managing my psychological health. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Limit Social Media
    Social media is a great way to keep us connected with loved ones, makes us laugh, and helps us to learn new things. It can also take more time than we realize or intend to give. After doing this action for a few days now, how do you feel? What do you notice?
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    Lea Pace 10/24/2018 8:48 AM
    It is difficult not to turn to distraction when you're bored. But limiting social media in these situations can make you a more mindful, thoughtful person. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle
    While water bottles serve an important role in places for health and safety, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. Can you identify the barriers in making this a new habit? How can you set yourself up for success in making this a permanent change?
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    Lea Pace 10/24/2018 8:48 AM
    I keep losing/breaking water bottles. having a good system for hanging on to them would remove this barrier. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Launch a Recycling Program
    How might thinking creatively help us address big systems problems differently?
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    Lea Pace 10/23/2018 8:10 AM
    By re-framing the problem, we may be able to better understand new ways of solving it. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Find Local Recycling Depots
    Our ability to recycle certain things ebbs and flows based upon many factors. Luckily there are places that accept uncommon things to recycle or dispose of in a less harmful way. What did you find when looking for places to recycle items that can't be recycled in your curbside bin?
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    Lea Pace 10/22/2018 1:25 PM
    There are a couple of locations in the Denver Metro area that accept hard to recycle materials. This was helpful for a work project that I was completing. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Mug
    Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reuseable one but it's just hard to make the switch. Think about what stands in your way of making this a habit. By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?
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    Lea Pace 10/22/2018 1:23 PM
    Just like all of these, completing these actions makes me feel as though I am making positive changes in my life. 22 days of performing each of these actions will hopefully change them into habits. I'm really loving how this is enhancing my self-discipline. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than in other places, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How do we start shifting a meat-focused food culture?
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    Lea Pace 10/08/2018 7:46 AM
    I think meat is very affordable in this culture, and eating it regularly is an important point of pride for many people. One thing that might help shift to a plant-based diet on a larger scale is to make plant-based foods cheap, easily accessible and cool. This seems to be happening in some places through the proliferation of CSAs and farmer's markets. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Explore My Area
    How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place?
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    Lea Pace 10/05/2018 8:14 AM
    Man-made structures are all similar to each other. Spending time outdoors where you are is the only way to truly understand where you are on the earth. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Support Native Communities
    Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?
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    Lea Pace 10/04/2018 7:34 AM
    The concept of balance is at the heart of sustainability. It is impossible to sustain anything that is out of balance for long. 
    When humanity is out of balance for nature, we start to dramatically change our surroundings, which in turn, disrupts the delicate processes that have been sustaining our ecosystems for generations. These changes are going to impact the lives of our species in ways that we will never be able to guess. Balance can help maintain these processes. 
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    Lea Pace 10/03/2018 12:03 PM
    Does this site count as social media? because my main challenge is limiting my usage.
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