David Crenshaw

Asheville High School

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participant impact

UP TO

270

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

300

minutes

spent outdoors

David's actions

People

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 90 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside that follows CDC guidelines for preventing disease spread.

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DAILY 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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Forests

Forest-Friendly Foods

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Forests Explore My Area

How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place?

David Crenshaw 4/02/2020 9:51 AM

Spending time outdoors, it's like spending time in nature, which is like going somewhere cool and having fun, and going somewhere cool and having fun is always gonna enhance you sense of place.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Forests Forest-Friendly Foods

How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?

David Crenshaw 4/02/2020 9:45 AM

I thought it was very easy to change my diet in every realm except the removal of cocoa products, as I use chocolate, on occasion, to incentivize myself to perform better. Finding an alternative for this was difficult but was firmly replaced by lightly salted cashews.

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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?

David Crenshaw 4/01/2020 6:29 PM

Rachel Carson's quote does ring true for me, as I 've realized, recently, not upon completing 90 minutes of outside time, that being in nature is like going somewhere fun and having a good time, and going somewhere fun and having a good time is super important for spiritually and emotionally developing. When a culture spends most of its time indoors, the implication is that the culture is missing out on going somewhere fun and having a good time, which would mean that those cultures would lack a spirituality that others would.

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