Madeleine-Michelle Flores
"Every little thing matters. It’s all the small things you do for the earth that will at the end of the day my a big difference for all humankind."
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Madeleine-Michelle's actions
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Support Women-Owned Businesses
Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders
I will shop from women-owned business(es) today.
Health and Education
Host a Film Screening
Health and Education
I will host a virtual film screening and discussion about women's and gender equality issues.
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Madeleine-Michelle Flores 2/10/2023 5:23 PMI have not given up my car like the OG climate change hero, Randy, but I have organized a carpool system between my coworkers and I so we all don’t have to take our individual cars to work.
It has actually improved our relationship and makes sitting in traffic more bearable since I have company now. -
Madeleine-Michelle Flores 2/10/2023 5:19 PMI know don’t hate me, but I used to still purchase plastic bottled water because my family prefers the taste. I have educated my mom and purchase new water filters for our home in order to reduce the plastic waste in our household. My mom was understanding on my concerns and it opened up a whole conversation on climate change.
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Madeleine-Michelle Flores 2/10/2023 5:15 PMI have made it a point to purchase less fast fashion clothing. I am someone who enjoys to go to raves on a regular basis and I always shop small. Almost all the small business I support are women who hand make every single festival outfit they sell.
The prices are high, but it’s supporting their livelihoods and stopping the support of child labor factories who produce cheap clothing.-
Sartaj Bal 2/12/2023 10:41 PMHi Madeleine-Michelle,
This is a really great point that you bring up! I like how you combined being sustainable with the empowerment of a subset of communities. If we want to continue maintaining life for humanity on Earth, we must also examine the conditions in which under-resourced populations are surviving. Both these points are inextricably tied. Lots of times I have heard individuals say that it is up to the manufacturers to change like Amazon with their high degree of packaging etc. but I just feel like that never ends up being the case so I find it amazing how you just took matters into your own hands. This is an actionable step that many of us can follow and hopefully causes corporations to change. Thanks once again for sharing!
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Madeleine-Michelle Flores 2/10/2023 5:07 PMEver since I have moved to my apartment at UCLA, I have struggled with properly separating my waste with recycling and trash. Over the past couple of weeks I have made it a point to work with my Roommates to properly dispose of our waste in light of doing our part in climate change.
We will eventually work on composting.... but baby steps. -
Madeleine-Michelle Flores 2/10/2023 5:03 PMI hosted a movie screening that revolved around women’s rights and issues. We watched the film women talking, which actually nominated for best picture this year. The movie is about a small religious colony who for years had to deal with the men constantly sexually assaulting the women with no repercussions. The women decide to finally fight back as the women have been beaten, drugged, impregnated, and even killed.
With no spoiler we end the film by having a discussion with on another our thoughts on the subject. A lot of us ended up in tears and felt the film had a powerful message for women’s rights.