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Welcome to 2017 People's Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an 2017 People's Ecochallenge expert in no time!

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2017 People's Ecochallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017
Grant Wykle's avatar

Grant Wykle

UW-L Remsburg's class crew

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 127 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    160
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Grant's actions

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Disable Screen Savers

I will disable screen savers and will put the computer to sleep instead, saving up to 28% more energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 8
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?

  • Grant Wykle's avatar
    Grant Wykle 10/18/2017 6:49 PM
    Over the past week or so of really trying to be aware of my challenges and do them everyday I have started to realize how doing certain actions everyday over time can make them become habit. One of my challenges was to take five minute showers instead of the ten minute showers I used to take. Those first couple days were really a challenge to force myself to shorten my showers, however, after about a week I barely think about having to take an under five minute showers and feel like it has become habit. My two other challenges both deal with saving energy. One was to always turn off my electronics when I wasn't using them and I felt that challenge was fairly easy. 
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