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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Shinad Parappurath's avatar

Shinad Parappurath

HPI India

Shinad's points

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 124 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    72
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    10
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    72
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    12
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Shinad's actions

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 12 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to 1.97 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Shinad Parappurath's avatar
    Shinad Parappurath 10/22/2019 11:50 PM
    Challenge is going great. Using public transport. Minimized the plastic usage. Did little bit of advocating as well...
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    Shinad Parappurath 10/20/2019 10:38 PM

    I joined EcoChallenge Feed as I believe that the existence of this world depends on how well we treat it. We are really careless in treating our environment or not bothered at all.

    There are so many things which we can do to keep our actions eco-friendly....

    I join this movement for me, my family and the generations to come....
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Shinad Parappurath 10/20/2019 10:29 PM
    Coffee cups - Started having from places where they provide steel or glass cups

    Plastic bags - Using Jute bag.

    Straws - Usually avoid straws.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation
    The US spends roughly 20% of its federal budget on defense. In contrast, 2% goes to education, 20% goes to social security and 3% goes to transportation infrastructure. Do these numbers surprise you at all? Why or why not? How would you adjust them if you could?
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    Shinad Parappurath 10/15/2019 5:20 AM
    It's a known fact these days that majority of the countries spend majority of their budget on defense though which is a sad case.

    If I could; would have increased the budget on education, social security, improving transportation infrastructure and integration. How would it be done would be by changing the mindset of living together rather than living to win/dominate.
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