Tonia Wu
POINTS TOTAL
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participant impact
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UP TO11meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO220minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO525minutesnot spent in front of a screen
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UP TO2.0poundswaste avoided
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UP TO3.0poundswaste composted
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UP TO7.0waste auditsconducted
Tonia's actions
Nourishing Food
What is My Food Supply Chain?
I will spend 45 minutes learning about my food supply chains, and complete a food waste audit.
Balancing Consumption
Less Screen Time
I will replace 30 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.
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.
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
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.
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.
Balancing Consumption
Personal Waste Audit
Each day, I will collect, track, or take a picture of all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to know how much I send to the landfill.
Nourishing Food
Eat Plant-Based Meals
I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
Nourishing Food
Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
I will watch 2 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.
Regenerating Nature
Support Local Pollinators
At least 30% of crops and 90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators to produce fruit. I will spend 60 minutes researching which plants support local pollinators and plant a few in my area.
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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REFLECTION QUESTIONBalancing Consumption Repair a Broken ItemWhat did you fix and how did it go? Share a few pics if you can!
Tonia Wu 10/26/2022 7:03 PMI fixed an old house slipper in which the bottom sole had split from the rest of the shoe - pretty easy fix; just glued it back together with shoe glue. The shoe glue I found at the craft store was really nasty stuff though... Next time, I'm going to try and find a less toxic glue. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONBalancing Consumption Less Screen TimeWhat are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?
Tonia Wu 10/14/2022 1:36 PMThere are obvious health impacts in terms of the lack of physical activity. Depending on what people are doing on their screens, there may also be more insidious impacts for our brains and the way we process and relate to information. Our attention spans are shorter than ever and there are endless distractions. How does that affect our ability, individually and as a society, to learn and grow and tackle complex problems?
Neil Postman wrote a great book about this called Amusing Ourselves to Death. It was written in 1985 and talks mostly about television culture, but it's still very relevant and, if anything, is even more relevant today.