Madison Pope

SIUnited Green Action Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
115 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

15

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

15

minutes

spent outdoors

Madison's actions

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

I will limit my social media use to once each day reducing my daily use by 20 minute(s)

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DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 4 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 3.87 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go by Bike

I will commute by bike 4 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 6.15 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 15-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 6 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Go by Bike

How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

Madison Pope 10/02/2018 12:21 PM

I am much more likely to run into a friend or see something happening on campus when I ride my bike over driving. I usually enjoy my bike ride to campus more than I do my drive. I am forced to drive many days throughout the week due to my off-campus job that I work in between classes. I do want to get back into the habit of riding my bike as much as possible again, especially while we still have nice weather.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Use Public Transit

The US spends roughly 20% of its federal budget on defense. In contrast, 2% goes to education, 20% goes to social security and 3% goes to transportation infrastructure. Do these numbers surprise you at all? Why or why not?

Madison Pope 10/02/2018 12:19 PM

Yes, they do. It's interesting to see where our priorities are, though. Education is one of the most important ways to improve a country, yet we are spending so much on violence. Social security is important, but so is people's time and energy spent on transportation. It would be better for our country, the environment, and our people if we were able to spend more on helping our public transportation infrastructure.

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