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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Christy Reardon's avatar

Christy Reardon

Gerding Edlen

"Know Better. Live Thoughtfully. Do Better."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 443 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    190
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    360
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    360
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    12
    pounds
    waste composted

Christy's actions

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Transportation

Try Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 36 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 18.99 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Avoid refined sugar

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

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 14
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?

  • 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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    Christy Reardon 10/22/2018 8:05 AM
    I really like connecting with nature and gaining knowledge about indigenous food sources.  Of late, I've been particularly interested in wapato, a native root plant similar to potato and common on Sauvie Island near my home.  I've yet to try it myself, but that's my goal. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Needs Vs. Wants
    How is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?
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    Christy Reardon 10/12/2018 9:47 AM
    I'm finding that it's harder than I thought to discern needs vs wants.  Some things are obvious--medicine vs another pair of shoes, for example.  However the grocery store is fraught with conundrums:  coffee?  fabric softener?  need or want?
    Not the most important things I'll decide today, but still interesting to think about each item that goes into my cart...
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  • 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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    Christy Reardon 10/04/2018 1:24 PM
    Addicted to refined sugar? No, but do I have to hit rock bottom?
    My strategy for avoiding sugar when the mood strikes: walk the dog. Good for her, good for me! *attaches gratuitous dog picture*
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    Christy Reardon 10/04/2018 9:23 AM
    Not going to let donut ambush of yesterday get me down ("avoiding" refined sugar!).  Stand back, sugar!  You will not defeat me this day!  💪
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