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Welcome to Earth Day Ecochallenge!

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Earth Day Ecochallenge
April 1 - April 30, 2020
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Clrence Beard

OSU Sustainable Communities (SP20)

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 220 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    144
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    7.0
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    7.0
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    12
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.9
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    12
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Clrence's actions

Fresh Water

Dishwasher Efficiency

I will scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher and only run the dishwasher when it’s full.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Fresh Water

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by prepping for 3 meal(s) each day, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate

Use Muscle Power

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 0
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?

  • Clrence Beard's avatar
    Clrence Beard 5/02/2020 9:10 PM
    Make the world a better place to start off by doing my part. That’s the start.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Weekly Meal Planning
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
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    Clrence Beard 5/02/2020 9:07 PM
    No, it needs to go to the homeless and less fortunate. Used towards college programs or roads and health insurance.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Fresh Water Dishwasher Efficiency
    How can your region/household prepare for changing water situations in order to become more resilient?
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    Clrence Beard 5/02/2020 8:54 PM
    By beginning to use less water as possible. Turning off water while brushing my teeth. Whip dishes out in trash before I place them in dishwasher.
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    Clrence Beard 4/27/2020 2:06 PM
    It’s going pretty good. Just that it’s hard planning meals and active activity. So once I learn how to deal with that then planning would get easier. 
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