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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Marsha Bala's avatar

Marsha Bala

EcoINL

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 247 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    14
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    12
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    35
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    8.0
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill

Marsha's actions

Food

Try a New Way to Prep

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY 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

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Create Your Own Action

Twitter Challenge

Tweet at least once a day about Nuclear energy

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

Participant Feed

  • Marsha Bala's avatar
    Marsha Bala 10/03/2019 8:59 AM
    The challenge helps keep the ideas of ecology in daily life front and center.  I'm glad we are participating!  The new mugs that INL gave us help too!
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