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2017 People's Ecochallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017
Cianna Pieper's avatar

Cianna Pieper

UW-L Remsburg's class crew

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 107 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    140
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    8.8
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Cianna's 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 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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 0 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

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  • Cianna Pieper's avatar
    Cianna Pieper 10/18/2017 12:10 PM
    10/18 Post

    Powering down my computer has become a habit of mine now because of this challenge. Before I was unaware that just simply closing my computer was not putting it to sleep, I instead had to just click a few buttons in order to save my battery and some CO2 from going into the atmosphere.  

    Eating Mindfully has been a little difficult for me because I feel like some of the only time I can communicate with certain people is while I'm eating or cooking my dinner.  It's also a pretty big habit of mine to surf the web while I'm eating so I've been working on putting the phone down.  Some days though, it's just harder than others. 

    5 minute showers can be difficult some days, but I've figured out a routine that allows me to get clean and keep it between 5-6 minutes.  What I found that helps is putting on a song, looking at the time of that song, just to gage about how long you've been in the shower.  I've also realized I can cut my time down by washing my face before or after my shower, in the end saving water as well. 

    Eating ZERO meatless meals a day. Not going to lie, this one has been the most difficult. For the soul purpose of, I seriously forget! I was in the middle of eating a footlong the other day and as I've almost finished the entire thing, I just then remembered...the eco challenge.  And a few days before I did the same thing with chicken wings...  I've gotten better and more aware of my food choices but quite honestly it's been super hard to find meals I want to eat (not at my house) with no meat in them. I thought this one would be a lot easier because I don't ever eat more than one meat meal a day, but apparently that one chicken sandwich or chicken quesadilla my body really wants. 
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