Candice Torres

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POINTS TOTAL

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316 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1,180

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

44

locally sourced meals

consumed
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

100

minutes

being mindful

Candice's actions

Action Track: Climate Resilience

Tend A Garden

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

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Conduct Virtual Meetings

Telepresence

I will encourage my office to hold meetings virtually whenever possible instead of requiring travel.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

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.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Composting

Composting, Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What did you learn about the need for family planning? How do the needs of different people in different places compare to each other?
Candice Torres 4/01/2021 1:23 PM
Family planning is an important role in the society. Philippines has a low percent rate of family planning especially to those in the lower income communities where rather than buying contraceptives, they will buy their basic needs instead. Due to lesser knowledge on the proper ways of family planning, families often times get the wrong impression on contraceptives thus creating fear. Other factors that contribute to lesser use of family planning is religion. Some people would opt out of family planning as it would appear as a disobedience to the will of God. Although currently, more and more barangays now have family planning methods available in their respective health centers to help those families that are in dire need of family planning

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