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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown
April 1 - April 30, 2021
Monika Schroeder's avatar

Monika Schroeder

CONNECT Gdynia

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 546 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    145
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    115
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    2,262
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    508
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    333
    trees
    planted

Monika'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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Explore Other Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Solutions

All Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Solutions

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching other Drawdown Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 5 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 29
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Plant Trees

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will plant 333 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Tend A Garden

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

COMPLETED 29
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Support a Community Garden

Multiple Solutions

I will support a community garden by volunteering, donating, or advocating for a new or existing one.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 1 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 29
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
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?
    Monika Schroeder's avatar
    Monika Schroeder 4/06/2021 12:20 AM
    Last year i stopped to eat meat, this year other animal products. Some people still having some doubts just because have no idea what to eat if not meat...  There are so many easy healthy and delicious recipes to try. It is a great journey of new tastes and smells.  
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    • Karina Borowiec's avatar
      Karina Borowiec 4/07/2021 10:54 PM
      Well done Monika, I think my family is not ready to completely resign from meet, but we've agreed to have a mix of 50:50 (meatless and meat) dinners and it works great :) 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Climate Resilience Plant Trees
    How is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?
    Monika Schroeder's avatar
    Monika Schroeder 4/01/2021 7:35 AM
    Last Saturday I was happy to plant trees in a zone destroyed by a tornado 4 years ago in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. In a group of 18 people we planted about 6000 pine trees. This is the third and last year, we are planting trees in the areas damaged by the tornado. Next weekend we will plant trees in the last empty field.
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