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Welcome to The People's Ecochallenge 2022!

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The People's Ecochallenge 2022
October 5 - October 26, 2022
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Julia Yoder

Pacific University Energysavers

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 375 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds
    waste avoided

Julia's 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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Balancing Consumption

Needs Vs. Wants

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

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Know My Waste & Recycling Services

I will spend 30 minutes finding out how to recycle in my region, where landfills and/or waste sites are situated in my region, and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

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

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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    Julia Yoder 10/26/2022 5:00 PM
    I became vegetarian and I feel really good about it! 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Balancing Consumption Needs Vs. Wants
    How is creativity a necessary ingredient for practicing simplicity?
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    Julia Yoder 10/07/2022 9:14 AM
    You should consider how to repurpose something you already have rather than buying something new; this requires you to think creatively. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Balancing Consumption Know My Waste & Recycling Services
    What did you find surprising or hopeful in your research?
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    Julia Yoder 10/07/2022 9:09 AM
    I can take my household plastics to the ecogeneration plastics recycling event that occurs every other month (the next one closest to me is in Creswell on November 20th). My household is cleaning the plastic, removing the labels, and sorting them prior to bringing them to ecogeneration. Sorting is important: they are sorted by number. 
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