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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Amber Cagle's avatar

Amber Cagle

PCC Eco Panthers

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 300 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    54
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    18
    whole food meals
    consumed

Amber's actions

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

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

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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    Amber Cagle 10/17/2018 11:36 AM
    I feel like I should be winning, but Im not!  Ill do more. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
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    Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:33 AM
    I have recently started making list and weekly menus to reduce our food wast, but we still throw out a lot of food. 
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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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    Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:33 AM
    Yes, I have used food as medicine to help with my autoimmune disease  and it has gotten me entirely off of Prescription medicines.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    Can organic farming feed the world? Which side of the argument do you fall on? Why?
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    Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:32 AM
    No I don't believe It can as it produces 19-26% less of a crop than non Organic Farming. However it also uses less water, so if we could somehow ensure larger crops, we may be able to.

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