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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
Debbie Bomgardner's avatar

Debbie Bomgardner

HP Fort Collins

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 592 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    110
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    815
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    50
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    18
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Debbie's actions

Waste

Compost Food Waste

Do at Home

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Leave No Trace

Do at Home

I will practice the seven principles of Leave No Trace when doing nature activities alone or with family and friends.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Do Nature Activities

Do at Home

I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 25 minute(s) each day. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Know My Health

I will get my Core Four Biometrics tests (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and BMI).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Go Get a Check Up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Happiness

Do at Home

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Go Paperless

Do at Home

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Research Voter Suppression

Do at Home

I will spend at least 45 minutes finding out what local laws, policies, and practices keep people from voting in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

Do at Home

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about systemic racism.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Do at Home

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate. I will keep 1 container(s) out of the landfill each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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  • Debbie Bomgardner's avatar
    Debbie Bomgardner 10/22/2020 7:25 AM
    Participating in EcoChallenge inspired me to start composting. I'm not yet ready to do my own backyard composting, but am loving the service we're now using - Common Good Compost (https://www.commongoodcompost.org/). They provide the bin and bags you see in this picture, and a 5-gallon pail w/airtight lid (kept in our garage). We take our small bags of compost to the big pail as needed, and then put that pail at the curb weekly to be emptied.
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