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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an 2019 People's Ecochallenge expert in no time!

Ecochallenge.org
2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
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Vicki Zarrell

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 296 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    45
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    100
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    8.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill

Vicki's actions

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 20-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED -1
DAILY 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

Simplicity

Research Impact Investing

Using the links provided below, I will research impact investing and determine if it is right for me.

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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    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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    Vicki Zarrell 10/22/2019 5:44 PM
    coffee cups (take my own beverage container to establishments that encourage that)
    plastic produce bags (use them again by taking them on my next shopping trip)
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Research Impact Investing
    How might impact investing help you better live your values?
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    Vicki Zarrell 10/12/2019 5:32 PM
    Use my required minimum distributions to fund impact investment focused on Pacific Northwest needs.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Go for a Daily Walk
    How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?
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    Vicki Zarrell 10/08/2019 10:06 PM
    smelling fragrant cedar trees, feeling wind, watching the wind swirl leaves around me
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