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2017 People's Ecochallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017
Jane Esa's avatar

Jane Esa

PCC SOC 228 Environmental Sociology

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 162 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    5.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    120
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Jane's actions

Waste

Needs vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day for two weeks that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Jane Esa's avatar
    Jane Esa 10/25/2017 12:21 PM
    This has been a great challenge! I've enjoyed more meatless meals in the last two weeks than I have in the last year. And even though it was a simple challenge, writing down 3 things I'm grateful for every day really did help to re-frame my mindset during times that seemed very stressful.
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    Jane Esa 10/21/2017 3:09 PM
    The colder weather makes it more difficult to keep with 5 minute showers. But, I have upped my meatless meals from 1 to 2. That's been a much easier transition that I expected it to be.
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    Jane Esa 10/11/2017 8:01 PM
    I started with a fairly easy one, the 5 minute shower. It didn't really seem that much shorter than my normal showers. And today was probably easy because I didn't actually wash my hair... 
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