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Welcome to 2017 EcoChallenge!

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Northwest Earth Institute
2017 EcoChallenge
October 11 - October 25, 2017

Gary Wong

HP INC. PALO ALTO

Points Total

  • 0 Today
  • 0 This Week
  • 246 Total

Participant Impact

  • up to
    260
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • up to
    72
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Challenges

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 7 OF 15
DAILY CHALLENGE

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 1 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

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 15 OF 15
DAILY CHALLENGE

Feed

  • Gary Wong 10/25/2017 1:09 PM
    Yeah... made it!
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  • Gary Wong 10/19/2017 11:18 PM
    Didn't realize I could sign up for more than one challenge!  Doh!... sounding like Homer Simpson!
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  • Gary Wong 10/18/2017 2:31 PM
    Throughout the day, I grab left-over, abandoned, near-empty bottled waters from meeting rooms and used them to water the plants in my area.
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  • Gary Wong 10/16/2017 1:21 PM
    Unable to coast down-hill on the way to work this morning as there was too much traffic.
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  • Gary Wong 10/14/2017 10:23 PM
    Put a bucket under the shower to collect the water before it got hot to water the plants... yeahhhh!!!!
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  • Gary Wong 10/13/2017 3:11 PM
    While going from my desk to meetings, I've been turning off the lights in other conference rooms that are un-occupied.
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  • Gary Wong 10/12/2017 1:29 PM
    I put my car in neutral and coasted on all downhill parts of the road on the way into the office today to save gas.  Will do it on the way back home tonight too.
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  • Gary Wong 10/11/2017 1:32 PM
    Being in CA, it's easy to reduce water use as we've been in a drought the previous 5-yrs.
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