April 1 - April 30, 2021
PCC SOC 228 - Environmental Sociology
Portland Community College
POINTS TOTAL
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5,381TOTAL
team impact
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UP TO4.0lightbulbsreplaced
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UP TO75locally sourced mealsconsumed
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UP TO159meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO543milesnot traveled by car
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UP TO5.0milestraveled by bike
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UP TO32milestraveled by bus
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UP TO511milestraveled by carpool
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UP TO2,950minutesspent exercising
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UP TO540minutesspent learning
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UP TO1,520minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO1,367minutesbeing mindful
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UP TO3.0peoplehelped
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UP TO222pounds of CO2have been saved
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UP TO3.3pounds of paperhave been saved
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UP TO4.0zero-waste mealsconsumed
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May 2 at 8:48 PMI learned a lot from the Ecochallenge this past month. I have cut back on meat and dairy products and had the chance to explore the city around me. I have also made use of many reusable items like plastic containers from stores. Because I have had smaller portions and spent a lot of time eating without distraction, I have learned more about my...
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April 30 at 8:15 PMI have found that depending on where you shop or where you eat there are bamboo alternatives, specifically natural food stores or restaurants that cater to compostable products. Alternatives that I have researched range from products made out of mushrooms, hemp, banana leaves, agave, seaweed, and pressed hay. It was really cool researching...
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April 30 at 3:15 PMConcrete has a notoriously large carbon emissions footprint and as such any alternatives that can have the durability and cheap material requirements for large scale operations would be a great boon for the environment. That being said, the two most notable ones that interested me were fly ash blocks that are composed of fly ash from burning...
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April 30 at 8:56 AMThis month I’ve been more cognizant of my actions than ever. I’ve changed my mindset and realized that little changes in my life can go quite a long way especially if others do it with me.
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April 30 at 2:33 AMIt has been so fun to learn about how to create healthy soil! All of my plants are coming along well, including all of the kale that self-seeded itself. We will have lots more food in no time. Plus, I finally finished an EcoChallenge commitment that I made in 2019 - we built our Little Library. :)
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April 29 at 7:15 PMSince I have started keeping track of my food waste, I have found new ways to create meals as well as new additions to meals that I have been eating for years. For example, I am always hesitant when I need to buy lemons or limes, as I usually just use half of them and then throw the other half out. So instead of wasting the remaining halves, I...
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April 28 at 6:42 PMI looked up some ideas for utilizing food scraps and I realized that I can take the peels and ends of onions, the tops of celery, the carrot skins, and the potato skins, and use them to all together to make a vegetable broth. I never thought to do this before. I use vegetable broth pretty often to cook my quinoa in. Therefore, not only am I...
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April 28 at 12:00 PMEating plant based is something that never appealed to me. Now that I have taken the time to have one plant-based meal a day has allowed me to explore more diverse meals while still eating clean. I typically eat some fruits or veggies for my vegan meal each day, but I have been experimenting with meat substitutes as well and have enjoyed those...
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April 27 at 10:32 PMI have really been enjoying eating mindfully. I have learned to take the time to actually enjoy my meal along with my surroundings. I started eating outside on my back patio too!
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April 27 at 9:49 PMI have supported women owned restaurants, distilleries, boutiques, crystal shops, herbal shops; I find myself more inclined to purchase a product or visit a store if I know that it is women led. If I support women owned businesses I can then hope that these women are putting that money back into their neighborhoods and communities.
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