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October 5 - October 26, 2022
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Louisa Lubiak

SAGE EcoLogicals

"To participate in Ecochallenges again & encourage my colleagues to join me"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,820 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    36
    donations
    made
  • UP TO
    130
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    2.0
    pounds
    waste avoided

Louisa's actions

Enacting Equity

Learn something new from the NJDEP website

Expand your DEP knowledge horizon! Spend at least 15 minutes learning about a Popular Topic, Program Area (other than your own) or other Initiative from the NJDEP website

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ONE-TIME ACTION

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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ONE-TIME ACTION

Cultivating Communities

Pull Together Items to Donate

Each day, I will find one or more items I can donate to a local thrift or resale shop.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Balancing Consumption

Develop a Work-Life Balance

During the work day, I will schedule time for breaks to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Use Resources for Climate Anxiety

I will spend 10 minutes each day trying out climate anxiety resources that support mental and psychological well being.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Enacting Equity

Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences

I will spend 60 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.

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?


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    Louisa Lubiak 10/26/2022 8:47 AM
    On the last day of FreeCycle I gave away…a fancy Christmas tree skirt, trimmed with sleighbells. 🎵...and a partridge in a pear tree! 🎵

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/25/2022 9:40 AM
    I made a monetary donation to Ecochallenge because I started offering Northwest Earth Institute discussion courses at DEP many years ago. Our volunteer SAGE group was formed because of a NWEI discussion course on the need for global reduction the greenhouse gas, CO2.

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/25/2022 9:24 AM
    On the 21st day of FreeCycle I gave away…a bundle of blue, yellow, and green cloth. Good for making Halloween costumes or an arts-n-crafts project. 

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/24/2022 10:38 AM
    On the 20th day of FreeCycle I gave away…a wooden toy pop gun rifle. Good for skeet shooting at flying Pop Tarts???

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/23/2022 5:09 PM
    On the 19th day of FreeCycle I gave away…Halloween items: a squeaky rubber rat I named Beauregard, a purple glass skull with fairy lights inside, and 3 CDs of spooky music. Bye-bye Beau - happy haunting! 

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      Sharon D. 10/25/2022 2:20 PM
      Aw man, I totally missed those goodies!  I snagged some Halloween signs at FreeCycle that look awesome in front of my house!

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/22/2022 3:44 PM
    On the 18th day of FreeCycle I gave away…a wooden drum with natural heads on both ends. Functional as well as decorative. 

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/21/2022 10:34 AM
    On the 17th day of FreeCycle I gave away…a vintage ceramic candy dish with aluminum handle & trim. Hey...the way I eat candy it's best not to have it sitting under my nose in an attractive dish! 😋

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/20/2022 1:02 PM
    On the 16th day of FreeCycle I gave away…2 rubber chickens. The kind that scream when you squeeze 'em! 😜 

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/19/2022 11:19 AM
    On the 15th day of FreeCycle I gave away…an electric double burner cooktop. I think someone I know got me this for car camping, but where would you plug it in???
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Enacting Equity Learn something new from the NJDEP website
    What are you most proud of as a DEP employee?

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    Louisa Lubiak 10/18/2022 2:12 PM
    As a DEP employee I'm most proud of my colleagues, who are so talented and committed to protecting & improving New Jersey's natural features & ecosystems.