Walter Magee

I will spend at least 15 minutes researching and advocating for a comprehensive high speed rail network in my country/region.

Spend 15 minutes and learn about WSP as a leader in helping clients respond to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 400 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

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

I will connect with a local nonprofit working on issues affecting women, girls, and/or trans and nonbinary people in my community, and find out how I can get involved or become a member.

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

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Solutions.

I will spend at least 120 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

Learned about migratory patterns. Supported restored wet lands. Counted and made observations about raptors in the wet lands.

Walking public trails in Ohio I noticed trash along the hiking trails. Carry it out.

I will enjoy 6 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

I will start a compost bin where I live.

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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.