Nicolette Swanbery

Walter P Moore - East Coast

"In it to win it."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,071 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

44

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

660

minutes

of additional sleep
UP TO

440

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

500

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

440

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

838

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Nicolette's actions

Simplicity

Research Impact Investing

Using the links provided below, I will research impact investing and determine if it is right for me.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Choose a Carbon Offset

If buying a plane ticket, I will also buy a carbon offset.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

I will limit my social media use to once each day reducing my daily use by 20 minute(s)

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Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Try a New Way to Prep

I will try a new method of food preparation, such as canning, pickling, or baking bread.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 20-minute walk outside each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Healthy Sleep

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

I will spend 30 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

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
Health Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

To what extent do you believe that environmental factors contribute to your own health or issues with health?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/23/2019 7:41 PM

Environmental factors have a huge effect on health. As a child, I lived in the suburbs near an airport and my neighborhood was under one of the flight paths. A significant number of the children in my neighborhood, myself included, developed asthma because of the exposure to the jet fuel residue. It was only after moving to a rural area that had significantly less air pollution that my asthma mostly went away. There are a lot of things polluting our air and our water that we are not aware of, and they can have great impacts on our health.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Research Impact Investing

How might impact investing help you better live your values?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/23/2019 6:02 AM

Impact investing can help me better live my values by funding causes I care about that have measurable positive impacts on the environment.

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Nicolette Swanbery 10/22/2019 8:28 AM

This EcoChallenge has been really beneficial in encouraging me to be more mindful of how my actions impact the environment. By making the effort to remember to use reusable products rather than single-use plastics I can minimize my personal environmental impact. Spending more time outside and getting more rest also helps me to feel more connected to and present in my city.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Limit Social Media

Social media can keep us connected with loved ones, make us laugh, and help us to learn new things. It can also take more time than we realize or intend to give. After doing this action for a few days, how do you feel? What do you notice?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/18/2019 9:13 AM

Reducing social media usage allows me to focus more on friendships with people I see in person rather than just superficially keeping in touch with people I used to see more often.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Healthy Sleep

Consider how many hours of sleep you get now. How would you like to shift your sleep patterns? What are you finding works for you to be successful in this action?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/18/2019 9:11 AM

I would like to shift my sleep patterns to wake up earlier and go to bed earlier. It helps to not sleep in too much on the weekends so that my sleep schedule doesn't vary greatly between the weekdays and weekends.

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- Addy Davidson 10/18/2019 9:13 AM
  
  I'm so bad at this. Can I pay someone to sleep for me? It seems to be a skill I cannot acquire.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Power Down the Computer

What are other easy things you could do to save energy and reduce your environmental footprint?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/18/2019 9:10 AM

Some other easy things I can do to save energy are turning off lights when they aren't necessary and opening my apartment's windows rather than using the AC.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Explore My Area

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

Nicolette Swanbery 10/15/2019 5:11 AM

Spending more time outside and among nature enhances your sense of place because you become more familiar with your surroundings and therefore more connected to the area.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Go Paperless

Reducing your paper mail can be such a freeing action to take -- by reducing what is coming in, you can reduce what is going into the recycling bin too. How does it make you feel? What is the next step you will take to reduce your waste?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/11/2019 5:17 AM

Reducing the amount of mail I receive feels freeing because there's less for me to sort through and to decide what to throw away. Another step I could take to reduce my waste is to stop using paper napkins and paper towels at home.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Choose a Carbon Offset

A round-trip flight from New York City to Los Angeles emits just over 1.5 tons of CO2—per person. That’s a lot of carbon! What can you do to reduce the number of flights you take per year?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/10/2019 11:34 AM

To reduce the number of flights I take per year, I can Skype into meetings and travel by car for vacations when possible. When I can't avoid flying, I can purchase carbon offsets.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Go for a Daily Walk

How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?

Nicolette Swanbery 10/08/2019 6:54 AM

When walking through a city rather than driving, you have much more time to notice details in the architecture and to appreciate the beauty of the city. Walking also provides more of an opportunity to interact with your surroundings since you can easily duck into shops and down pathways to explore the area.

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- Tom Yost 10/09/2019 11:35 AM
  
  Cities should be built around people not cars!!
  
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