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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown
April 1 - April 30, 2021
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ZOE MALONE

Lean Green Mean Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 55 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    10
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    20
    minutes
    being mindful

ZOE's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Tend A Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 10 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

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: Climate Resilience Support Local Food Systems
    Dependable fresh food, supporting local farmers and building resilient communities are just a few benefits of local food systems. Which of these (or other) advantages inspire you the most?
    ZOE MALONE's avatar
    ZOE MALONE 4/09/2021 11:50 AM
    I've learned about the negative impact mass production of crops and cattle have, and the inhumane ways the animals are treated. I wanted to know where my food comes from, and I'm working towards it. I haven't been to farmer's markets yet, but my stepdad and I have been raising two steers this past year and hopefully they'll be the source of our meat for a year or two come this fall. We've been setting up a chicken coop to raise laying chickens so we have fresh eggs. We also started some seedlings a few weeks ago, mostly herbs and vegetables. There are also a few pumpkins and other squash/gourds. 
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