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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Kylie Cipriano

Asheville High School Spring 2021

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POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
451 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

8.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

294

minutes

spent learning

Kylie's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 38 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

Tropical Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

Health and Education

I will spend at least 35 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 45 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn about Temperate Forests

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

Methane Digesters

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Calculate the carbon footprint of my household

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Learn about the impact of old refrigerants

I will spend 60 minute(s) learning about the climate impact of refrigerants and what climate-friendly refrigerants are by using the links provided

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of micro wind.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Biomass

Biomass Power

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Power

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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
Electricity Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?

Kylie Cipriano 12/04/2020 9:17 PM

My vision of a sustainable community is of one that has all its necessities right there. It produces all the food, electricity, and resources it needs. It is fully self sustaining. In reality there are thing we can't get in our community that would be my exception. But everything the community can self produce it should.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education Learn about the Need for Family Planning

What did you learn about the need for family planning? How do the needs of different people in different places compare to each other?

Kylie Cipriano 12/03/2020 7:32 PM

I learned that family planning is not something that everyone has access to. And that there are some places where there is no sex ed. The need for information, education, and family planning resources is higher in countries where sex/reproduction is a taboo topic.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks Learn about Temperate Forests

As you learn more about the scope and seriousness of the environmental challenges we face, what impact does that have on your thinking and actions? What are the parts that feel overwhelming? What parts help you feel hopeful?

Kylie Cipriano 12/03/2020 7:03 PM

The more I learn the more issues I realize we have. The more aware and passionate I am about promoting good and Earth healthy habits.It feels overwhelming because a lot of people aren't seeing these issues/taking them seriously.I feel hopeful because of how our education system is teaching us about this, it makes these issues more well known and gives our generation a better basis for addressing environmental issues.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks Research Peatlands

Much of Indonesia's peatlands have been drained so they could be replaced with palm oil or pulp and paper plantations. How can you make choices that help to protect peatlands, even if you live far away from one?

Kylie Cipriano 12/01/2020 5:50 PM

You can avoid using products typically made from palm. Or work to support environmental preservation, and try to reduce your carbon footprint to lessen global warming, which would in turn lessen the extreme conditions that allow such large wildfires to exist.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?

Kylie Cipriano 11/30/2020 3:16 PM

In my community one barrier that exists are social/societal standards, there are certain fields such as construction where women aren’t commonly working the few women who do work in them are often discriminated against by their male colleagues.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks Forest-Friendly Foods 1

How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?

Kylie Cipriano 11/24/2020 7:45 PM

My diet is currently negatively impacting deforestation. I eat chocolate, drink coffee every morning and I eat meat once a day. I do avoid a lot of palm and soy oils because they make me sick. My family has worked on eating less meat and it's going pretty well, another way you could help forests is by donating to fundraisers to help conserve them.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?

Kylie Cipriano 11/23/2020 4:00 PM

I will stop viewing sell by and best if used by dates as catch all phrases. There are many factors that play into the quality/safety of our food. The labels are not made for our safety so we must not treat them as such. This will help me make better decisions regarding the longevity of my purchases.

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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?

Kylie Cipriano 11/23/2020 7:47 AM

Eating more meat effects the planet in many ways, the land needed is often left damaged, livestock releases large amounts of methane and any runoff from the farms is horrible for the environment. On top of that the living conditions the animals are kept in are horrific.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro turbines can be placed on large structures to take advantage of stronger, steadier breezes. The Eiffel Tower now sports vertical axis turbines that produce electricity for use on site. Where could micro turbines potentially be installed in your city?

Kylie Cipriano 11/20/2020 9:22 PM

They could be installed at the tops of industrialized mountains or atop the tallest buildings downtown.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More about Biomass

Had you ever heard of biomass technology before you took this challenge? What did you learn that surprised you? Share your new knowledge with your friends!

Kylie Cipriano 11/20/2020 8:38 PM

I have heard of biomass technology before but didn't have a great understanding of it. One thing I learned that think is really important is that biomass technology should not be the end goal for our energy needs, it is something we can use along the way but at the end of the day it is still producing carbon emissions.

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