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2020 People's Ecochallenge

October 7 - October 28, 2020

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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?

Paul Lansdowne 10/28/2020 2:39 PM

Interesting weeks during this challenge! Grateful for the opportunity, learning, and some fun!

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Cora Lansdowne 10/28/2020 11:29 AM

Thank you all for joining me in this ecochallenge journey this month! It's been fun to hear your stories of things you've learned and to share in finding new ways to do life! Our Texas Green Step team got second place in the state of Texas and we ranked 70th in the whole competition!

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Lueron Erickson 10/28/2020 9:24 AM

I didn't check in on the 18th evidently. Thought I had not missed any days. Sorry. And now that Cora Lynn has posted my message, the box has opened up for me, so I'm able to post this message myself. Being a part of the team has been fun and a daily reminder to be aware of my impact on the environment. Must keep it up!

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Cora Lansdowne 10/26/2020 6:24 AM

One of our team members, Lueron Erickson, is having difficulty posting on the feed, so she asked me to post this for her.
Stewards of Eden by Sandra Richter
It is an eye opening account of historical abuse of the environment as well as current practices of which we may be unaware.

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Paul Lansdowne 10/25/2020 11:10 AM

Today I had to go back and catch up on the past week or so. Done!

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Cora Lansdowne 10/25/2020 8:16 AM

I just found out that you can check in seven days in the past. Let me know if you have trouble figuring out how and I'll help.

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Cora Lansdowne 10/25/2020 7:31 AM

In these last few days of the challenge, share with us ways you benefited from the challenge. Did it help you to recognize some new patterns for your lifestyle that might be more sustainable? Did you learn something new about a topic you'd been curious about? Did the challenge help you take care of a project you'd been meaning to for a long time?

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Go Paperless

Reducing your paper mail can reduce mental clutter as well as physical waste -- by reducing what is coming in, you can reduce what is going into the recycling bin too. How does it make you feel? What is the next step you will take to reduce your waste?

Cora Lansdowne 10/20/2020 12:20 PM

I collected catalogs and junk mail for two weeks and have just spent an hour sending opt out requests to all of them. I also signed up for DMA Choice.org to opt out through that service as well as through Catalog Choice. I'll keep collecting and requesting until I think I've contacted them all. I'm interested to see if it helps because I am definitely eager to see my catalog/junk mail recycle pile get smaller.

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Dawn Scott 10/17/2020 9:15 PM

Have you tried using most of your water twice! How do you do this?

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- Cora Lansdowne 10/20/2020 12:22 PM
  
  You could install a grey water system! I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find businesses in your area that could help you with this.
  
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- Dawn Scott 10/20/2020 12:32 PM
  
  On NPR today they were talking to a man from a nonprofit that helps to finance solar panels. Financing grey water systems could be another project. Especially in Austin since we are a water collection zone.
  
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Cora Lansdowne 10/16/2020 8:29 AM

I've been doing some reading on food apartheid which is a subject that has always been compelling to me. As most of you know, I've been interested in some form of community garden for a long time. I'm not certain we have a food apartheid problem in Midlothian (the Food Access Research Atlas says we do not). So maybe my efforts would serve best elsewhere? Still thinking this through.

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