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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Amanda A's avatar

Amanda A

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 460 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    80
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    12
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    40
    minutes
    spent outdoors

Amanda's actions

Nature

Explore My Area

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 10 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED -2
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

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
    Waste Use Reusable Bags
    What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reusable one with you? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to create a successful habit of not using plastic bags?
    Amanda A's avatar
    Amanda A 10/02/2019 11:30 AM
    Sometimes I pop into a store needing just a few items, not bothering to get a cart or basket to bring them to the register. I tell the clerk if I could carry everything up to the register, I can get it out to my car. This way, I'm both saving a bag, and hopefully passing on the idea to someone else. 
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    • Addy Davidson's avatar
      Addy Davidson 10/02/2019 12:50 PM
      Yeah, same thing.  It took me an embarrassingly long period of time to get into the habit of bringing my reusable bags (I blush to say), so I would just load it all back into a cart and take it to the car, unloading there.  At home, I would retrieve my reusable bags, load the items from the car and bring them into the house.  This helped *remind* me that I need to take my bags!
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