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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!

Ecochallenge.org
2017 People's Ecochallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017
Nick Oreskovic's avatar

Nick Oreskovic

greenlax

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 170 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    224
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    6.6
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Nick's actions

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 ACTION

Food

Say No to Seafood

I will not eat seafood.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

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 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

I will save up to 8 gallons (30 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 8
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 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?

  • Nick Oreskovic's avatar
    Nick Oreskovic 10/24/2017 7:13 PM
    Only a 5 minute shower was tough after that field trip to the water treatment plant..but I held strong and got out in time! Seeing what the water goes through everytime it goes down the drain made me appreciate what they do there, and also made me a lot more concientious about my own use of water! 
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    Nick Oreskovic 10/22/2017 12:34 PM
    Since I had trouble getting onto the site until the challenge started I decided to pick up a few extra challenges to help our team and the environment contemporarily. In doing so I realized that some of the challenges I selected I had already been doing unknowingly such as turning off the water while brushing (no reason not to), not eating seafood (don't like it), and even the 5 minute showers. It was a good realization that such small things had an impact so much so that it encouraged me to take up more challenges and make that impact bigger.
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