Panda Elena
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 681 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO33public officials or leaderscontacted
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UP TO30milesnot traveled by car
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UP TO30pounds of CO2have been saved
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UP TO51peoplehelped
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UP TO12locally sourced mealsconsumed
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UP TO198minutesspent learning
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UP TO30milestraveled by bus
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UP TO100conversationswith people
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UP TO5.0donationsmade
Panda's actions
Food
Support Local Food Systems
Plant-Rich Diets
I will source 50 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.
Transport
Stay on the Ground
Telepresence, High-Speed Rail
Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. telepresence, vacation locally).
Women and Girls
Research Businesses Owned by Women, POC, or Immigrants
Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders
I will spend 20 minutes each day researching businesses owned by women, people of color, or immigrants that I can support when shopping.
Women and Girls
Support Women-Owned Businesses
Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders
I will shop from women-owned business(es) today.
Food
Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates
Reduced Food Waste
I will spend at least 20 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.
Electricity Generation
USE RENEWABLE RESOURCES
You have to use anything that can be renewable at least once a day
Materials
Properly Dispose of Refrigerants
Refrigerant Management
I will spend at least 36 minutes learning how to properly dispose of my refrigerator, freezer, and other refrigerants at the end of their useful lives.
Women and Girls
Help Students Overcome Health Barriers
Health and Education
I will donate 1 Femme Kit(s) to help people who menstruate overcome health and sanitation barriers to being able to attend school.
Women and Girls
Fund Family Planning
Health and Education
I will donate to supply a community with reproductive health supplies.
Women and Girls
Give a Microloan
Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders
I will give 50 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.
Women and Girls
Make School More Affordable
Health and Education
I will raise funds to help make school affordable for girls around the world.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Express My Support For Walkable Cities
Walkable Cities
I will find out who in my city makes decisions that impact neighborhood walkability and express my support for better walking infrastructure.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Donate
Improved Clean Cookstoves
I will donate to nonprofits that install clean cookstoves in low-income countries.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
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.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Learn about Local Indigenous Practices
Indigenous Peoples' Forest Tenure
I will spend at least 0122 minutes learning how local indigenous tribes are caring for the land by participating in a training, workshop, or presentation.
Action Track: Social Justice
Contact your Elected Officials
Abandoned Farmland Restoration
I will contact 9 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Advocate for Forest Protection
Forest Protection
I will contact 12 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests and the enforcement of existing anti-logging laws, as well as the rights of local people to protect and restore the land in their communities.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management
Indigenous Peoples' Forest Tenure
I will donate to Native American Rights Fund, which protects tribal natural resources and environmental rights and promotes Native American Human Rights.
Transport
Use Public Transit
Public Transit
I will use public transit 15 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Start a Social Media Campaign
Health and Education
Through social media, I will raise awareness about gender inequity in education by sharing the information found in the links below.
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?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Express My Support For Walkable CitiesHow could better walking infrastructure make your city both more enjoyable and more equitable?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Learn about Local Indigenous PracticesWhat did you learn about indigenous peoples' land management that you can apply in your own life?
Panda Elena 2/19/2020 8:04 AMi learned that indegiounuos peple are cool and that we van learn from them -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Support Indigenous Peoples' Land ManagementIndigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Advocate for Forest ProtectionHigher standards of living are very often dependent on moving our environmental costs elsewhere. What are some specific ways in which the environmental impacts of your own lifestyle might be shifted elsewhere?
Panda Elena 2/19/2020 8:02 AMwe can move all the environmental issues to China and the corona vius can deal with it -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Improve a Bus StopHow can you advocate for transportation systems which minimize environmental impact while also meeting human needs?
Panda Elena 2/19/2020 7:57 AMpeople can carpoooool a looot more and people can get paid by the government for carpooling -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Social Justice Contact your Elected OfficialsDo you have any personal connections to a farm or farmland? If so, what are they? What feelings are evoked for you when thinking about declining farmland?
Panda Elena 2/19/2020 7:57 AMmy friend owns a big farm and they make sure to have everything earth friendly -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community DonateHow are environmental issues like black carbon and other emissions from cooking fires or rudimentary cookstoves also human health and social justice issues? Why do these issues matter to you?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONTransport Use Public TransitHow has your access to various kinds of transportation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Start a Social Media CampaignHow are people responding to the statistics you're sharing on social media?
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Panda Elena 2/19/2020 7:52 AMhi im doing ecochallenge