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October 2 - October 23, 2019
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Nina Olson

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"Learning how to be as sustainable as possible!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 238 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    8.0
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    25
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    175
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    18
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    4.9
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    18
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    5.0
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill

Nina's actions

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

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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.

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Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 2 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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Transportation

Try Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 6 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 1.62 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

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Nature

Do Nature Activities

I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 35 minute(s) each day. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)

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DAILY ACTIONS

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    Nina Olson 10/23/2019 11:51 PM
    As this is the last day of the challenge I feel happy with the efforts I made and want to continue to make to have a greater impact on benefiting the environment. While these challenges were kind of hard at first I feel like I adjusted pretty well and it makes me feel happy doing these things because I am making an effort and want to continue to do even more.

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    Nina Olson 10/21/2019 10:35 PM
    Tonight I carpooled with 2 of my friends to work tonight which I think we will be doing as often as possible for now on! Tonight I made skillet potatoes with red pepper and garlic cloves that I got from the farmer's market and am going to try to make it a habit to cook at least 2 vegan meals a day from now on.

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    Nina Olson 10/20/2019 11:58 PM
    Going into the challenge I thought it would be really hard to make unprocessed meals because while I often snack on fruits and vegetables, I don't actually cook that often but I'm planning to try several things in my vegan cookbook that turn out to not be so hard. The challenge has also made me eat healthier which I am appreciating

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    Nina Olson 10/19/2019 8:37 PM
    I went to the farmer's market this morning and got a lot of vegetables and fruits and enjoyed a taco salad and a smoothie which were both all made out of unprocessed ingredients. Mostly everything came in paper bags as well which I was excited about since I am trying hard to limit my plastic usage. I am also going to try to buy everything I can from farmer's markets now on!

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    Nina Olson 10/18/2019 9:23 PM
    The past week I have begun carpooling with a coworker to work, bought a hydro flask to reduce my plastic water bottle usage, have taken my dog out in nature every day, and although I am already vegetarian my meals have been mostly vegan every day. I am going to the farmer's market tomorrow to get foods and ingredients that aren't processed to prepare my meals for the next week.