Hannah Engels

Asheville High School

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
546 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1,413

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

1,481

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

40

conversations

with people
UP TO

4.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

69

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill

Hannah's actions

Fresh Water

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

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.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Building, planting, and maintaing a Garden

I am building raised beds with my family so that we can grow our own vegetables with the compost that we make.

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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.

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Food

Reduce Animal Products

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

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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.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

People

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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Forests Forest-Friendly Foods

How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?

Hannah Engels 4/17/2020 2:45 PM

It is very difficult to change your diet especially since I am in a house where I don't make a lot of decisions regarding food but now that I have more facts about why certain foods are bad, hopefully I can inspire change in my household.

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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?

Hannah Engels 4/10/2020 7:23 PM

The cost of producing meat is high so richer countries eat more meat than poorer countries. If we eat more meat, it means that we raise more animals which means that there are more emissions from the animal itself, from feeding and housing the animal, and killing and processing the animal. The more meat we eat, the more emissions that go with it.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Forests Explore My Area

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

Hannah Engels 4/06/2020 7:09 PM

Being outdoors puts things into perspective for me. To be outside in a world much larger than myself, especially in a time like this, really helps ground my emotions and it helps me look at the bigger picture. Being outside helps me complete my daily routine with more ease than I would have if I just spent all of my time inside.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
People Connect While Social Distancing

How does connecting with others help your own mental and emotional health? How can it help support others?

Hannah Engels 4/03/2020 9:21 AM

Connecting with people supports my mental and emotional health because it grounds me in reality. If I didn't have conversations with other people, I would get into very unhealthy places mentally as I just shut down. Humans are pack animals, we need connections with other humans to have happy, healthier lives,

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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?

Hannah Engels 4/01/2020 9:06 AM

I love being outside. Being able to see the world continuing to move around me even in this weird time really helps me stay grounded when I have to stay home. To be a culture that stays inside all the time is just sad. Being outside improves health and mood.

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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?

Hannah Engels 4/01/2020 8:58 AM

The best way to advocate for change is to show other people the negative impacts that your issue has on the environment and life that lives in it. The bottling company Nestle, is draining the Strawberry Creek run in California. To get them to stop, you need legislation that makes it difficult to drain the water and to get legislation, you need people to be educated on the issue so that they can push for restricting laws to protect the water and the land.

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