catalina gutierrez

NDA SoCal

"Saving the earth one step at a time "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
243 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

2.0

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

15

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

192

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

192

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

-7.1

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

40

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

catalina's actions

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 20 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 8
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 8
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

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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

More Fruits and Veggies

Do at Home

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 2 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Sign Up to Vote

Do at Home

I will make sure I’m registered to vote. While I’m at it, I’ll sign up to help others register too!

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

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

COMPLETED 7
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
Waste Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:55 PM

The amount of single plastic we use because most “recyclable” plastic ends of in the landfill. The idea of recycling certain materials was a corporate ply to make the public believe that they are more earth friendly . It is important for people to educate themselves on the trash they are creating because it only ends up in the ocean, the landfill, or in the streets, which are all detrimental to their surroundings.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Reduce Single-Use Disposables

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?

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:52 PM

I use reusable lunch utensils and containers. Most importantly I use a reusable water bottle and tumbler.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:50 PM

It’s a daily reminder to be conscientious of other people and their experience. To know that others coexist in a world, allows for people to pay it forward and live, not only for oneself but for others.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health More Fruits and Veggies

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:48 PM

Reducing meat intake and increasing fruit and vegetable intake not only betters an individual’s health, but also reduces our carbon footprint. This healthy practice can be most beneficial to low income household and people of color that are historically known for having chronic diseases.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Reduce Refined Sugar

Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:45 PM

No, but I knew that i was consuming too much and I knew its impact. I cut back on refined sugars by eating more fruit and now i don’t “crave” sweets.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Use Public Transit

The US spends roughly 20% of its federal budget on defense. In contrast, 2% goes to education, 20% goes to social security and just 3% goes to transportation infrastructure. Do these numbers surprise you at all? Why or why not? How would you adjust them if you could?

catalina gutierrez 10/28/2020 12:42 PM

No, they do not surprise me given the fact that I am an active participant within the infrastructure that sees its faults. The allocation of funds in transportation can improve different societal issues, such as the environment, job creation and more.

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