Vani Desai
"When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves."
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 1,230 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO2.0public officials or leaderscontacted
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UP TO1,480minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO120locally sourced mealsconsumed
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UP TO70minutesspent learning
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UP TO10treesplanted
Vani 's actions
Action Track: Accelerating Solutions
Conduct Virtual Meetings
Telepresence
I will encourage my office to hold meetings virtually whenever possible instead of requiring travel.
Buildings
Research Heat Pumps
High-Efficiency Heat Pumps
I will spend at least 30 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
Tend A Garden
I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
Plant Trees
Temperate Forest Restoration
I will plant 10 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
Advocate for Forest Protection
Forest Protection
I will contact 1 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests and the enforcement of existing anti-logging laws, as well as the rights of local people to protect and restore the land in their communities.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
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.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
Learn about 'Green Gentrification'
Multiple Solutions
I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about green gentrification and how it relates to city planning for climate action.
Action Track: Climate Resilience
Support Local Food Systems
Plant-Rich Diets
I will source 100 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.
Action Track: Accelerating Solutions
Communicate With My Elected Officials
Onshore Wind Turbines, Offshore Wind Turbines
I will write or call 1 elected official(s) telling them not to support fossil fuel subsidies and instead support wind energy generation.
Participant Feed
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Vani Desai 4/30/2021 5:32 AMI see a lots of changes in my self as well as my surroundings since I've started the Earth Month Challenge. It was amazing to be a part of this challenge. Thank you for this opportunity. It made me so aware what this Environment and the Nature has given us. :)
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Vani Desai 4/28/2021 10:14 PMHeaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. —Henry David Thoreau -
Vani Desai 4/27/2021 11:19 PM“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” —Albert Einstein -
Vani Desai 4/27/2021 12:45 AM“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” —Ernest Hemingway -
Vani Desai 4/26/2021 2:20 AM“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead -
Vani Desai 4/24/2021 10:12 PM“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall -
Vani Desai 4/24/2021 10:11 PM“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” -
Vani Desai 4/24/2021 10:11 PM“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” -
Vani Desai 4/23/2021 10:34 AMIn nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. -
Vani Desai 4/23/2021 10:34 AMIn nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.