Robert Cody

Solons

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
196 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.0

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

2.4

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

150

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

3.0

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

1.0

energy audit

conducted
UP TO

16

lightbulbs

replaced

Robert's actions

Transportation

Try Carpooling

Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 2 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Power

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Biomass

Biomass Power

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Muscle Power

Multiple Transportation Solutions

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Buildings

Research Heat Pumps

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Explore Other Buildings Solutions

All Buildings Solutions

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Buildings Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 16 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Explore Other Transportation Solutions

All Transportation Solutions

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Transportation Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Online Energy Audit

Multiple Solutions

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

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?

Robert Cody 1/20/2021 5:45 PM

Today I walked to Shaws to get groceries for my family. It was difficult carrying the food but luckily it was not a lot. I think using muscles as a way of transportation has it plus and minuses but it does help the earth if we did it more and it will keep you in better shape.

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Robert Cody 1/20/2021 5:38 PM

Biomass is a very interesting idea and its a very old idea. Basically biomass is burning plant or animal material for energy. The proposal is if biomass takes over fossil fuels, then there would need to be a large amount of farming for energy crops.

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Robert Cody 1/20/2021 5:33 PM

I read an article about geothermal power. It is a clean and reusable sources for heat and energy. It is one way we can make our lives more sustainable.

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Robert Cody 1/19/2021 7:10 PM

Today I switch 16 of my light bulbs to LED. The room became brighter and it helps save energy and it is more efficient. LED bulbs will be a huge roll in our future in lighting our lives.

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Robert Cody 1/19/2021 7:04 PM

I have been driving my brother and my mom to school everyday last week . It is hard right now to do a lot of car pooling, but I thought I would at least start at home with my family. By driving them to school we are only taking one car. This decreases our carbon emission per person. It does making timing a little weird and incovinant but I wanted to try this at least for a week.

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