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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Heather Pohlmeier's avatar

Heather Pohlmeier

UNO Sustainability

"My mission is to help others to see how they can change small things in their life to live more sustainable"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 292 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    9.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    54
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    54
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    200
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    4.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    22
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Heather's actions

Health

Healthy Sleep

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 40 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

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

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 10-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and ending unwanted subscriptions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 6 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 2.45 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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