Karl Horak

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
565 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.0

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

1,595

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1,300

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

1.0

water footprint

calculated

Karl's actions

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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Explore My Area

Each day, I will spend 10 minutes exploring a new area around my neighborhood, which might include a park, water body, trail, etc.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 30 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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Advocate for Forest Protection

I will contact 5 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests, improves their ability to sequester carbon, and supports biodiversity.

UNCOMPLETED
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?

Karl Horak 10/18/2022 9:28 AM

Out of town relatives visiting has really thrown a wrench into my run of check-ins. Now trying to get back on the bicycle, so to speak.

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Karl Horak 10/09/2022 1:38 PM

Pruned the big Japanese black pine into a 'niwaki'. On it's way to becoming a beautiful cloud-pruned tree.

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Karl Horak 10/09/2022 1:36 PM

Prepping the garden for fall. Bringing tender tropical plants inside before it gets too cold. Still feeding the box turtles... wonder when they will go underground for the winter?

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Regenerating Nature Explore My Area

How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place? Was there a new place in your region that was exciting to learn about and visit?

Karl Horak 10/05/2022 12:41 PM

Being a docent at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden gives me plenty of chances to enjoy the outdoors and educate other visitors. I also participate with a group of citizen scientists in making observations in Nature's Notebook. That's a great way to foster a sense of place and be mindful of the seasons.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Cultivating Communities Share My Habits & Actions

What was the most fun or joyful way you have seen others share their positive sustainability actions and habits?

Karl Horak 10/05/2022 11:18 AM

The gang down at the BioPark really enjoys promoting conservation.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Regenerating Nature Spend Time Outside

What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

Karl Horak 10/05/2022 11:15 AM

Managed to get in a lot of late summer - early fall work in the garden despite the rain. God knows, we need the moisture.

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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?

Karl Horak 10/05/2022 3:12 AM

The water footprint tool I used was fairly coarse-grained. For example, it did not differentiate between a garden that is watered with a sprinkler and my drip irrigation system.

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Karl Horak 10/05/2022 3:02 AM

I guess the plastic-free ecochallenges have taken root. Now I can't pass one up. That said, it's great to get points for things I already do or am interested in doing.

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