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

Lutherans Restoring Creation - Central States

Lutherans Restoring Creation

Lutherans Restoring Creation (LRC) is a grass-roots effort designed to encourage the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to incorporate care for creation into its full life and mission at all levels. The goal is to incorporate care for creation into the organizational patterns, worship life, educational programs, responsibility for buildings and grounds, discipleship of members at home and work, and public ministry leadership development—so that Earth-keeping and justice for all Earth community become integral to the identity and purpose of our church. The 2015 Central States Synod Assembly adopted a resolution to become a LRC Synod. https://www.css-elca.org/lrc https://www.facebook.com/lrccss/

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 2,247
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    3.0
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • UP TO
    300
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    2.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    51
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    4.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    60
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    30
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    30
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    180
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    300
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    375
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    175
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    185
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    12
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    30
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    5.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    27
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    2.0
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    4.0
    public officials or leaders
    contacted
  • UP TO
    12
    more servings
    of fruits and vegetables
  • UP TO
    6.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Team Feed

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  • October 24 at 8:24 AM
    Raised my awareness, kept me on track with my goals for changing behavior for personal habits as well as increasing my research, conversations, other outreach, Thank you!
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 23 at 11:55 AM
    I definitely pay more attention to my surroundings when I am biking. I am notice more about who is around me and the state of the environment. I also found that it really isn't that much faster for to drive vs. biking to work. 
    Melissa Woeppel's avatar
    Melissa Woeppel
  • October 23 at 11:53 AM
    I have found that walking is a good time to make phone calls and stay in touch with loved ones who I don't get to see often. 
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    Melissa Woeppel
  • October 22 at 5:44 AM
    I joined the challenge with our team for a learning experience: 1) as a mechanism to adopt or reinforce earth-friendly habits --supposedly 3 weeks is minimum needed for a new habit to "take"; 2) to to be able to speak from my own experienceabout the time & effort it requires, in order to encourage others to try it.
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 22 at 5:37 AM
    I tried metal water bottles, but 2 barriers--almost impossible to get really clean, even w a bottle brush, and some so wide they don't fit in the cup holder of my car.So  I now use a plastic forner ice cream jar w screw-on cap--straight insides so no place for mold or slime to hide & grow. 
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 21 at 3:28 AM
    Creativity is necessary for practicing simplicity--because it takes original thinking & having stimulating conversations to determine alternative choices, re-orient your life, gatter the information, tools, and reinforce motivation w self-reminders in order to make new habits. Fortunately, our brains are capable of SELF-DIRECTED...
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 21 at 3:22 AM
    Here's a learning: Too many commitments today, and not good planning, so ended up eating what was available (cookies) -refined sugar at a meeting:(
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    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 13 at 5:05 PM
    Unfortunately, in my community, environmental degradation disproportionately endangers public health for people of color and low-income individuals. They have higher exposures to lead poisoning and mold, higher rates of asthma, exposure to air pollution and toxics associated with demolition of vacant properties and illegal trash dumping.
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    Cindy Gross
  • October 13 at 9:08 AM
    Easy to share Good News about successful actions being taken, inventive progress being made every day with family, friends, political & spiritual colleagues in person, by emil & social media. Daily research online of scientific & progressive journals  lifts my own hopeful spirits, scrapes doom-oriented crud off my energetic spark...
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower
  • October 12 at 10:17 AM
    Chose for my challenges actions that I either have been trying but not consistently, or have been contemplating. Most difficult of refined sugar are: ice cream, chocolate (isn't that a legitimate food group?) vitamin C /cough drops. Ice cream first to go, since cold weather helps me not desire it.
    Joanne Sunshower 's avatar
    Joanne Sunshower

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CHALLENGER MEMBERS POINTS CHALLENGED MEMBERS POINTS  
CHALLENGER: Lutherans Restoring Creation - Central States Challenger Team Members: 16 Challenger Points: 2247 Winning?: VS. CHALLENGED: Lutherans Restoring Creation - Gulf Coast Challenged Team Members: 3 Challenged Points: 833 Winning?:  
CHALLENGER: Care4Creation Challenger Team Members: 65 Challenger Points: 11802 Winning?: VS. CHALLENGED: Lutherans Restoring Creation - Central States Challenged Team Members: 16 Challenged Points: 2247 Winning?: