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Welcome to 2017 People's Ecochallenge!

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2017 People's Ecochallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017
Alex Khan's avatar

Alex Khan

The Hartford Environmental Action Team (HEAT)

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 332 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    325
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    30
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    325
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    15
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    280
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    15
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    14
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    11
    miles
    traveled by foot

Alex's actions

Food

Try a New Way to Prep

I will try a new method of food preparation, such as canning, pickling, or baking bread.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about food with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

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

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients per day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 25-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 2 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Work-Life Balance

I will not work more than 8 hour days each day to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 1 mile(s) per day instead of driving and avoid sending up to 0.93 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Less Screen Time

I will replace 20 minute(s) of screen time per day with other activities.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a walk each day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 15
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?