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Welcome to The People's Ecochallenge 2024!

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The People's Ecochallenge 2024
October 1 - October 31, 2024
Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell's avatar

Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell

CSUMB ENSTU 309 Online_Fall 2024

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 71 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    4.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    25
    minutes
    spent learning

Daniela's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 0 meatless meals and/or 3 vegan meals each day this week.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

Organic farming practices are healthier and safer for our planet, animals, and people. I will enjoy 3 meals cooked with organic ingredients per day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Listen to a Food Podcast

I will spend 10 minutes listening to a podcast about food.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Energy

Turn It Off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Engage In Active Listening

I will practice actively listening to a friend, family member, co-worker, acquaintance, or someone who I may disagree with in at least 3 conversations.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Heat and Cool Naturally

I will naturally heat and cool my house, office, or dorm room by opening or closing my windows, curtains, and blinds, and by using fans.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Sign Up to Vote

I will make sure I’m registered to vote. While I’m at it, I’ll sign up to help others register too!

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

I will watch 2 documentaries about systemic racism to learn more about how it affects us and the planet.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

I will replace 2 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
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?

  • Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell's avatar
    Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell 11/03/2024 9:40 AM
    Small changes in habits and mindfulness in one’s daily actions can cause a significant difference in consumption of single use products. Energy, time, and food consumption can decrease if we just pay a little more attention to what we consume
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    What podcast did you choose and what did you learn on the podcast you listened to?
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    Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell 10/20/2024 9:45 AM
    I listened to Rich Roll’s podcast and he had “Maggie Bird” on it. She is a lifelong vegan and health foods & animal rights activist, she’s also Billie Eilish’s mom. I learned that she and her family are suppling plant based food tour and eliminating plastic bottles while on the road. They are also supporting food banks and are working on ways to educate students and promote cleaner, environmentally conscious decisions.
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    • Mary Hanks's avatar
      Mary Hanks 10/20/2024 2:30 PM
      I love that they are eschewing the "rock star" lifestyle and setting an example for the world! Thank you for posting about the podcast.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
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    Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell 10/20/2024 9:41 AM
    Because they have the ability to pay for the “middle man”, for the slaughtering of the animal and the packaging and transportation costs for it to be in supermarkets. We should be tending more to plant based, Whole Foods that we can grow ourselves or buy from farmers. Not only is it better for our health, it is better for the planet thanks to less co2 emissions
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy
    What are other ways you could use the power of the sun to reduce your own environmental footprint?
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    Daniela Ilizaliturri-Gonell 10/20/2024 9:38 AM
    Steeping my tea with heat from the sun and making “sun-tea” instead of turning the stove on to heat water :)
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