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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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Sarah Mahler

Walter P Moore - East Coast

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 888 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    75
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    36
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    890
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    890
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen

Sarah's actions

Forests

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area while following CDC guidelines for social distancing.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Building Resilience

Connect While Social Distancing

I will connect with at least 1 person/people a day through phone call or video chat to support mine and other’s mental and emotional health during this challenging time.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Building Resilience

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

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
    Action Track: Building Resilience Connect While Social Distancing
    How does connecting with others help your own mental and emotional health? How can it help support others?
    Sarah Mahler's avatar
    Sarah Mahler 4/30/2020 2:05 PM
    It's especially important now to connect with friends and family because it provides emotional support when we're all struggling and feeling isolated physically and emotionally. Connecting with others helps to ground my anxious thoughts that will go unchecked and become bigger if I don't share them.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Building Resilience 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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    Sarah Mahler 4/30/2020 2:02 PM
    Yes, I've noticed during this quarantine how important it is to spend time outside. I find myself a lot happier when I take the time to exercise and explore the city and parks through running. It's a way to slow down and notice all that goes on around us. I feel most connected to this earth and the environment when I feel and notice the cadence of my feet connecting with the ground beneath me. I think spending too much time inside can lead us to forget the grandness of the natural world and we can become too self involved with what we can take rather than what we're given. 
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