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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Deborah Falkowski's avatar

Deborah Falkowski

PNC

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 238 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    22
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    12
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Deborah's actions

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will spend at least 30 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Adjust the Thermostat

I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Deborah Falkowski's avatar
    Deborah Falkowski 10/25/2018 5:56 AM

    I never liked to use two-sided printing, but with setting the goal to save paper, I felt more empowered every time I printed.  The good that it was doing overshadowed my old thinking that one-sided printing was easier to read documents.  Thank You!!!
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  • Deborah Falkowski's avatar
    Deborah Falkowski 10/10/2018 8:55 AM
    I had to stop and think to choose 2-sided copying.  Hopefully, it will soon come to me automatically.
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