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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
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Jung-wei Fan

Mayo Clinic - Kern Center

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 598 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    50
    minutes
    spent learning

Jung-wei's actions

Waste

Research Local Waste Sites

Do at Home

I will spend 20 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

Do at Home

I will spend 30 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

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 19
DAILY ACTIONS

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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?

  • Jung-wei Fan's avatar
    Jung-wei Fan 10/10/2020 2:53 PM
    Results from the self-assigned task of researching about local waste sites:
    Landfill nearby (the Kalmar Landfill)
    https://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/environmentalresources/garbagerecycling/landfill/Pages/default.aspx
    Toxic waste collection (the Hazardous Waste Facility)
    https://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/environmentalresources/garbagerecycling/hazardouswaste/Pages/default.aspx
    However, there is little resource I can find about assessment of their impact to local communities.

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    Jung-wei Fan 10/08/2020 7:13 PM
    Results from my self-assigned task to learn about sustainable fashion:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_fashion
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-the-planet.html
    https://eco-age.com/magazine/real-leather-vs-faux-heres-what-you-need-know/
    Share some good reads that satisfied my curiosity. I didn't know leather processing involves toxic heavy metals that can harm our environment!
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