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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
Rev. Meg Roberts's avatar

Rev. Meg Roberts

Beacon Unitarian

"I want to learn how to do eco-justice while supporting and being supported in our Beacon Unitarian team!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 720 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    37
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    545
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    22
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    20
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Rev. Meg's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Do at Home

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Do at Home

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

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 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Do at Home

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 12
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

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 20
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

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    Rev. Meg Roberts 10/28/2020 9:20 PM
    I am so glad to join 15 of you on our Beacon Team - 3 weeks has gone by fast! I'm looking forward to getting together for an online celebration sometime soon. Teresa will be in contact.
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    Rev. Meg Roberts 10/21/2020 9:57 PM
    Only one more week to go! I am enjoying reading your posts. Find out anything new about yourself during the last two weeks? I'm noticing how easy it is to eat two non-meat meals a day.
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    Rev. Meg Roberts 10/14/2020 10:42 PM
    Here's  a quote from a Unitarian ancestor: “What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Familiar Letters
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    Rev. Meg Roberts 10/11/2020 10:49 PM
    As of today, Beacon Unitarian is in position 87 of 398 teams - pretty good for a team of only 15 people. Yeah team!
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    Rev. Meg Roberts 10/07/2020 9:54 PM
    Hello Beacon Teammates! I'm excited about doing the Ecochallenge together. I've marked in my agenda to check back on my actions and mark off the ones done at the end of each day. It is my spiritual exercise this month. What are you doing to help yourself during the challenge? What support can we as teammates offer you?
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