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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Lucas Raab

Interface Engineering Inc.

"This is a statement of my mission, to one day create a mission statement."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 856 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    0.0
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    5.0
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    26
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    26
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    215
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    39
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    4.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Lucas's actions

Water

Ditch the Lawn

I will replace my lawn with a drought-tolerant landscape and save the water, money, and time I used to spend cutting the grass.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Install a Low-Flow Showerhead

I will save up to 15 gallons (56 L) of water a day by installing a low-flow showerhead.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

I will spend 20 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Take Control

Both system and personal sustainability are important! I will develop a plan with my medical professionals to achieve my best health and live my life to the fullest.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Forage for My Food

I will use the 'Learn More' resources below to find where I can forage for my own food locally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Recycle Everything I Can

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 15 minutes researching and recycling all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 13
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

Energy

Choose Clean/Renewable Energy

I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

I will avoid buying toxic plastics - including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl - and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 2 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to 3.01 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

I will advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, at work, or on campus.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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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    Lucas Raab 10/24/2018 3:43 PM
    Go Interface! Way to get them points!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Ditch the Lawn
    What is the main water source in your region?

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    Lucas Raab 10/24/2018 3:13 PM
    This challenge stemmed mostly from laziness and not wanting to water/cut grass.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Buy From a Farmers Market
    What is one food choice that you make, or could make, that would do more good and less harm?

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    Lucas Raab 10/24/2018 3:10 PM
    Farmer markets are great, this was an easy challenge that I choose to complete most Saturdays. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Forage for My Food
    Amongst the motivations for foraging are: a source of food; means of income; connecting with nature; cultural tradition; or transmitting "local ecological knowledge, and a means for stewarding local and native plant populations" (McLain et al. 2012, 13). Which of these would be your chief motivation and why?

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    Lucas Raab 10/24/2018 3:07 PM
    This was a pretty interesting challenge. It involved me going out to Mt Hood national forest for a weekend with some friends. Mostly berries and fish were foraged for dinner that night.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Walk Instead
    Half of all trips made in the US are three miles or less; 72% of them are driven. Do you feel that this fact applies to you? If so, how might you incorporate more muscle-powered transportation in your daily life?

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    Lucas Raab 10/02/2018 5:45 PM
    The biggest hurtle to walking in my life is the time it takes to get there. Allowing myself more time will allow me to walk more often and further. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Eliminate Toxic Plastics
    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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    Lucas Raab 10/02/2018 5:42 PM
    Straws are the most common single use plastics that I use day to day. Luckily it is becoming increasingly easy to find paper straws, or avoid them all together. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Choose Clean/Renewable Energy
    How might you be able to get others involved in advocating for the shift to clean energy?

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    Lucas Raab 10/02/2018 5:41 PM
    PGE offers a great clean energy program that has only a small affect on my utility bill. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Avoid refined sugar
    Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?

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    Lucas Raab 10/02/2018 5:38 PM
    It becomes increasingly hard to avoid refined sugars, I find it in almost every food I eat. shockingly many types of fruit have also been selectively bred to increase the sweetness, usually resulting in higher amounts of sugar per fruit. This will be a difficult one.