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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Tovah Laur's avatar

Tovah Laur

KEEN Canada Outdoor

"To help make little differences to have a big impact."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 631 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    374
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    360
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    22
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    21
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    7.5
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    77
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Tovah's actions

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 0
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.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED -1
DAILY ACTIONS

Create Your Own Action

Seed collecting

our goal was to collect as many seeds as we could for re-planting. i picked it because it's great for our natural lands to ensure we have conservation areas for our wildlife.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

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    Tovah Laur 10/08/2019 7:21 AM
    Yesterdays seed collecting was so much fun. I learned so much about nature and plants!
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    Tovah Laur 10/02/2019 1:19 PM
    The rain deterred me from my 20 min outdoor walk today, but it didn't stop me from bringing a re-usable bag to the store!
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    Tovah Laur 9/26/2019 11:50 AM
    I'm glad i've started a bit early, so it'll be easier for me to create the habits for October 2nd.
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