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October 5 - October 26, 2022
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Jen Wick

Port of Portland 2022

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 190 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    85
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    125
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    1.7
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    3.6
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    10
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Jen's actions

Regenerating Nature

Use Resources for Climate Anxiety

I will spend 5 minutes each day trying out climate anxiety resources that support mental and psychological well being.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 20 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 0
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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Enacting Equity

Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences

I will spend 20 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Enacting Equity

Advocate for Green Spaces

I will call or write 1 public officials per day to advocate for more green spaces around my town, particularly in neighborhoods that currently lack equitable access to green spaces.

COMPLETED 0
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

Practice a Sharing Economy

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Nourishing Food

Make Zero-Waste Meals

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Enacting Equity Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences
    How is equality for trans, femme, and nonbinary people important to a just and sustainable society?

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    Jen Wick 10/14/2022 3:01 PM
    Watched 30 minutes of the Frontline documentary Growing Up Trans—profiles of families with trans kids, and some of the complex questions facing parents, and pressures they face while supporting their children in getting to exist as their true selves. 
    I wish more people could spend the time to learn from stories such as these. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Enacting Equity Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice
    What did you learn about racial injustice in the documentary(ies) you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of sustainability?

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    Jen Wick 10/13/2022 9:49 AM
    I watched a documentary about Braddock, PA and environmental racism. It's no suprise to me that that areas closest to the mills and many industrial locations are typically where lower-paid, often-underserved, often Black and Latinx families are housed. This is no accident.

    Part of environmental racism is that the impacts of air, water and soil pollution from industry is experienced most by the folks that live there. They are also the folks who benefit the least from these industries. 

    https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/569023/braddock/

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      Jen Wick 10/17/2022 1:25 PM
      The way our culture and economic system considered and treats both the earth and human beings disposable is by design. As we look closer at those who are most impacted, it ideally brings awareness to what must be done differently to ensure that our practices, both labor, environmental and otherwise, are sustainable for all. That all human beings deserve to thrive, quality of life and access to healthy air, water, food, and secure housing. 

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    Jen Wick 10/13/2022 8:52 AM
    I was able to rehome several things this week via my local Buy Nothing group, a community of folks giving and receiving without any money exchanged. I love the way it works.