Kathy Allen

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Driftless Co-op

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
536 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

donation

made
UP TO

0.0

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

public official or leader

contacted

Kathy's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

WATCH "PATRIOT ACT: BRAZIL, CORRUPTION AND THE RAINFOREST" ON NETFLIX

Watch "Patriot Act" season 3, episode 6 "Brazil, Corruption and the Rainforest" on Netflix. Learn about the political corruption, food production and capitalist greed that is destroying one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Keep Track of Wasted Food

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Earth Month Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings

Plan to Insulate

Insulation

I will find out how to make my home more energy efficient through better insulation and weatherization.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

Indigenous Peoples' Forest Tenure

I will donate to Native American Rights Fund, which protects tribal natural resources and environmental rights and promotes Native American Human Rights.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Find a Local Climate-Friendly Supermarket

Refrigerant Management

I will explore the interactive map in the links below to find a supermarket that does not use HFC refrigerants near my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Contact your Elected Officials

Abandoned Farmland Restoration

I will contact 1 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Accelerating Solutions Contact your Elected Officials

Do you have any personal connections to a farm or farmland? If so, what are they? What feelings are evoked for you when thinking about declining farmland?

Kathy Allen 4/29/2021 7:30 PM

My grandparents owned a farm and surrounding woodlands. It was one of my favorite places to be as a kid. Over time, they did less and less farming and eventually just rented out some pastures. My uncle still lives on the land, much of which has been restored to prairie. I worry that the “old” ways of smaller family farmers who truly cared for their land are being lost as industrialized agriculture takes over.

Read More
Kathy Allen 4/26/2021 6:02 PM

UPDATE: the food co-op downtown does NOT have climate-friendly refrigerants either. ☹️

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings Plan to Insulate

What are some of the benefits of making your home more energy efficient?

Kathy Allen 4/26/2021 5:59 PM

This is an easy question - obviously you’ll save money on your energy bills and your home will likely be more comfortable. I make changes to reduce my carbon footprint, so I feel like I’m contributing less to environmental damage.

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Find a Local Climate-Friendly Supermarket

How close is the nearest climate-friendly supermarket to your home? How could you encourage local supermarket to reduce or phase out their use of HFC refrigerants?

Kathy Allen 4/05/2021 11:09 AM

The closest climate-friendly supermarkets to La Crosse on the map are Aldi's in Stoughton and Chippewa Falls (so not close at all). But I noticed this data is citizen-submitted, and you can check stores near you and submit them to be added to the map. I checked Woodman's in Onalaska today and it does NOT use climate-friendly refrigerants. :(
I never go to Aldi's, but maybe I'll have to check there, or the Co-op downtown.

Read More