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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Carol Timper's avatar

Carol Timper

City of Portland Office of Management & Finance (OMF)

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 216 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    63
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    63
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    250
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    1,200
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    40
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Carol's actions

Simplicity

Less Screen Time

I will replace 60 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Disconnect from Email

I will disconnect from my email when not working or studying.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a walk for 25 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 7 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 4.4 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 9
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
    Simplicity Disconnect from Email
    Notice how much time you were spending checking email away from work and make note of that. Now that you have stepped away from it and have not been checking, what changes are you noticing in your thoughts, use of time, stress and energy levels?
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    Carol Timper 10/10/2018 10:22 AM
    I find that I am more engaged with the conversations around me.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity De-Clutter My Home
    How can you prevent yourself from accumulating more things in the future?
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    Carol Timper 10/10/2018 10:11 AM
    If I buy new clothes or shoes, I rid an equal item or possibly 2 more items.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Less Screen Time
    What did you notice in implementing this challenge? Was it hard to choose other activities over screen time? How did you decide to spend your time?
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    Carol Timper 10/10/2018 10:09 AM
    It was not as hard as i thought. I chose to read a book instead
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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?
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    Carol Timper 10/10/2018 10:07 AM
    Not really, the US has not been very balanced in it's budget decisions
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Go for a Daily Walk
    Fresh air and movement are good for our entire being and can help us think more clearly and creatively. How does taking a walk each day affect yourself and/or your work?
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    Carol Timper 10/10/2018 10:02 AM
    It gives me time to clear my head
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