Nick Keeling
10/12/2022 7:05 AM
Learning to be a better ally by listening to marginalized community members, hearing about how they feel and what I can do to support them. Then putting those lessons into action.
Nick Keeling
POINTS TOTAL
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- 626 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO1.0documentarywatched
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UP TO8.0donationsmade
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UP TO289gallons of waterhave been saved
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UP TO32meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO120minutesspent learning
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UP TO5.8poundsfood waste prevented
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UP TO12pounds of CO2have been saved
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UP TO15zero-waste mealsconsumed
Nick's actions
Enacting Equity
Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!
I will shop at a small business owned or staffed by underrepresented members of my community.
Cultivating Communities
Pull Together Items to Donate
Each day, I will find one or more items I can donate to a local thrift or resale shop.
Cultivating Communities
Practice a Sharing Economy
Each day, I will engage in a sharing economy among my family, friends, and neighbors.
Enacting Equity
Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice
I will watch 3 documentaries about racism and racial injustice.
Nourishing Food
Eat Plant-Based Meals
I will enjoy 6 meatless meal(s) and/or 6 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
Nourishing Food
Make Zero-Waste Meals
I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.
Nourishing Food
Weekly Meal Planning
I will reduce food waste, excess carbon and save money by planning my daily and weekly menus so that I only purchase the ingredients needed.
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.
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 QUESTIONEnacting Equity Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!In your community, how can you work to address systemic racism, sexism, ableism and additional forms of exclusion in the businesses?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONCultivating Communities Pull Together Items to DonateHow can you prevent yourself from accumulating more things in the future?
Nick Keeling 10/11/2022 7:26 AMAsking "want vs. need" questions. Some things you just outgrow, while other things you just find out you didnt really need and no longer want. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONNourishing Food Eat Plant-Based MealsWhat was the tastiest meatless or vegan meal you ever had or had recently? Did you make it? Can you share a recipe?
Nick Keeling 10/11/2022 7:24 AMThe Sudra is my favorite vegan restaurant, its a shame that the downtown location closed, there is one near my house though, so I try to support them when I want to go out to eat. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONNourishing Food Make Zero-Waste MealsHow did you incorporate using an entire vegetable (skins, peels, tops, and stalks) during one of your meal preps? What's something new you're going to try that is a zero-waste meal practice?
Nick Keeling 10/11/2022 7:23 AMWe own a Vitamix food cycler that turns excess food waste into compost. We compost food scraps as well as coffee grounds and fertilize our garden. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONNourishing Food Weekly Meal PlanningAn average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four in the US spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
Nick Keeling 10/11/2022 7:21 AMThis does not surprise me, portion sizes in America are quite large leading to excess waste.