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October 7 - October 28, 2020
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Dan Yang

HP Shanghai 2020

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 751 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    845
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    26
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted

Dan's actions

Health

Go Get a Check Up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Less Screen Time

Do at Home

I will replace 30 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Heat and Cool Naturally

Do at Home

I will naturally heat and cool my house, office, or dorm room by opening or closing my windows, curtains, and blinds, and by using fans.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Reduce Refined Sugar

Do at Home

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

Do at Home

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

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 22
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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    Dan Yang 10/27/2020 7:02 PM
    I have completed my eco challenge tasks

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    Dan Yang 10/26/2020 6:36 PM
    we are almost done,great work

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    Dan Yang 10/25/2020 6:03 PM
    replace the paper email by electronic email
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

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    Dan Yang 10/22/2020 7:39 PM
    make life simply, the more simply the better.

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      Sathish R 10/22/2020 8:37 PM
      On R's-- WE need to Reduce, Reuse, Refuse, repair and Repurpose on all our actions...Very good thought

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    Dan Yang 10/22/2020 7:35 PM
    Keep doing exercise everyday

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    Dan Yang 10/21/2020 7:35 PM
    nice weather in autumn in shanghai

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    Dan Yang 10/20/2020 5:55 PM
    reading book makes you calm down  
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Less Screen Time
    What did you notice in implementing this challenge? Was it hard to choose other activities over screen time? How did you decide to spend your time?

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    Dan Yang 10/20/2020 5:53 PM
    do some other things, e.g. reading book, housework, exercise. etc

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    Dan Yang 10/18/2020 11:30 PM
    print with double side to save using of paper

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    Dan Yang 10/16/2020 1:11 AM
    world food day today, cherish food and keep away from waste