Northwest Earth Institute

2017 EcoChallenge

October 11 - October 25, 2017

Maggie Gallenberg

UW-L Remsburg's class crew

Points Total

0 Today
0 This Week
70 Total

Participant Impact

up to

2

pounds of CO2

have been saved
up to

0

pounds of paper

have been saved

Challenges

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper per day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 2 OF 15
DAILY CHALLENGE

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 per day that I do this.

COMPLETED 2 OF 15
DAILY CHALLENGE

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Maggie Gallenberg 10/24/2017 8:24 PM

I chose the challenges of turning off my computer, which I have just been charging my computer to completion and then making sure to unplug it, and I don't use it while it s charging. This has been more difficult than my other challenge, printing on both sides instead of just one. Doing both of these challenges and seeing the results make me glad I am making a small difference.

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