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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
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Tom Yost

Walter P Moore - East Coast

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 696 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    202
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    26
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    80
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    80
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    210
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    7.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    91
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Tom's actions

Food

Join a Local CSA

I will sign up for a local CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Conserve Toilet Water

I will save up to 12 gallons (45 L) of water a day by flushing only when necessary.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Locally-Sourced Meals

I will source 2 meal(s) each day from local producers.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go by Bike

I will commute by bike 5 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 5.68 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Install a Toilet Tank Bank

I will reduce the amount of water flushed and save up to 11 gallons (41 L) of water each day by installing a toilet tank bank.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Learn More about Food Deserts

I will spend 30 minutes learning about food deserts and find out how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

High Impact Action Track

Research Impact Investing

Simplicity

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

UNCOMPLETED
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
    Simplicity Go for a Daily Walk
    Fresh air and movement are good for our entire being and can help us think more clearly and creatively. How does taking a walk each day affect yourself and/or your work?
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    Tom Yost 10/19/2019 9:51 AM
    Walking a great way to spend a lunch break!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Conserve Toilet Water
    What would a sustainable water future in your region look like? What needs to change?
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    Tom Yost 10/19/2019 9:50 AM
    We need to rethink our relationship with water as we are draining aquifers all over the world and running out of fresh water resources.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Install a Toilet Tank Bank
    Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?
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    Tom Yost 10/09/2019 11:33 AM
    I just replaced and old, leaky, water consuming toilet at my house.  The toilet consumes 1.24 gallons per flush but I will reduce that even more with the toilet tank bank!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Go by Bike
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience differ while walking, riding transit, biking, or driving?
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    Tom Yost 10/07/2019 6:49 AM
    Now that it's cooling off, I can get to work without looking like I just jumped in a pool! #bikeMoore
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Locally-Sourced Meals
    If you were to only eat what is in season locally, what would be the hardest food item for you to give up?
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    Tom Yost 10/04/2019 12:01 PM
    Its super easy cooking locally when you get all of your groceries from a CSA!  Right now I have lots of tomatoes, kale, and summer squash and soon it'll be lots of potatoes and winter squash.  The difficulty is giving up or using less non-local ingredients like avocados or olives.  I can't give up mangos.  Sorry.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Join a Local CSA
    Dependable fresh food, better prices (cutting out carbon-heavy supply chain and grocery stores), supporting local farmers and building resilient communities are just a few benefits of local food systems. Which of these benefits (or others not listed here) inspires you the most?
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    Tom Yost 10/02/2019 9:21 AM
    Fist CSA haul this week!  Everything is from 150 miles of Washington DC!  And the meat is from Polyface Farms!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Compost Food Waste
    New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?
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    Tom Yost 10/02/2019 9:15 AM
    I have been composting at home for years and we have been composting at our office for a few months now!  Helps us think about how much and where we are discarding waste.
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