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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an 2020 People's Ecochallenge expert in no time!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
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Rayhan Brown

Asheville High School

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 145 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    1.0
    plastic straw
    not sent to the landfill

Rayhan's actions

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

Do at Home

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Simplicity

Mindfulness Practice

Do at Home

I will spend 10 minute(s) per day practicing Mindfulness.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Health

Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation

Do at Home

I will spend 10 minutes practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation to nurture love and compassion for myself and others.

COMPLETED 2
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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Say No to Plastic Straws
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Rayhan Brown 10/16/2020 10:04 AM
    I almost never use any of these because I usually am not the one that is shopping. When I have the opportunity to not use a plastic straw I take it.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Mindfulness Practice
    What best helped you with your Mindfulness Practice? How does Mindfulness keep you grounded and sustain your work with compassion?
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    Rayhan Brown 10/12/2020 10:26 AM
    Find a nice quiet environment with absolutely no distractions was the most important part for me to enjoy the mindfulness and have it really take effect. It helped reflect on everything going on in my life and organize it in my brain.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation
    How can practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation be helpful to the health of the environment?
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    Rayhan Brown 10/08/2020 6:51 AM
    It can help to relax us a lot with all the stressful things that are going on right now. 
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