Margaret Baumgartner
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 145 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO6.0meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO3.0pounds of paperhave been saved
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UP TO3.0whole food mealsconsumed
Margaret's actions
Food
Whole Foods Diet
I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.
Simplicity
Meditate
I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 5 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.
Food
Reduce Animal Products
I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
Waste
Choose Two-Sided Printing
I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.
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.
Participant Feed
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REFLECTION QUESTIONHealth HappinessHow does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?
Margaret Baumgartner 10/22/2018 9:57 AMThe more you appreciate, they more you want to appreciate. That kind of positivity spreads like wildfire. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Whole Foods DietMichael Pollan states that "it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor." What are your thoughts on this?
Margaret Baumgartner 10/22/2018 9:48 AMIf you eat healthy, you feel healthy because you are healthy. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONWaste Choose Two-Sided PrintingChoosing two-sided printing can be an easy adjustment on your computer settings. How can you help others make this same switch? Can it be encouraged company wide?
Margaret Baumgartner 10/15/2018 11:35 AMEveryone should be minimizing their printing by using electronic copies instead of paper. If people MUST have paper copies, then, yes, we should encourage double sided printing. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Reduce Animal ProductsWhat 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?
Margaret Baumgartner 10/15/2018 11:34 AMIn general, I think we are wasteful society. When this is compounded with a drive for convenience based foods, you have a whole lot of people eating cheeseburgers in their cars.