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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
Julia Chiu's avatar

Julia Chiu

WBA Ecochallenge G

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 124 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    2.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    24
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    50
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    260
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    20
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    48
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Julia's actions

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

Do at Home

I will take a 60-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Support A Sharing Economy

Do at Home

I will create or support a sharing economy with family, friends, and neighbors.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Work From Home

Do at Home

I will work from home 2 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Go Get a Check Up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

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 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Plant an Herb Garden

Do at Home

I will plant an herb garden in my home, workplace, or dorm room.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

Do at Home

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Do at Home

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

Do at Home

I will spend 20 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Learn About Constructive Communication

Do at Home

I will spend 30 minute(s) learning about constructive communication.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Joyful Movement

Do at Home

I will spend 30 minutes doing an activity where I'm both moving my body and enjoying myself.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Core Values

Do at Home

We may find more meaning and joy in life when our actions are aligned with our personal values. I will determine what my top 3-5 core values are so that I can better align my actions with them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

Do at Home

I will watch 2 documentary(ies) about systemic racism.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • Julia Chiu's avatar
    Julia Chiu 10/11/2020 8:12 PM
    Fish maw is popular in Chinese cuisine, however, large numbers of illegal fishing in Mexico causing serious damage to the ecosystem there and endangering numerous of marine life, especially the vaquita (a very rare type of dolphin habitat in that area.  
    It's time to rethink and say no to food ingredients that came from the unethical source. 
    https://eia-international.org/ocean/preventing-the-extinction-of-the-vaquita/
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