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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown
April 1 - April 30, 2021
Jackie Brown's avatar

Jackie Brown

Team Wyld

"Do better. "

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  • 287 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
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    1.0
    documentary
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Jackie's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Zero-waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Support Businesses Owned by Women, BIPOC, or Immigrants

Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders

I will spend 15 minutes researching businesses owned by women, immigrants, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color that I can support when shopping.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Choose Renewable Energy or Purchase Renewable Energy Credits

Onshore Wind Turbines, Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaics

I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option. If my utility does not offer one, I will purchase Renewable Energy Credits to match my usage.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 15 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Support Companies Leading in Green Energy

Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaics, Distributed Solar Photovoltaics

I will use my spending power to reward companies leading in creating or purchasing green energy and incentivize others to invest more in green energy.

UNCOMPLETED
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

Electricity

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

Methane Digesters

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Biomass

Biomass Power

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Muscle Power

Multiple Transportation Solutions

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
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    Jackie Brown 4/19/2021 7:56 AM
    Especially with the sun out, it has been such a pleasure to walk instead of drive to our neighborhood grocer/dog store/bottle shop/etc. I'm lucky to live in a neighborhood where we can access all of those things in under a 10 minute walk! 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
    While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?
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    Jackie Brown 4/03/2021 4:01 PM
    Portion control can be great for my personal health and balance - helps keep those munchies in check! 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Accelerating Solutions
    Globally, women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men. What have you done in the past to support women-owned businesses? How can you better support communities by supporting women?
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    Jackie Brown 4/01/2021 5:37 PM
    We choose to seek out women owned farms and shops when we can, but need to ensure we are looking at all spending choices, not just some. This is a great reminder to take the time to research before spending dollars.  

    I knew it was a small % but this is a brutal fact "In today’s economy, less than one percent of spending by large businesses on suppliers is earned by women-owned businesses." 

    https://www.womenownedlogo.com/buy-women-owned-directory/ It was great perusing some awesome companies owned by awesome women! Definitely will be sending a gift from this site in the near future: 
    https://packedwithpurpose.gifts/
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    Jackie Brown 4/01/2021 12:48 PM
    So excited to get started! Looking forward to learning and changing!
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