Edward Campbell

WSP USA Ecochallengers

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Edward's actions

Food

Vedge Pledge and Webinar

I challenge you to go veg for a week. Sign up and I will provide you with daily updates during the week of the challenge (April 20th to 25th - send me an email that you want to join at [email protected]) We will have a webinar on Wednesday, April 22nd (Earth Day) at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern about the environmental impacts of food. Join the webinar and/or take the pledge :)

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Climate

Calculate Personal Carbon Footprint

Complete your personal carbon footprint calculator. Go to www.wsppact.com and answer the questions for each section. The process takes about 10 minutes. Details about your utility bills and travel will be required. Please be as accurate as you can, but it’s not required to search for receipts.

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Fresh Water

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

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Fresh Water

Water-Friendly Beauty Products

Avoid beauty products with micro beads or harsh chemicals that will feed into the ground and your water supply.

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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.

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Fresh Water

Conserve Toilet Water

I will save up to 12 gallons (45 L) of water a day by flushing only when necessary.

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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?

Edward Campbell 5/01/2020 4:14 AM

Great learning experience - a lot to think about, a lot to plan and a lot to put into action. I have found locally we are rather sustainable with a relatively small carbon footprint - travel to and from work blows that apart.

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Edward Campbell 5/01/2020 4:12 AM

Much much to think about.... decide ... and put into action

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Vedge Pledge and Webinar

How does food impact your carbon footprint?

Edward Campbell 5/01/2020 4:10 AM

Food impacts the carbon footbprint based on the travel distance to the market. Grocery stores today have a huge often mindbending selection of the same goods -fruits and vegetables once seasonal are available year round. These benefits come at a cost to the carbon footprint - as the trasnportation carbon footprint is large. This can be mitigated through more local markets. The current COVID 19 virus has shown limitations to the consolidation of certain goods - in this case meets or flour - one or two plants provide to the entire country - these facilities have been hit hard with many employees contracting COVID 19 - this calls for a local approach to improve the resiliency while lessoning the carbon footprint.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Fresh Water Use a Reusable Water Bottle

Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed - both humans and wildlife - by this bottling process?

Edward Campbell 4/21/2020 8:16 AM

The big concern is the apparent lack of true recycling of plastic water bottles and other plastic projects as such I have to the extent possible discountinued use of plastic while composting all cardboard and paper

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Climate Calculate Personal Carbon Footprint

What surprised you about your PACT results?

Edward Campbell 4/17/2020 6:49 AM

Not too surprised as I travel to DC on a weekly basis as augmented staff to implement a capital program including integrating sustainability through the frameworks of LEED and ENVISION - at home on work ends and now in the evening hours we are growing an heirloom apple orchard organically, re-establishing a 50' forest buffer adjacent to a trout stream, and replacing a grass meadow with native wildflowers - to date we have planted approximately 130 trees

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Fresh Water Water-Friendly Beauty Products

Beyond what does or doesn't come out of the tap at home, how do your choices affect freshwater locally and globally?

Edward Campbell 4/10/2020 10:27 AM

At the house we use a Deep well - all gray and waste water flow back into the ground via septic tank - all plantings are heavily mulched to provide moisture during periods of less rain and drought

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