Skip to main content
October 5 - October 26, 2022
Susanne Neßhöver's avatar

Susanne Neßhöver

Ben's Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,185 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    440
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1,215
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    2,445
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    2.0
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • UP TO
    22
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    1,453
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Susanne's actions

Cultivating Communities

Stay on the Ground

Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. digital/virtual attendance, vacation without air travel).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nourishing Food

Forest-Friendly Foods

I will spend 60 minutes learning about palm oil, coffee, cocoa, and other products known to contribute to deforestation, and replace or remove them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Enacting Equity

Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!

I will shop at a small business owned or staffed by underrepresented members of my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Balancing Consumption

Less Screen Time

I will replace 30 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nourishing Food

Compost Food Scraps

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill per day by composting my food.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 45 minute(s) per day typically spent inside and often with electronics with quality time outside walking, exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, observing nature, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Take Shorter Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute or less showers. Tip: Use a timer to practice or count to 60 a few times.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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?


  • Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/26/2022 6:56 AM
    I‘d love to find teammates from germany next time. This must be spreaded, because it helps to be aware of all possibilities to help mother earth🍀.

  • Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/25/2022 7:54 AM
    I found a link to the english version of „die grüne Lüge“. If interested you can wath it here:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HvoqCGJ5rpQ
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Balancing Consumption Repair a Broken Item
    What did you fix and how did it go? Share a few pics if you can!

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/25/2022 7:45 AM
    The plug of my vacuum cleaner broke! I couldn‘t do the repair, but I went to a repaircafé and they fixed it. They do not charge their work, which is incredible. These guys do a good job, repairing things from strangers every month!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Cultivating Communities Stay on the Ground
    What was your process like for restructuring your trip? How can you avoid more air travel in the future?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/21/2022 3:07 AM
    We decided to go from Germany to Portugal by car, so we can take our dog with us. So next year in June, we will get to know France and Spain on our way. Looking forward!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nourishing Food Forest-Friendly Foods
    How did you figure out ways to remove foods that are not forest-friendly?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/21/2022 3:05 AM
    I watched the film „the green lie“, which is about companies that intend to be sustainable, but they are not. I start to read the labels of products before buying. Takes a lot of time, but then I can choose the ones, that have a better footprint on earth.👍
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Regenerating Nature Spend Time Outside
    What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/21/2022 2:58 AM
    It means more sitting, which is no good for your health. A lot of deseases today accure because of immobility.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Balancing Consumption Less Screen Time
    What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/16/2022 6:55 AM
    Lazy life? It seems to be easier to get entertained. But in my opinion, staying inside means, you meet less other people, this leads to suspicion and having fear of others. Looking on screens detect people of real life. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Enacting Equity Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!
    In your community, how can you work to address systemic racism, sexism, ableism and additional forms of exclusion in the businesses?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/11/2022 10:44 AM
    Don‘t look away. Interact, if you see a person in trouble.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nourishing Food Compost Food Scraps
    As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/11/2022 10:42 AM
    I already compost a few years, and use it to raise my own vegetables. My trash bin is never full until the day, they come to pic it up, so I startet to throw away odd things (not good enough for selling or donating). So I empty the house..
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Regenerating Nature Take Shorter Showers
    With 5-minute or less showers reducing your water footprint, what do you plan to add next to your water conservation habits?

    Susanne Neßhöver's avatar
    Susanne Neßhöver 10/07/2022 12:37 AM
    I love taking showers, the feeling of warm water embracing me like a blanket. But we all have learn to change habits, so I will turn off the water when taking action on soap an shampoo. The feeling to turn it on again to get rid of the bubbles must be nice, too.