Skip to main content

Modal Title

Modal Description

Welcome to Drawdown Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Drawdown Ecochallenge expert in no time!

Ecochallenge.org
Drawdown Ecochallenge
Mason Brown's avatar

Mason Brown

Climate Action Otters-MW

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 602 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    45
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    78
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    84
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    33
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    26
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    84
    miles
    traveled by carpool

Mason's actions

Transportation

Improve a Bus Stop

Public Transit

I will improve a bus stop in my neighborhood by posting the stop schedule, adding seating or shelter, adding art or flowers, picking up litter, or implementing some other small improvement.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

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

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 20 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics

I will avoid buying and using 3 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Keep Track of Wasted Food

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Invite a friend to calculate the carbon footprint of their household

Individual actions are important, but people and organizations working together can make a real impact. I will share a carbon calculator with a friend and invite them to calculate the carbon footprint of their household.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Try Carpooling

Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 8 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 5
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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Try Carpooling
    List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
    Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 11/08/2022 1:06 PM
    For a class, I am going bird watching at Point Lobos and I carpool with a friend in the class carpool to the location in order to save money and gas.
    Read More
  • Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 11/05/2022 1:57 PM
    A meal I made for my girlfriend and me. This meal contains no meat, as part of my daily drawdown challenges.
    Read More
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?
    Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 11/03/2022 2:14 PM
    People in richer countries eat more meat because it is expensive to raise animals to eat them. Meanwhile, vegetables or grains are much cheaper to eat and grow. Meat affects our bodies negatively and increases our risk of heart disease (among other medical issues). As for the planet, the meat industry creates large amounts of methane and is responsible for some of the planet's warming. 
    Read More
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Industry Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
    Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 11/03/2022 2:11 PM
    I normally use plastic bags or plastic containers for things I've bought, like food that comes packaged in plastic containers for example. What I've been doing is cleaning the containers and reusing them, I also wash and reuse plastic ziplock bags that I have.
    Read More
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Eat Mindfully
    Mindful eating is healthier for us than eating with distractions. How does your eating experience differ when practicing mindfulness?
    Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 11/03/2022 2:06 PM
    I think that eating mindfully makes the food taste better a little bit because I'm focusing on the food itself rather than whatever I'm usually watching or distracting myself with when I'm not eating mindfully 
    Read More
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Keep Track of Wasted Food
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
    Mason Brown's avatar
    Mason Brown 10/25/2022 4:16 PM
    I'd rather use this money to save for after college so I can more easily afford housing once I finish studying.
    Read More