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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Margaret Baumgartner's avatar

Margaret Baumgartner

UNO Sustainability

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 145 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    3.0
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    6.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    3.0
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Margaret's 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 1
DAILY ACTION

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.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 3
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 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health
    How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?
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    Margaret Baumgartner 10/22/2018 9:57 AM
    The more you appreciate, they more you want to appreciate. That kind of positivity spreads like wildfire. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    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?
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    Margaret Baumgartner 10/22/2018 9:48 AM
    If you eat healthy, you feel healthy because you are healthy.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    Choosing 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?
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    Margaret Baumgartner 10/15/2018 11:35 AM
    Everyone 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. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    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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    Margaret Baumgartner 10/15/2018 11:34 AM
    In 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. 
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