Aleeza Liu

participant impact

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

I will get my Core Four Biometrics tests (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and BMI).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

I will commute by carpool 10 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 4.93 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

I will work from home 1 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

I will spend at least 60 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?
Aleeza Liu 10/05/2018 1:53 PM
I think it has to do with our family and the way meat is viewed as "status" in society today. Meat is more expensive than vegetables. It "adds social status" if we can afford meat. When we think about our families that immigrated here from other countries, they probably came here relatively poor (I know my family did). And as their lives here became more full and rich, their diets included more meat which is seen as a "status" in their original countries. As the generations passed, eating meat becomes a staple at the dinner table. Now, generations need to think of meat less of a "habit" or "comfort food". It has a bigger impact on the world now.

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Aleeza Liu 10/05/2018 1:48 PM
Day one of me being all-in! Too bad it took me a couple days to set this all up!

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