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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Rustam Kocher's avatar

Rustam Kocher

Daimler-DTNA Portland

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 297 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    25
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    15
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    400
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    734
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    3.0
    public officials or leaders
    contacted

Rustam's actions

Transportation

Advocate for Greener Vehicles

I will spend at least 400 minutes assessing the vehicles used by my company or college and advocate for a purchasing policy focused on fuel-efficient vehicles.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Drive Less

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Choose a Carbon Offset

If buying a plane ticket, I will also buy a carbon offset.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Go by Bike

I will commute by bike 5 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 1.26 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 3
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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    Rustam Kocher 10/22/2018 9:59 AM
    As with any other month, this month I have: composted all my kitchen scraps, drove my electric cars, generated electricity through my home PV system, gardened without using any chemicals, combined driving trips to limit impact, rode my bike to work 1x/week, refused to eat red meat to limit environmental impact, kept my home heating/cooling set at 68/78, used LED lights, dried my clothes using solar/wind drying power, limited my power use to off-peak hours, recycled as much as possible, collected rain water for yard use, reduced consumptive activities to limit waste and advocated for BEVs at every opportunity. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Drive Less
    How has your access to various kinds of transportation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?
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    Rustam Kocher 10/19/2018 10:51 AM
    Attempting to cluster trips into one drive has been my habit for a long time. We always daisy-chain things together to minimize driving. It's just a way of life.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Advocate for Greener Vehicles
    Reducing (or eliminating) exhaust emissions and improving public health are two benefits of green vehicles. What other motivators inspire you to consider switching to a more fuel-efficient vehicle?
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    Rustam Kocher 10/10/2018 2:28 PM
    It's my personal passion to advocate for EV adoption, and I get to do it every day! I took a friend on a short test drive in my Tesla today, and continue to educate the broader Daimler community about EVs with my weekly newsletter. 
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