Fred Desai

P&G - WHBC (Winton Hill Business Center)

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Enacting Equity

Research Indigenous & First Nations Communities

I will spend 30 learning about the past and present indigenous or first nation communities in my regions impacted by colonization, and what I can do to be supportive.

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Enacting Equity

Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.

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Cultivating Communities

Donate Blood

I will donate blood in my community to make sure there are adequate supplies for routine medical services and emergencies.

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Cultivating Communities

Advocate for Greener Vehicles

I will assess the vehicles used by my company, college, or city and advocate for a purchasing policy focused on fuel-efficient vehicles.

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Cultivating Communities

Practice a Sharing Economy

Each day, I will engage in a sharing economy among my family, friends, and neighbors.

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Balancing Consumption

Needs Vs. Wants

Each day, I will practice a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

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Balancing Consumption

Repair a Broken Item

I will repair at least one item that is broken, but is repairable. This might be items like garden tools, sewing machine, small appliances, electronics, clothing, and more.

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Balancing Consumption

Calculate My Carbon Footprint

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

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Nourishing Food

What is My Food Supply Chain?

I will spend 30 minutes learning about my food supply chains, and complete a food waste audit.

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Nourishing Food

Forest-Friendly Foods

I will spend 30 minutes learning about palm oil, coffee, cocoa, and other products known to contribute to deforestation, and replace or remove them.

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Nourishing Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

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Regenerating Nature

Complete an Energy Audit

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, work, or other shared space to identify the next steps for saving energy.

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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
Balancing Consumption Calculate My Carbon Footprint

What is one way you will reduce your carbon impact? What is a practice you already have that helps you reduce your carbon impact?

Fred Desai 10/23/2022 1:11 AM

Our carbon footprint per person is ~21 tons of CO2 equivalent per year, which is better than the average in Fairfield for an equivalent home, but still too high.

For sustainability, the global per capital carbon footprint needs to be 2 tons/…. Today’s global average is 4 tons/….

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

I would urge all of you to calculate your carbon footprint. It will guide u as yo what are the most impactful things u can do.

With solar panels, about half of of our electricity comes from solar. Even with that, we are only 2% better than an equivalent average household in Fairfield. This means that our energy consumption is quite high. Will try and go deeper into why that is the case by doing an energy audit.

An area of opportunity for us is getting electric cars since both our cars today are old and the mini van is a gas guzzler.

Our pesciterian diet helps keep our carbon footprint lower than the average. We r trying to become vegetarians in the near future which will help even further.

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Fred Desai 10/13/2022 11:30 AM

Here's the link to sign up for a tour of the Cincinnati Recycling & Ruse Hub on Wed. Oct 26 at 3 pm. We will be able to accommodate only 20 people.

Please contact me if you have any questions: desai.fn@pg.com or 513-560-0577.

thx,

fred

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Fred Desai 10/11/2022 11:05 PM

Over the last 2 years, my wife and I have participated in and led 3 teams—Cincinnati area Faith Communities Go Green, Zoroastrians Go Green, and Always Discreet Family team—in 7 Ecochallenges, which include the Earth month Ecochallenge in April, the Plastic Free Ecochallenge in July and the People’s Ecochallenge in October. We have learned something new and formed new habits during this time. Here are some examples.

1) Built a compost in our backyard.
2) Bought a tankless water heater
3) Significantly improved our dishwasher usage cutting our water and energy usage by half.
4) Bought an electric trimmer.
5) Found out about the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub, where we can recycle almost all the plastics. This along with composting has cut down our trash drastically.
6) Learned what expiry dates on food items mean. There is opportunity to not waste a lot of food items.
7) Started taking shorter showers.

This time, I would like to calculate my carbon footprint and also get in the habit of repairing things and see how we can bring a sharing economy to life in our community.

Look forward to learning from you all.

Thx

Fred

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