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Welcome to Drawdown Ecochallenge!

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Ali Farhat

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participant impact

  • UP TO
    25
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Ali's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Support Nutrient Management

Nutrient Management

I will research and support local farmers who have made the decision to not use synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

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
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Support Nutrient Management
    How does environmental quality influence your sense of community?
    Ali Farhat 's avatar
    Ali Farhat 4/02/2022 7:43 PM
    You feel like you're doing the right thing for yourself  and those that I care about 
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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?
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    Ali Farhat 4/02/2022 8:47 AM
    Yes it does, I now understand that to judge if I should thrown away the food ( I should do the smell-test ) 
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  • 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?
    Ali Farhat 's avatar
    Ali Farhat 4/02/2022 8:39 AM
    The money could be invested into a stock market protfolio 
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    • Clara Nennemann's avatar
      Clara Nennemann 4/02/2022 12:50 PM
      That money could be put towards something like an electric vehicle, which would be a lot more ecological than a gasoline powered one. Alternatively, as this money presumably belongs to the food budget of any given family, it would be wiser to buy organic or local food. If no food is wasted, the total cost of food for the family would remain the same, but no money would be wasted and carbon emissions would be lowered.
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