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Welcome to 2020 People's Ecochallenge!

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2020 People's Ecochallenge
October 7 - October 28, 2020
Joe Lobbato's avatar

Joe Lobbato

Team ESR 141

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 488 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • UP TO
    57
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    92
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    57
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    2.0
    public officials or leaders
    contacted
  • UP TO
    1.0
    energy audit
    conducted
  • UP TO
    3.0
    lightbulbs
    replaced
  • UP TO
    12
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill

Joe's actions

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 6 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Support Businesses Owned by People of Color

Do at Home

Racial inequity is both a sustainability and justice problem. I will support businesses owned by people of color in my community whenever I shop.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Online Energy Audit

Do at Home

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Support Resilient Powergrids

Do at Home

A community can be brought to its knees without dependable power, often affecting the most vulnerable. I will write 1 letter(s) or email(s) per day to a public official or company to advocate for a more resilient power grid (e.g. microgrids, solar+storage).

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

Do at Home

I will replace 6 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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
    Transportation Walk Instead
    Half of all trips made in the US are three miles or less; 72% of them are driven. Does this statistic describe your own transportation habits? If so, how might you incorporate more muscle-powered transportation in your daily life?
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    Joe Lobbato 10/11/2020 11:03 AM
    Most of my trips are out to the river to go fish, when I go to the store I typically walk and only buy a few products a trip so I can carry them home, it takes me around an hour to do and it allows me to get out of my house and enjoy nature.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Support Resilient Powergrids
    What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for that vision to become reality?
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    Joe Lobbato 10/11/2020 10:57 AM
    My vision for a sustainable community would be people using reusable bags and driving electric cars being the norm. I think there would have to be stronger regulations and policies in place to somewhat force people to reduce their footprint.
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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?
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    Joe Lobbato 10/08/2020 2:32 PM
    I typically have gotten straws with my drinks. Now I skip the straw, reducing my use of single-use plastics.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Choose LED Bulbs
    Switching out your lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! In what other ways can you exercise your civic duty to protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions?
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    Joe Lobbato 10/08/2020 2:29 PM
    Turning off the lights when not in use.
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