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October 5 - October 26, 2022
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Deepali Shanbhag

HP CO India

"Don't be mean, Keep It Green !!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,101 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    31
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • UP TO
    2.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    561
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    66
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    180
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    11
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    22
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    24
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    1.0
    public official or leader
    contacted
  • UP TO
    1.0
    water footprint
    calculated
  • UP TO
    66
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Deepali's actions

Nourishing Food

Advocate for Equitable Food Access

Access to affordable, nutritious food is a food justice issue. I will advocate for equitable food options at work, campus, or in the spaces I frequent by contacting community leaders and/or doing other advocacy actions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Balancing Consumption

Needs Vs. Wants

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Enacting Equity

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

I will watch 1 documentaries about racism and racial injustice.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cultivating Communities

Share My Habits & Actions

Each day, I will make my sustainable habits or actions visible through a lawn sign, bumper sticker, pin, t-shirt, social media or other ways.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Cultivating Communities

Join A Neighborhood Group

I will join my neighborhood association or another local group of decision makers.

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

Nourishing Food

Make Zero-Waste Meals

I will cook 3 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Nourishing Food

Eat Plant-Based Meals

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Regenerating Nature

Calculate My Water Footprint

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

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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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/26/2022 6:51 PM
    “What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
    Henry David Thoreau, Familiar Letters

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/26/2022 6:51 PM
    “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
    Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/22/2022 7:06 AM
    Live Life Cleaner. Make earth Greener.

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/22/2022 7:06 AM
    A tidy house is a tidy mind.

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/22/2022 7:06 AM
    Stay clean to attract friends, not flies.

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/22/2022 7:05 AM
    Clean & green is our perfect dream.

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/22/2022 7:04 AM
    Unclean life is ungodliness
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nourishing Food Eat Plant-Based Meals
    What was the tastiest meatless or vegan meal you ever had or had recently? Did you make it? Can you share a recipe?

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/20/2022 8:56 PM
    Idli is made from ground rice or rice flour mixed with ground urad dal, salt, methi (fenugreek seeds) and water. The mixture is allowed to ferment prior to being steamed in an idli steamer. The steamed beauties are ready to be served.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nourishing Food Make Zero-Waste Meals
    How did you incorporate using an entire vegetable (skins, peels, tops, and stalks) during one of your meal preps? What's something new you're going to try that is a zero-waste meal practice?

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/20/2022 8:54 PM
    Compost. Composting is a great way to put your food scraps to good use.
  • 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?

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    Deepali Shanbhag 10/20/2022 8:53 PM
    I will use my compost for gardening once it is ready.