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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Pronomita Dey's avatar

Pronomita Dey

HPI India

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 543 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    21
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    4.0
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    210
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    21
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    21
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    8.8
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Pronomita's actions

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 2 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Plant an Herb Garden

I will plant an herb garden in my home, workplace, or dorm room.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

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

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 21
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 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

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    Pronomita Dey 10/23/2018 9:03 PM
    That was 22 days of doing good for the planet. Kudos to all who participated. Great Initiative!
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    Pronomita Dey 10/17/2018 7:01 PM
    15 days now. Feels great!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Mug
    Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reuseable one but it's just hard to make the switch. Think about what stands in your way of making this a habit. By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?
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    Pronomita Dey 10/08/2018 11:07 AM
    I feel good actually. Washing my mug to get coffee and not using 3-4 disposable cups everyday. 4*52. That's a good lot of waste I'm saving a year.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Go Paperless
    Reducing your paper mail can be such a freeing action to take -- by reducing what is coming in, you can reduce what is going into the recycling bin too. How does it make you feel? What is the next step you will take to reduce your waste?
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    Pronomita Dey 10/08/2018 11:05 AM
    Honestly it doesn't feel so good at an individual level. The real feel good factor comes in when I see this kid eating a candy. Happy, he walked some 10 steps. He stops, takes 10 steps back, picks up the wrapper he dropped, stash it into the pocket of his shorts. 
    I am not lost in the adorable gesture this kid displayed, it gives me immense joy knowing there are parents who from Day 1 teach their kids the environmental and social ethics.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Pronomita Dey 10/08/2018 11:00 AM
    Disposable cups/glasses at workplace. They can be replaced by every person keeping a personal cup/mug/glass.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
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    Pronomita Dey 10/08/2018 10:58 AM
    Reduce : I no more order cutlery when I am ordering food online. I rather use personal steel utensils.
    Reuse : I cook only on weekends. The fruit and vegetable peels goes to my landlord's garden.
    Refuse : I carry a cloth bag for grocery shopping. Refuse plastic bags.
    Repair : There is an old flower bed patch behind my balcony. I am watering them every morning, been two weeks now.
    Repurpose : Using plastic bags to store items in house rather than throwing them away and adding on to the waste pile.

    I try doing little things. I'd encourage you to do and teach around you too.
    Thank you :)

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