Jasmine Mirajkar

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Jasmine's actions

Action Track: Earth Day Together!

Earth Day Action: Research and Support Local Organizations

I will spend 30 minutes researching local organizations and businesses in my community, then support one of them by writing a testimonial or positive review, ordering curbside, making a donation to my favorite nonprofit, or supporting them in another way.

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Action Track: Building Resilience

Support you local Small Business

Continue to support your local small business during the month of April and share in the social feed of how you powered prosperity.

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Climate

Calculate your savings

Calculate and compare your carbon footprint to similar households and create a personalized climate action plan.

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Oceans

Support Organic Growing Methods

I will buy organic cotton and foods grown without the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

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Action Track: Earth Day Together!

Earth Day Action: Share Eco Tips

Through social media or on the Earth Day Ecochallenge feed, I will share my favorite environmentally friendly habit with my friends, even if it’s not an Earth Day action.

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Oceans

Learn about Our Oceans

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about how our oceans support life on Earth by producing oxygen, regulating climate, and providing habitat, food, and jobs.

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Action Track: Earth Day Together!

Earth Day Action: Write a Love Letter, Poem, or Song to Earth

I will express my love and gratitude for our Earth by writing a love letter, poem, or song to Earth.

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Wildlife

Research a Wild Animal

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning about a wild animal I find interesting, including their life cycle, habitat, ecosystem functions, and interactions with humans (if any!).

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People

Join your site Green Team

Make an impact at Intuit by joining your Green Team. No experience is necessary, just passion for environmental stewardship

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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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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: Earth Day Together! Earth Day Action: Research and Support Local Organizations

Why is it important to support local organizations and businesses? How does it help to build a more resilient community?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/23/2020 3:51 PM

It supports the businesses around you and truly impacts the community... Small things add up. Supporting small businesses add up. It puts money back into the city around you and choosing local/organic/small keeps money in the community because 'locally-owned businesses often purchase from other local businesses, service providers and farms'.

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Oceans Learn about Our Oceans

What is one way in which oceans support your life on Earth? What is one way you can help take care of ocean health with your actions?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 2:11 PM

THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES is how the ocean supports my life on earth:

"When we dip in the water, our inner dolphin gets released. It’s called the “mammalian diving reflex”(10). I learned this when I started freediving. When our face touches water, our heart rate immediately slows down, and blood moves from the extremities to the brain, heart and vital organs of our body. Seals and dolphins have this reflex, and so do we! It wakes us up and makes us feel vibrant and alive.

The ocean is therapeutic. When we see, feel, hear, smell or taste water we are happy and at peace. Research has proven that the so-called blue spaces can directly reduce psychological stress and improve mood."

I always feel at peace when I'm near the water and this is probably why! It goes back to single-use plastics. Those heavily pollute our oceans and avoiding them at all costs contributes to the restoration of wildlife and ocean habitats.

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Climate Calculate your savings

What is our personalized climate action plan?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 1:18 PM

It's a bit different now given the situation we're in.... but less driving. More buying local and sustainable sources groceries. Carpool when we can.

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Wildlife Research a Wild Animal

What interesting facts did you learn about the animal you researched? What are some of your favorite things about this animal?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 11:56 AM

I am sad to say I've not done much research on the Vaquita other than today. I had no idea there was another kind of cetacean and given that, there are only 10 left in the world. There is also an International Effort toward saving these creatures...

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO BOOST VAQUITA-SAFE FISHING

In July 2016, President Barack Obama and President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico announced bilateral collaboration measures to protect the vaquita. As a follow up to this meeting and to the recommendations CIRVA presented in its vaquita report, Mexico's National Institute of Fisheries (INAPESCA) and WWF Mexico established an international committee of experts to further develop and urgently implement vaquita-safe fishing technologies.

The committee advises the Mexican government on improving fishing techniques not harmful to vaquita, including those that INAPESCA and WWF Mexico have together developed over the last years.

This independent committee is charged with improving existing vaquita-safe fishing technologies (such as the small trawl to catch shrimp and traps and other gear for fish) to substitute gillnets, which are currently banned in vaquita habitat in the Upper Gulf of California, the only place on Earth where the vaquita exists.

The committee is comprised of experts from Texas A&M University, NOAA South East Fisheries Center, Swedish University of Agriculture Science, Technological University of Denmark, Canada's Fisheries and Marine Institute, New England Aquarium, FAO, INAPESCA, and WWF.

A protocol and guidelines to catch shrimp with vaquita-safe technology is expected to be ready soon.

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People Join your site Green Team

What is your environmental passion?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 9:55 AM

Shopping sustainably! I love helping others choose products that are better for the environment and advocating for reusable items.

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Action Track: Earth Day Together! Earth Day Action: Share Eco Tips

What environmentally friendly habit have you most recently implemented? How do you ensure that you are successful in creating or changing a habit?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 9:09 AM

When I grocery shop, I don't put my produce in plastic bags. I've been taking my resuable bags for a while, but really enjoy not using single-use plastics. I want to try out Roots Zero Waste too for bulk items. I'd rather have bulk items in jars and returnable/resuable containers I can store in my pantry.

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Forests Explore My Area

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

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 8:45 AM

By being grateful for what's around you. Seeing the resources around you. Getting a sense of how eco-systems work outside of your home.

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Action Track: Earth Day Together! Earth Day Action: Write a Love Letter, Poem, or Song to Earth

What are you grateful for about our planet? Share what you created or your general thoughts of love and gratitude with everyone else!

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 8:38 AM

Restoration during crisis.
Thriving through adversity.
The gift of travel to vast lands.

I wrote this about a month ago, reflecting on the past, present, and future. I think of it as a love letter to the Earth.

"How fortunate was I to travel. To drink red wine and dine in a restaurant. To people watch on a bustling street full of life. To embrace my closest friends. To live without fear. How fortunate were we to not worry about basic necessities. To spend a night out dancing and eating street food To learn firsthand how other cultures live. To hold hands. I don't wish for things to go back to the way they were. I want us to grow and flourish from this. I want us to live sustainably with more awareness. I want us to see the good in others and live fully. This time of being still was needed. This time of being still was necessary. There is always a silver lining. Less pollution, spring blossoms, animals in places they once were, human connection, empathy, community, actions in place for the greater good. Let's be still. Let's love one another. This will be a new beginning."

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Oceans Support Organic Growing Methods

It is often said that “you can’t feed the world with just organic food.” What is your response to that statement?

Jasmine Mirajkar 4/22/2020 8:25 AM

You absolutely can. If more people buy organic, there is a bigger demand for it. It's the simple routine of supply + demand.

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