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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Ava Goddard

Asheville High School Spring 2021

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
891 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

18

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

297

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

15

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

conversation

with a person

Ava's actions

Food

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

Women and Girls

Research Businesses Owned by Women, POC, or Immigrants

Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders

I will spend 15 minutes each day researching businesses owned by women, people of color, or immigrants that I can support when shopping.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 25 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics

I will avoid buying and using 3 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

Tropical Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 42 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 3 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Properly Dispose of Refrigerants

Refrigerant Management

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to properly dispose of my refrigerator, freezer, and other refrigerants at the end of their useful lives.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Learn about Temperate Forests

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 35 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Share Bioplastic Disposal Tips

Bioplastics

I will spend at least 19 minutes researching how to properly dispose of bioplastics in my city and share this information with 1 friends, family and/or colleagues.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Research and Advocate for High-Speed Rail

High-Speed Rail

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching and advocating for a comprehensive high speed rail network in my country/region.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 20 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 38 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

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

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

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

UNCOMPLETED
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 Generation 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?

Ava Goddard 5/26/2020 9:45 AM

My vision of a sustainable community is that everyone agrees on a certain way to live with renewable products and ways for people to work together in sustainable ways. What would need to change firstly is for everyone to agree. It is very hard for everyone to agree so that would be the first thing that would need to change.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls 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?

Ava Goddard 5/22/2020 9:51 AM

One thing I learned is "in developing regions an estimated 232 million women who want to avoid pregnancies are not using safe and effective family planning methods for reasons ranging from lack of access to information or services to lack of support from their partners or communities." From the United Nations Website For Family Planning. The needs I think that compare different people is how much money you have, and how much room you have in your home, and how many kids you want to have.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use 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?

Ava Goddard 5/20/2020 9:51 AM

What I could do is try and use less products that have palm oil, pulp, or paper. I could find some kind of alternative and tell people if I felt like it so then we could make a big impact on places farther away.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Research and Advocate for High-Speed Rail

What are the factors that influence your choice of transportation? These can include things like money, time, and convenience, as well as perceptions of danger or safety. What would need to change for you to regularly choose more climate-friendly options?

Ava Goddard 5/18/2020 10:13 AM

Some factors that influence my chocie of transportation are how safe it is, how much anxiety it will cause if it causes any, how convineient it is, and probably cost. What would have to change is maybe the safeness of it and make sure it isn't to dangerous and cost and convienience.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Share Bioplastic Disposal Tips

What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.

Ava Goddard 5/15/2020 7:59 AM

What concerns me the most is that some of these beautiful places won’t be around in the future and that we can’t fix damage that has already been done. Locally, I guess would be that there won’t be enough room in Asheville for everyone to live here so we have to destroy more beautiful nature.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use 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?

Ava Goddard 5/13/2020 8:46 AM

The impact it has is that it makes me want to do something but I don’t know what I would do. It makes me think that we are bad humans for hurting such beautiful places. The part about us hurting beautiful places and not being able to fix it. What makes me hopeful is that we are starting and trying to fix the places that we have destroyed and trying to make it better.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Properly Dispose of Refrigerants

How do you address your own feelings of concern, fear or despair about climate change?

Ava Goddard 5/11/2020 12:39 PM

I honestly don't talk about climate change that often because I don't like talking about it unless it has to do with school. But I guess I think that climate change is not good at all and wish we could do something about it at a faster rate than we are now.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food 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?

Ava Goddard 5/10/2020 11:53 AM

I feel like they may eat more meat in richer countries because maybe it costs more to make/have more meat. Also, maybe in less wealthy countries they treasure the meat and treasure the animals. Eating more meat affects our bodies by making you have more of a chance of having different diseases and health problems. It can have many different effects on everyone, so you don't really know what could happen. On the planet, it can cause pollution in the environment

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Smaller Portions

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?

Ava Goddard 5/09/2020 4:28 PM

A benefit of eating/serving smaller portions is you end up eating less food so you don't get to full to the point of where you're sick or bloated. Also, if you want for you have to get up and get it so it forces you to move. And it could help you maintain a healthy weight for yourself and help digest food easier.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use 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?

Ava Goddard 5/08/2020 9:56 AM

My diet is contributing to deforestation because I eat a lot of dairy products and some eggs but not much, mostly if it’s in something. What I could do to decrease my negative impact would be to find a substitute of some sort. Or just cut down on how much dairy I eat.

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