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Welcome to Earth Day Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
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Earth Day Ecochallenge
April 1 - April 30, 2020
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Olivia Helf

Margot Higgins

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 951 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    731
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    103
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    77
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    15
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    31
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Olivia's actions

Oceans

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When marine wildlife ingest plastic, they have a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

People

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 3 piece(s) of litter each day while following the CDC’s current guidelines for prevention of disease transfer.

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

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
    People Keep My Community Clean
    How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?
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    Olivia Helf 4/06/2020 2:08 PM
    It can connect me in the way that others might see myself picking up litter which since we all have so much free time right now, then they might go pick up litter as well.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Oceans Say No to Plastic Straws
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Olivia Helf 4/06/2020 2:08 PM
    I used to use plastic coffee cups with plastic straws on a basis from a place such as Starbucks. Now I have purchased metal straws to fill any plastic straws I use as well as I purchased a reusable Starbucks cup to use when I go there.
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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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    Olivia Helf 4/06/2020 2:06 PM
    The amount suprises me, but I was aware that people do waste a lot of food either because they aren't meal planning and don't use certain items before they go bad. This money could be going towards their other bills they have to pay.
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