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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Prabha Rangaswamy's avatar

Prabha Rangaswamy

HPI India

"Leave low carbon footprint "

Prabha's points

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 368 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    16
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    5.4
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    390
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    272
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    32
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    11
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Prabha's actions

Health

Reduce refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

High Impact Action Track

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Waste

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

Nature

Tend a Garden

I will tend to a garden each day, or work on starting one.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

High Impact Action Track

Zero-Waste Cooking

Food

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature
    Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.
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    Prabha Rangaswamy 10/20/2019 10:42 PM
    It is very relaxing to tend to garden.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    High Impact Action Track
    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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    Prabha Rangaswamy 10/20/2019 10:42 PM
    Always carry my own bags for every shopping - vegetables, fruits, flowers. Switched to buy milk directly from a place who have cows, reducing the plastic usage. 


    Need to figure out how to reduce plastic from groceries.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?
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    Prabha Rangaswamy 10/20/2019 10:39 PM
    The 20 min walk with colleagues in the afternoon is helping us to walk and talk together, sometimes discuss problems and issues in a relaxed manner. 
    The evening walks with son and husband help get closed and talk and laugh about a number of things..
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    High Impact Action Track
    In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?
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    Prabha Rangaswamy 10/20/2019 10:36 PM
    I have started a compost using Daily Dump to use any waste like skins and stalks
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health
    Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?
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    Prabha Rangaswamy 10/20/2019 10:34 PM
    Trying to reduce. This challenge is helping me to consciously reduce sugar in my diet.
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