Elisa Garcia

HP Barcelona

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
479 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

20

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

2.0

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

21

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

3.0

documentaries

watched
UP TO

20

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1,170

minutes

of additional sleep
UP TO

270

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

40

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Elisa's actions

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

Do at Home

I will watch 3 documentary(ies) about systemic racism.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

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 2 container(s) out of the landfill each day.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Do at Home

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

Do at Home

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

More Fruits and Veggies

Do at Home

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 1 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Healthy Sleep

Do at Home

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

Do at Home

I will advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, at work, or on campus to reduce pollution in the environment and in local communities.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

What did you learn about racial injustice in the documentary(ies) you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of sustainability?
Elisa Garcia 10/28/2020 9:06 AM
I've learnt that even if we continuously forger, during our day to day, that unfortunately racism is still there and very alive. The most outrageous situations are still happening and we all need to stand up and push for a change. I was aware of the Rodney King police abuse and the consequent disorders and complaints, but didn't know at all the story of Marsha. Really heartbreaking! Racial equality is critical to have a sustainable planet, as poverty is often linked to "minorities" and the key sustainability challenges are also impacting more the poorest people.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What did you substitute or could be substituted instead?
Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 10:03 AM
Our family has stopped using plastic straws (now use glass), we all use reusable bottles for water, don't use anymore paper napkins but cloth napkins, we are reusing plastic bags or using vegetable bags

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Consider how many hours of sleep you get now. How would you like to shift your sleep patterns? What are you finding works for you to be successful in this action?
Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 9:58 AM
I was sleeping 6 to 6.5 hours and now I'm sleeping 7 hours and some days even a bit more during the week. I need to be consistent in having dinner earlier, so that I can also get to bed earlier. The key is to refrain from working late and it's not always easy to manage. Setting up an alarm clock that reminds me about the time is helping

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?
Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 9:54 AM
It keeps us healthy, so that it helps as well the social sanitary system by reducing the expend in medical assistance. It also reduces a lot the water consumption, which is required to raise animals and later one clean the meat and helps to reduce deforestation, plus it reduces the level of methane gases that some animals produce

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Michael Pollan states that “it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor.” What are your thoughts on this assertion?
Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 9:48 AM
This is spot on: an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Consuming daily a considerable amount of fruits and vegetables or pulses will help us to strengthen our immune system and protect us from sicknesses

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Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 9:42 AM
I was very happy to hear that the butchers shop where I regularly buy meat is exploring alternatives to start using biodegradable packaging to 100% replace plastic. I've been having such conversations with them since I did the eco-challenge last year and it seems that I'm not the only one carrying glass containers and asking for no plastic packaging...

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.
Elisa Garcia 10/22/2020 9:39 AM
The fact that there's still so many people that doesn't realize the incredible amount of plastics rubbish that we generate and how hard it is sometimes to avoid using 1-use plastic containers. Covid-19 is not helping in these regards...

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Elisa Garcia 10/18/2020 7:07 AM
The increase of persons working from home is probably not helping here, as not every day you have the time to cook everything. When I have little time and have to reach to processed food, at least I'm trying to buy those that are packed on paper containers and have no additives, colorants and are also low in saturated fats and sugar. I think that the products from "La Sirena" are quite good in this sense and they're only using 100% biodegradable bags since a year or so.

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Elisa Garcia 10/18/2020 7:03 AM
The achievement of this goal is being relatively easy, after having become more conscious, together with all the family, when I joined last year's ecochallenge

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Elisa Garcia 10/18/2020 7:01 AM
I'm really happy of having taken this goal, as it's helping to remember to eat more fruit, which I was forgetting often before.

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