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Congrats Port of Portland EcoChallenge Team!

We learned and laughed, we improved our health and knowledge, and we came in at 20th in a field of 842 teams.  We also won two of our three team challenges (and on a per-participant point basis, we were winners all the way around).  Way to go!  Special recognition to Nicole Campbell - who was our EcoChallenge Champion and  point leader for most of the event.  Nicole also served as an awesome co-captain this year.

For those of you who earned 250 points or more and wish to pursue the Wellness credit incentive:  Submit documentation of the activity to Courtney Rust, [email protected], (x 6311) by printing out your EcoChallenge home page that includes your total points, challenges participated in, and feed history by Wednesday, November 21, 2018 and sending via interoffice mail or email a screen shot of the dashboard to her.

Erin, Nicole and I will follow up in the next week or two with the Port SWAG winners and transfer of the official EcoChallenge Champion trophy.  Thanks again to all who participated and made a good showing in the EcoChallenge on behalf of the Port!

Shannon

It's always important to be reminded of the simple things you can do daily to make a difference

I can't believe its the end of the Eco Challenge already.  My family survived the meatless meals and were enlightened by watching documentaries about food.  The most successful meatless meal was the sweet potato crusted spinach quiche.  We also recommend watching the sriracha documentary on netflix.

I love seeing my results at the end of the challenge.  It's awesome to see how my choices do make an impact.  

I think these challenges really made me think about being more intentional with my actions and the long term impact of my actions. Trying to remove my waste from the environment and choosing options that are better for the environment are going to be my long term goals. I want to work more on reducing my plastic waste. I think that is a little thing I can do on a daily basis. I'm seeing that quite a few challenges I chose are now headlines about how we as a society need to change our practices. I hope that everyone around the world understands why these changes are so important and how the impact of using the world's natural resources at the rate we currently are is going to have a negative affect. It is of great concern to me and I'm nervous that the science is going to prove correct.

The challenge is over and is has been a great experience for me and my family.  I have been religious about using only durable cups and reusable water bottles, and have shown my son how to do that too.  I have learned more about native communities and renewable energy, and have made an appointment for my annual physical, which I don't usually do.  I believe I will continue to focus on no paper cups and no plastic water bottles, as I feel better about my contributions when I do this, and look forward to talking to my doctor about my general health.