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Earth Day Ecochallenge
April 1 - April 30, 2020
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Rebecca Roberts

HP Inc.

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 349 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    10.0
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    9.0
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    4.8
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    238
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Rebecca's actions

Action Track: Building Resilience

Support A Sharing Economy

To reduce my consumption and waste and support my community, I will create or support a sharing economy with family, friends, and neighbors.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by prepping for 2 meal(s) each day, only buying the ingredients I need.

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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.

UNCOMPLETED
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

People

Take steps to get composting in all of Clark County

People generate too much waste that goes to landfill when it doesn't have to. I will spend 8 hours researching the existing programs in Portland and the City of Vancouver and reach out to city and country government and service providers to help move the country towards composting.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    People
    How does connecting with others help your own mental and emotional health? How can it help support others?
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/30/2020 3:03 PM
    Talking with my mom is uplifting.  Talking with my sister can be draining, but I know it helps her, so that is good.  :) 
    I've enjoyed talking with the neighbors across the road and over the fence.  It brightens the day.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Forests
    How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place?
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/30/2020 3:02 PM
    I explored a lot of trails, but most of them I already go on.  Getting out to new locations was not really an option for me this year.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/30/2020 3:01 PM
    This doesn't surprise me at all.  I'm guilty of doing this.  I wish I had chickens I could give some of it to or at least compost it.  Doesn't make it better, but it would at least help.  I've tried to decrease my waste, but sometimes that spinach just gets stuck in the back of the drawer and goes bad.  I am getting better though.  I've noticed that since we don't go out to eat anymore, I keep better track of what is in the fridge and actually eat what I plan to eat.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Building Resilience
    What are the benefits of a sharing economy? How could a sharing economy change the dynamics you have with friends, family and/or neighbors?
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/30/2020 2:58 PM
    First, so much is sitting unused and sharing or giving away of your unused items to someone who needs and will use them is a fantastic way to keep more coming in and making what already exists more useful.  I love that!  It also brings people together.  I have connected more with people in my neighborhood and even the surrounding area.  I was giving an old Traeger away for free.  It had been given to me by my sister years ago and I've been meaning to clean it up and use it--I haven't done that.  Someone said that they would take it and clean it up but not keep it. They would return it to me so I could finally use it.  How generous of them to share their skills, tools and time.  If I don't keep it, I will make sure I gift it to someone who needs it.  
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/30/2020 2:54 PM
    One thing I have noticed is that quarantine and not being able to easily go to the store has increased the level of sharing in the neighborhood.  I have people borrowing tools and books or needing an ingredient for something tasty.  There has also been a lot of cleaning up of clutter and free giveaways to repurpose things to a place where they will be used.  
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/22/2020 4:32 PM
    Getting back to the basics on food and it tastes WONDERFUL!! Using up what I have because we don't opt to go out instead of eating what we planned.  
    Also gave away a bunch of really good things that we just didn't need anymore through a neighborhood "Buy Nothing" page.  It felt so good!  A new home for the items to put them to good use and more space for me to breathe.
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    Rebecca Roberts 4/15/2020 4:20 PM
    I had a slow start, but I'm going to work on being better recording my actions.  I hope to get to my big one time action before the month is over!  
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