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October 5 - October 26, 2022
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Corie Traylor

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POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,250 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed
  • UP TO
    1.0
    energy audit
    conducted
  • UP TO
    468
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    270
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    3,475
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    2,970
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    24
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    9.4
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • UP TO
    310
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    1.0
    water footprint
    calculated
  • UP TO
    55
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Corie'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

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

Nourishing Food

Research the Benefits of Agricultural Biodiversity

I will spend 15 minutes each day researching how agricultural biodiversity positively impacts the food I eat.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Cultivating Communities

Collect Litter on a Plog / Plalk

Each day, I will go on a plog or plalk for minute(s) and collect items of litter.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Balancing Consumption

Needs Vs. Wants

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

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Enacting Equity

Learn About Accessible & Equitable Voter Registration

I will spend 45 minutes learning about voter access and equity. And if applicable, I will register to vote, ask someone I trust to help me register, or help others register.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Balancing Consumption

What is Sustainable Fashion?

I will spend 60 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and adopt at least one sustainable fashion practice.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

COMPLETED
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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nourishing Food

Make Zero-Waste Meals

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 60 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

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

Regenerating Nature

Volunteer in My Community

I will volunteer 8 hour(s) for a nature-based event or another opportunity to support my community.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?


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    Corie Traylor 10/25/2022 7:07 AM
    My service leave had to be pushed out to next week - no volunteer hours for me this eco challenge, which is a major bummer! I will be working with PACC on trail maintenance/rebolting at a popular portland-area climbing spot.
  • 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?

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    Corie Traylor 10/21/2022 1:41 PM
    We usually try to avoid air travel anyway because we like to travel with our dogs. So rather than fly up to Leavenworth to climb, we'll pack up our fur children and hit the road. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Regenerating Nature Spend Time Outside
    What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

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    Corie Traylor 10/20/2022 1:04 PM
    AQI is so bad so it's a good thing we have lots of masks to wear while toodling around outside!
    Implications for culture = less connection with the natural world, less connections with humans/community, less emotionally aware.... on and on... basically screens are bad. Go read a book outside.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Cultivating Communities Collect Litter on a Plog / Plalk
    What was your experience like plogging, or engaging in another way to collect litter while being outside? Was there any item you collected that was unusual that you found?

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    Corie Traylor 10/19/2022 2:59 PM
    Lots of halloween candy wrappers scattered around right now! Stay vigilant folks!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Regenerating Nature Calculate My Water Footprint
    What is one way you will reduce your water use? What is a practice you already have that helps you reduce your water use?

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    Corie Traylor 10/17/2022 7:29 AM
    One of our biggest issues is the need to find a way to generate power on our own home (Solar, etc). This won't be something we're able to do with our current home but we'll for sure do it with the next one!
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    Balancing Consumption Repair a Broken Item
    What did you fix and how did it go? Share a few pics if you can!

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    Corie Traylor 10/13/2022 12:05 PM
    Rather than toss it out and buy a new one, I'm taking my oldest hay bale bag into the repair shop to have the busted zipper repaired! Saves me money buying a new one AND keeps a giant piece of canvas and plastic out of the landfill.
  • 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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    Corie Traylor 10/12/2022 12:44 PM
    I went crazy with the food dehydrator! We always end up with soooo much extra produce in our garden every year and I never know what to do with it all - and not everyone can take extra tomatoes and zucchini from us! In an effort to prevent anything from going off before we could eat it, I've had the dehydrator going crazy today. Whole tomatoes, zukes, cucumbers, peppers - our house smells amazing! - all shrunken down and packed away for winter eats :)
  • 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?

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    Corie Traylor 10/06/2022 8:12 AM
    Our results were that we consume 37  tons CO2eq/year which is 49% Better than Average ... our biggest downfall is fuel bc of our Tundra. Upside is that 99% of the time we drive vs do air travel but I will try to increase the number of road trips we take in my crosstrek since it gets 2x (+) the fuel economy of the truck!

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    Corie Traylor 10/05/2022 11:15 AM
    These are so fun! Can't wait to see what we accomplish this time :)