I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Health
Avoid refined sugar
I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.
COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS
Simplicity
Track my Purchases
I will spend 10 minutes each day maintaining a record of all my purchases and learning about my spending habits.
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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.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Food
Reduce Animal Products
I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Waste
Go Paperless
I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and ending unwanted subscriptions.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Food
Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Health
Support Pollution Reduction
I will spend at least 45 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Health
Learn More about Food Deserts
I will spend 45 minutes learning about food deserts and find out how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Waste
Find Local Recycling Depots
I will spend at least 20 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Transportation
Choose a Carbon Offset
If buying a plane ticket, I will also buy a carbon offset.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Health
Learn About Local Environmental Justice Concerns
I will spend 30 minutes researching environmental justice concerns in my region, their causes, and local initiatives to address these concerns.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Energy
Choose Clean/Renewable Energy
I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Transportation
Car Share
I will sign up for a car-sharing service, or organize car sharing with my neighbors, to cut down on the number of vehicles on the road.
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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.
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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?
that's it...im done. leaving it to the rest of you to determine where the dust settles and regardless of the results good work everyone and lets keep up our efforts after its over
Take a moment to think of places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
A round-trip flight from New York City to Los Angeles emits just over 1.5 tons of CO2—per person. That’s a lot of carbon! What can you do to reduce the number of flights you take per year?
Reducing air travel is a tough one for me, but i try to always go from city to city...work in San Fran for a day and fly to Boston and work for a day and stop in chicago on the way back to work for a day. Cummulative miles are like flying back and forth across the country but im able to work in 3 different cities on same trip vs a bunch of separate trips back and forth to single destinations
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?
