Luciana Ranelli

Antioch New England & Friends

"Build Connections"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
291 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

5.0

phone calls

made to public officials or leaders
UP TO

11

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Luciana's actions

Community

Pick Up the Phone

I will make 1 phone call(s) per day to a public official or company to advocate community or planet-friendly policies.

COMPLETED 5
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

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

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 10
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 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

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Luciana Ranelli 10/17/2017 6:40 PM

YWent hiking in Pisgah State Park today on part of the Pisgah Ridge Trail. Couldn’t do much of the 8.5 mike loop because had to get back to schoolwork, but it was an amazing break and I plan to go back!

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- Gemma Laser 10/18/2017 6:38 AM
  
  Hooray, let me know when you go back...I do want to make it there with you!! Thanks for sharing here with picture and everything!
  
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Luciana Ranelli 10/11/2017 3:00 PM

Hey team--reaching out for help and ideas here. I chose an action of making 1 phone call a day to a public official or company. I chose it because it's hard for me to do it and because I wanted to work on it. That said, I didn't make enough time in my day today to (1) research who to call and what to call about or even (2) make the call. Dang it! But we're doing this in community, so I figured some of you may have tips or tricks (or at the very least encouragement) to share.

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- Gemma Laser 10/13/2017 7:45 PM
  
  I love that you are doing this challenge Luciana! I'll try to follow in your footsteps next year :)
  5calls.org is new to me so I'll have to remember it or have you/Kelsey remind me. (Because even if you are "finished" here before us you won't be finished from our cohort!)
  
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- Luciana Ranelli 10/12/2017 7:42 AM
  
  Thanks Gemma and Kelsey. I re-found "5calls.org" thanks to you, and already called today!! It took under 10 minutes to figure out what to call about, who to call, and to make the call. Started with a northern MN issue close to my heart, and clearly have time to expand to this NH area over the next couple weeks.
  
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- Gemma Laser 10/11/2017 5:54 PM
  
  Another list of action organizations (see esp. NH Pipeline Resistance?)
  http://www.oneactionnh.org/organization-directory/category/environment
  
  Also League of Conservation Voters doesn't appear to have a New Hampshire affiliate but they have links to federal actions. Perhaps others?
  https://www.lcv.org/
  
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- Gemma Laser 10/11/2017 5:43 PM
  
  Luciana, I love your question! Thanks for reaching out :) I really admired your choosing this challenge, so I'd love to support you in it as best I can. I would love to help research more, though I really shouldn't spend too long tonight. This is what I found so far:
  
  http://environmentnewhampshire.org/issues
  
  There are campaigns listed with actions suggested. I don't know if they list names and phone numbers but finding those for Keene (state level) and NH (federal level) shouldn't be hard. I can help with that tomorrow if needed. I have another idea of reaching out to a Maine org I know to hopefully find out if they have a counterpart in NH. I'll keep you posted!
  
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- Kelsey Bearden 10/11/2017 5:24 PM
  
  Not to put words in your mouth, so to speak, but here are a couple of ('progressive') resources I found back last fall that may help.
  -Antiextremism: https://dailyaction.org
  -More customizable issues: https://5calls.org
  -Not sure if this is one is an approach you're after (resisting the Trump agenda) BUT they have lots of consolidated info by state and by issue on what's going on politically, so it's a good resource if you want to dig and choose who to call about what: www.resistancemanual.org
  
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