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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

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?

  • 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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