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April 1 - April 30, 2021
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David Phung

JAC Sustainability

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 366 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    152
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1.0
    donation
    made

David's actions

Land Sinks

Buy Bamboo

Bamboo Production

When they are available, I will purchase products made from bamboo instead of wood, plastic, or metal.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Fund Family Planning

Health and Education

I will donate to supply a community with reproductive health supplies.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Choose Recycled Paper

Recycled Paper

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Smart Seafood Choices

Ocean Farming

I will visit seafoodwatch.org or download the app and commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

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 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Practice the 5 R's

Recycling

I will Practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Save Rigaud Mountain

Rigaud Mountain is an expansive natural resource that we rely upon to run many of our Outdoor Education courses, here at JAC. It is under extreme pressure from development and mismanagement, and in desperate need of protection. Facing COVID and the Climate Crisis, the need to protect our few remaining local intact forests, is more stronger than ever. We need them, for our health and wellness, and they are disappearing. If you are able, please support this important cause and take a few moments to forward this letter to others who understand its importance. The petition and funding pages are accessible through the "Learn More" button.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

Multiple Industry Solutions

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Muscle Power on Earth Day

I will cut green house gas emissions related to my commute to John Abbott College on Earth day, April 22. I will only use muscle-powered transportation (walk, bike, skateboard) for my commute.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks
    Are bamboo alternatives readily available in your community? If not, what are other sustainable alternatives?

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    David Phung 4/30/2021 9:55 AM
    Bamboo is more and more available but not necessarily for everything yet. In many instances, metal and silicone are a good alternative to plastic, for instance, silicone bowl covers or metal straws have a much longer usable life than bamboo alternatives
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Industry
    What are some more "R's" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?

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    David Phung 4/30/2021 9:53 AM
    Recondition. Usually with larger pieces of equipment or technological devices, once it start getting less effective, the immediate response is to buy a new one. Most of the time these things can be reconditioned once donated to the right institution or repaired to give it a few more years of life.

    • Roxane Millette's avatar
      Roxane Millette 4/30/2021 5:26 PM
      I agree. So important to look for programs that send the right devices to the right service with the right know-how. Just takes a bit of research.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health and Education
    When family planning focuses on healthcare provision and meeting the expressed needs of women, it results in empowerment, equality, and well-being, and the benefits to the planet are side effects. Why is family planning an important civil rights consideration?

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    David Phung 4/26/2021 7:48 AM
    Equal access to healthcare and education for women is one of the best way to tackle poverty and inequality. Historically, women have been oppressed through attacks on their reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, education and inequality in access to healthcare in general. Education and healthcare gives women the tools to break barriers and change systems that were previously male dictated and controlled.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
    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?

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    David Phung 4/26/2021 7:38 AM
    Because the health system has wrongly informed them that eating meet is the only good way to gain protein. It also comes from the idea that meat the best source for muscle growth. Animals are seen as beneath humans and therefore good for consumption