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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
Tom Cooney's avatar

Tom Cooney

HP Corvallis Site

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 484 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    376
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    50
    minutes
    spent learning

Tom's actions

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Research Voter Suppression

Do at Home

I will spend at least 60 minutes finding out what local laws, policies, and practices keep people from voting in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

5-Minute Showers

Do at Home

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

I will reduce multiple dishing washing and will instead utilize a high efficency dishwasher only 3x/week.

I recognized that my household washes dishes and such in the moment. After seeing an advert on TV we realized that by using our new high efficiency dishwasher a couple of times per week we could potentially save significant water usage.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Conserve Toilet Water

Do at Home

I will save up to 12 gallons (45 L) of water a day by flushing only when necessary.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Go Get a Check Up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Know My Health

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

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 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

I will educate myself on systemic racism and how it impacts our environement.

My goal is to educate myself through reading, online content and direct experience the effects of systemic racism on populations ability to access clean energy, food and environment.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health
    How do you deal with the physical and emotional stress of the big problems we face? How can you help others cope?
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    Tom Cooney 10/20/2020 3:24 PM
    Meditation of some sort is my main approach.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health
    How do you practice self care?
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    Tom Cooney 10/20/2020 3:23 PM
    I start each day with some yoga and stretching and then ensure that I get out of the house at least twice / day.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
    What are the ways in which voters are prohibited from or discouraged from voting in your region and/or state? What could be done to get rid of these barriers?
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    Tom Cooney 10/18/2020 8:05 AM
    My state instituted vote-by-mail several years ago with great success.  I think this should/will become the norm across the country.

    I continue to read about voting processes in other states and around the world and am reminded of the large gap in approach.  

    Why, if voting is the greatest ideal in America are we so adverse to it?
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