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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown
April 1 - April 30, 2021
Catherine Reyes's avatar

Catherine Reyes

Emerson Waldorf School

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 311 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    315
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    12
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    12
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    75
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1.0
    donation
    made
  • UP TO
    4.0
    trees
    planted

Catherine's actions

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 50 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

Action Track: Accelerating Solutions

Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

Indigenous Peoples' Forest Tenure

I will donate to Native American Rights Fund, which protects tribal natural resources and environmental rights and promotes Native American Human Rights.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Tend A Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Sinks

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 30 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Explore My Area

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 120 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Plant Trees

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will plant 4 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

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

Health and Education

Start a Social Media Campaign

Health and Education

Through social media, I will raise awareness about gender inequity in education by sharing the information found in the links below.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Learn about Biochar

Biochar Production

I will spend 15 minute(s) learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks
    How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place -- your deep knowledge of and appreciation for your surroundings?
    Catherine Reyes's avatar
    Catherine Reyes 4/16/2021 6:38 PM
    It create a bodily connection to the land and nurtures a familiarity with the particulars of a place's rhythms.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks
    How is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?
    Catherine Reyes's avatar
    Catherine Reyes 4/05/2021 2:56 PM
    It can be challenging physical work. It nurtures a connection to the land and to the future. It brings awareness of the cycles of nature.
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