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October 1 - October 31, 2025
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Holly Windom

Team Comerica

"To be open and honest about my commitment to this challenge. To encourage my teammates as they share their experiences and achievements. To be a better human being to this planet. To support the healthiness and growth of the planet for my grandchildren's grandchildren. "

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 80 THIS WEEK
  • 836 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    66
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    23
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    57
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed
  • UP TO
    5.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    45
    minutes
    spent learning

Holly's actions

Take the Pre-Survey

Take the Pre-Event Survey

I’ll take a short pre-survey to share what motivated me to join — and earn 15 points! (If I already took the survey by email, I’ll just mark this action complete to get my points.)

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Make Sure You are Registered 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!

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Volunteer in My Community

I will volunteer 5 hours in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
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

Nature

Try Resources for Climate Anxiety

I will spend 15 minutes each day trying out climate anxiety resources that support mental and psychological well being.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Enjoy a Meatless Meal

Producing 1 kg of beef emits as much greenhouse gas as driving 150 miles, meanwhile, 1 kg of veggies or grains leaves a much lighter footprint! This week, I’ll shrink my climate impact by having 1 meatless meals and/or 1 vegan meals each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 2 disposable plastic bottles from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 2 plastic straws out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Learn About Water Justice

Access to clean water is a basic right, yet not everyone has it. I will spend 20 minutes learning about water justice issues and who is affected.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water
    What water justice issues did you learn about, and who is most affected in your community? How can you contribute to creating equitable access to clean water in your area?

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    Holly Windom 10/28/2025 9:14 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    The way forward - article Human Rights to Water and Sanitation | UN-Water

    Governments must take a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to water and sanitation. States are duty-bearers of providing water and sanitation services to people, who are rights-holders. Rights-holders can claim their rights and duty-bearers must guarantee the rights to water and sanitation equally and without discrimination.

    Human rights law demands a ‘pro poor’ focus. Duty-bearers must direct their interventions to those most in need, and develop their capacities to fulfill their obligations. A human rights-based approach also creates a framework for rights-holders to participate, and to hold duty-bearers accountable.

    All barriers to water and sanitation access must be overcome. Laws and governance must address all reasons for discrimination including sex, gender, ethnicity, religion, caste, disability, age, health status, and economic status. Other factors impacting water and sanitation access for marginalized groups, such as climate change, population growth, conflict, and migration must also be planned for.

    Water and sanitation are critical to achieving the SDGs. ‘Leaving no one behind’ is the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A society can only achieve high rates of public health, gender equity, educational attainment, and economic productivity when all of its members enjoy their rights to water and sanitation. Respect for human rights must be integrated into development plans for all sectors, at all levels.
    Yes, we take for grant the clean clear water that runs out of our homes, just be thankful & grateful that we are privilege to this human right.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy
    Switching out your lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! In what other ways can you exercise your civic duty to protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions?

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    Holly Windom 10/24/2025 8:13 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    As a Christmas gift I got light bulbs. Yes, that was funny to me too but there "Feit Electric" bulbs that I run by the App. I love them! I can turn them on and off from anywhere, much better that lights on timers. They change colors and take less power to run. THE BEST GIFT EVER! Great job. Brother-in-law. I'm grateful.

    • Keila Miller's avatar
      Keila Miller 10/24/2025 7:56 PM
      • Book Lover 📚
      I’ve never thought of giving Feit Electric bulbs as Christmas gifts. What a clever idea! 😄

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    Holly Windom 10/24/2025 8:07 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    Let's talk about your duty as a citizen to vote .... while we can! You may not like to choices of candidates or the policies they stand for but either you vote for or against to support your community. Just so we clear, if you do not vote. Your vote counts as for!
    Michigan voters are encouraged to register as early as possible before an election. Residents 16 to 17.5 can preregister. Methods and requirements for voter registration depend on the following deadlines:

    If there are 15+ days before an election, voters can register online, by mail, or in person.

    Within 14 days of an election, and on Election Day, voters may only register by visiting their local clerk’s office to register in person with proof of residency documentation.

    Voters can check their voter registration status and look up their local clerk information at Michigan.gov/Vote.

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      Michele Brooks 10/24/2025 10:47 AM
      • Eco-Conscious Consumer 🛍
      Agreed that not voting is an actual vote, and non-voters are absolutely responsible for election outcomes. For example, if you didn't vote in the 2024 election, you elected the current administration.

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      Mary Hanks 10/24/2025 10:36 AM
      • Pet Parent 🐾
      I heartily agree with the importance of voting. I'm happy to report that my city lets us use public transit without charge when we're going to and from the polls.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature
    Is climate anxiety a new concept for you or something you have been following for some time?

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    Holly Windom 10/22/2025 6:04 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    New, so I thought! Take a moment and uses these tools for coping!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community
    What is one thing you can do to help your community become more sustainable?

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    Holly Windom 10/20/2025 6:06 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    Share, Share, Share my sustainable knowledge!
    I share my carbon footprint, my water intake, my meatless meals, my no plastic straw promise, my walk my community commitment, my neighbors have food deserts, what to recycle, my views on sustainable laws concerning Air, Water & waste. Now I am not an expert on any of these topics. I only know what I read, heard and since for myself. I only love this planet and want it in the best health when I pass it on to my grandkids.

    • Mary Hanks's avatar
      Mary Hanks 10/20/2025 10:58 AM
      • Pet Parent 🐾
      Living your principles is the most persuasive testimony possible! You're normalizing sustainable practices for everyone around you.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community
    Why is voting important to creating a just, sustainable, and thriving world? In what other ways can you actively participate in important decision-making?

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    Holly Windom 10/10/2025 6:47 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    Vote while it is still a citizen option we did not have to agree but we all need to be heard and considered.

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    Holly Windom 10/08/2025 12:20 PM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    This poem of Hope is why I continue to join these challenges! I will try and try again to make an effort to maintain this plant. Also, invite others to join in the fun.

    The Little Plant

    By Kate Brown

    In the heart of a seed,
    Buried deep, so deep,
    A dear little plant
    Lay fast asleep.

    "Wake!" said the sunshine,
    "And creep to the light."
    "Wake!" said the voice
    Of the raindrops bright.

    The little plant heard,
    And it rose to see
    What the wonderful
    Outside world might be.



    Kate Brown. "The Little Plant." Family Friend Poems, https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-little-plant-by-kate-brown
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?

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    Holly Windom 10/08/2025 8:08 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    Truthfully, I have not reached this, but I have heard it take at least 30 days to make a habit. No sure about you but besides bathing, eating and talking on the phone. I do not recall doing anything for 30 days in a row. I will promise to try! Thanks for the bottle suggestions. I'm looking into a good one. Just to keep my promise of a reusable water container for home and being out and about. Wish me good luck.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    How was your experience intentionally trying to eat less meat?

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    Holly Windom 10/06/2025 7:59 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴
    Today's poem: by Elizabeth Bishop, ‘The Fish’.

    In this poem, Bishop’s speaker catches a fish but then lets it go; she delivers the first piece of information succinctly in the first line (‘I caught a tremendous fish’) and then the news that she let the fish go is delivered only in the poem’s final line; in between there is a long description of the fish and of the speaker’s growing awareness of it as part of a rich natural ecosystem. This has to be one of the most famous poems about fish. In your private time look up this poem. Take time to find out what you are actually eating and where it comes from and the original benefit/purpose of that item. Mine is frozen vegan crab cakes. What is your favorite meatless dish and or item?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

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    Holly Windom 10/03/2025 9:05 AM
    • Plant Parent 🪴

    Author unknown...... I just make the effort each and every day. Becoming aware of your actions is the first start. Tell me how you incorporate these "R's"?