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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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Lillian Kraft

Sustain UNO

"saving the Earth, one reusable bag at a time !"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 621 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    102
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    85
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    715
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    715
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    18
    pounds
    waste composted

Lillian's actions

Wildlife

Support Pollinators

At least 30% of crops and 90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators, including monarch butterflies, to produce fruit. I will spend 30 minutes researching which plants support local native pollinators and plant some in my yard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Fresh Water

Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement

I will spend at least 5 minutes a day using the resources provided to learn about water justice and find out how I can get involved in local initiatives.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

People

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 30 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside that follows CDC guidelines for preventing disease spread.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 3 vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

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 Spend Time Outside
    Rachel Carson said that we need the beauty and mysteries of the natural world for our spiritual and emotional development. Does that ring true for you? What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time indoors?
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    Lillian Kraft 4/03/2020 8:37 PM
    That is so true. Getting more in touch with nature helps people connect with and care more for the environment. I think that if a culture gets out of touch with nature, and spends most of its time indoors, it runs the risk of forgetting how important the natural world is for people (we literally depend on it for survival). They're not great implications, unless you realize how important nature really is for humanity.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
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    Lillian Kraft 4/03/2020 8:34 PM
    I think that people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places because they have more money to afford foods that are a "luxury" to other countries. There is an imbalance between how much food is produced and where it is distributed to on this earth. It's easier for people in richer countries to take it for granted when they can afford the things that other countries lack. But eating more meat requires more land to be used for grazing. Land use has a huge affect on the environment, and shipping meat across country uses up fossil fuels for transportation. If people ate less meat, it would no doubt be better for the environment.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Compost Food Waste
    New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?
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    Lillian Kraft 4/03/2020 8:29 PM
    I've started composting for the first time in my home and it's great! I still find myself going to throw things in the trash can, but I'm slowly getting used to composting. I love being able to do something small everyday that makes a difference for our world! Hopefully the more people who can get into it, the more good it will do! We bring our compost to a local bin to empty it, and after six months, we'll get a fresh bag of soil from the composting company! I'm eager to grow some plants in the fresh, healthy soil, and know that it's giving back the earth that it came from!
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