Christopher Selin

Lyft

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
746 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

12

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

40

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1,836

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

12

whole food meals

consumed

Christopher's actions

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will spend at least 10 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

I will spend 30 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Choose a Carbon Offset

If buying a plane ticket, I will also buy a carbon offset.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity De-Clutter My Home

How can you prevent yourself from accumulating more things in the future?

Christopher Selin 10/16/2018 5:06 PM

Recently I tried to find a place to put everything away. Eventually those places will fill up and I'll be forced to declutter. Also, when something new ends up in my house if there is a lack of piles to be dealt with later, I will be less likely to hold onto things I don't need.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Whole Foods Diet

Michael Pollan states that "it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor." What are your thoughts on this?

Christopher Selin 10/11/2018 9:17 PM

I’ve experimented with a sugar detox and try to only buy whole foods and I do feel a difference when I stick with it. That said, I’m not always on control of my food options and like to try new things so I find it hard to stay on track.

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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?

Christopher Selin 10/11/2018 9:13 PM

Meat is often seen as a luxury in other countries but is considered a staple in the US. Having more options helps as meatless options are often few and far between which doesn’t bode well for adoption.

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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?

Christopher Selin 10/05/2018 3:21 PM

Soiled papers like pizza boxes and receipts can go in the compost!

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Christopher Selin 10/05/2018 3:20 PM

Super informative article on recycling: https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/03/08/bay-area-recycling-tips-can-i-recycle-that-or-not/

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Switch to Cold Water

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?

Christopher Selin 10/05/2018 3:06 PM

Donate to more sustainable causes!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Choose a Carbon Offset

A round-trip flight from New York City to Los Angeles emits just over 1.5 tons of CO2—per person. That’s a lot of carbon! What can you do to reduce the number of flights you take per year?

Christopher Selin 10/05/2018 3:05 PM

Bunch family visits with other occasions like weddings or going on more EV powered local road trips.

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Christopher Selin 10/04/2018 9:24 PM

Carried my trash for the day. Wasn’t too much because I could recycle or compost most and happened to avoid refined sugars the same day which happened to cut down the packaging.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

To what extent do you believe that environmental factors contribute to your own health or issues with health?

Christopher Selin 10/03/2018 9:51 PM

Greatly, they say you are what you eat but you breathe even more often so it’s important to surround your air and environment with non-toxins.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

Christopher Selin 10/03/2018 9:50 PM

It’s a reminder of what’s good in the world, that might slip through the cracks if I don’t make time to consider it.

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