Amy Wallace

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POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
637 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

8.8

locally sourced meals

consumed
UP TO

34

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

375

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

60

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

4.0

people

helped

Amy's actions

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Sinks

Explore My Area

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 30 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Calculate My Carbon Footprint

All Drawdown Solutions

I will calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce my negative impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Give a Microloan

Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders

I will give 4 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 25 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 5
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?

Amy Wallace 4/04/2021 8:18 PM

I believe that people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places because there is more meat available to them. Consuming meat increases our risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancers. It affects our planet by using a large amount of water and also, meat farms release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere creating greenhouse gases. These problems, when all brought together, affects the way people live. Poor air quality, less water, poor land and ocean quality. These are affects of consuming meat that in turn affect us.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Accelerating Solutions Give a Microloan

Globally, women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men. Why do you think that is?

Amy Wallace 4/04/2021 7:51 PM

I believe this is because of the way that some men and woman are brought up differently. Woman tend to stay with their families longer, which I believe makes their connection stronger. I also believe that woman are more empathetic than men, which means they will give more to their community and family than men would. For men, I believe many of them are brought up to not have to depend on others, so they end up being more concerned about themselves.

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