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Kathy Guzman

Empowerment HS Ecochallenge

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
521 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

37

public officials or leaders

contacted
UP TO

3.0

people

helped
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

17

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

24

conversations

with people
UP TO

51

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1.0

hour

volunteered
UP TO

5.0

donations

made

Kathy's actions

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Smart Seafood Choices

Ocean Farming

I will visit seafoodwatch.org or download the app and commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Help Students Overcome Health Barriers

Health and Education

I will donate 3 Femme Kit(s) to help people who menstruate overcome health and sanitation barriers to being able to attend school.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Restore Wetlands

Coastal Wetland Restoration

I will volunteer 1 hours with a wetland restoration project in my region.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Make School More Affordable

Health and Education

I will raise funds to help make school affordable for girls around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Start a Social Media Campaign

Health and Education

Through social media, I will raise awareness about gender inequity in education by sharing the information found in the links below.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Health and Education

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

Health and Education

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Building With Carbon Storing Waste Products

Engineered Sinks

I will spend at least 1 minute(s) researching how people can build with carbon-storing materials - including agricultural byproducts - and discuss it with my peers or post to social media.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Connect With A Nonprofit

Health and Education

I will connect with a local nonprofit working on issues affecting women, girls, and/or trans/nonbinary people in my community, and find out how I can get involved or become a member.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Learn about Biochar

Biochar Production

I will spend 1 minute(s) learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Advocate for Wetland Protection

Coastal Wetland Protection

I will write 2 letter(s) or email(s) per day to a public official or representative to advocate for policies that protect wetlands.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Fund Family Planning

Health and Education

I will donate to supply a community with reproductive health supplies.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing & Renewal

Tend A Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Sinks

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

Tropical Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 20 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

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
Health and Education

How are people responding to the statistics you're sharing on social media?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:39 AM
Before you start reporting, define your business goals and KPIs.

Choose your social media channels according to which ones your audience favors.

Listen to your audience.

Analyze your top-performing posts.

Measure influencers reach and engagement.

Present your results with clarity.
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

Thank you for raising awareness of women's and gender equality issues. What is the next step to actually address this disparity?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:38 AM
to ensure sustainable employment and income generation for marginalized and asset-less rural and urban poor women across the country. iv. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh to provide micro-finance services to bring about the socio-economic upliftment of poor women.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What are the most pressing issues for women, girls, and trans/nonbinary people in your community?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:37 AM
The 14 July is International Non-binary People’s Day, which aims to celebrate the wide range of people worldwide who identify as non-binary. But do you know what it means to be non-binary? And do you know how you can better support non-binary people? Here are some ideas!

LET’S START WITH THE BASICS - WHAT DOES NON-BINARY REFER TO?

Non-binary is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn’t sit comfortably with ‘man’ or ‘woman’. Non-binary identities are varied and can include people who identify with some aspects of binary identities, while others reject them entirely.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What did you learn about the need for family planning? How do the needs of different people in different places compare to each other?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:36 AM
Unmet need for family planning is defined as the percentage of women of reproductive age, either married or in a union, who have an unmet need for family planning. Women with unmet need are those who are want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using any method of contraception.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

When family planning focuses on healthcare provision and meeting the expressed needs of women, it results in empowerment, equality, and well-being, and the benefits to the planet are side effects. Why is family planning an important civil rights consideration?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:35 AM
provides many benefits to mother, children, father, and the family. Enables her to regain her health after delivery. Gives enough time and opportunity to love and provide attention to her husband and children. Gives more time for her family and own personal advancement.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

How do wetlands differ from other ecosystems -- both in the services they offer and in your personal experience of them?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:34 AM
Far from being useless, disease-ridden places, wetlands provide values that no other ecosystem can. These include natural water quality improvement, flood protection, shoreline erosion control, opportunities for recreation and aesthetic appreciation and natural products for our use at no cost.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Why is it important to protect wetlands?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:33 AM
are highly productive and biologically diverse systems that enhance water quality, control erosion, maintain stream flows, sequester carbon, and provide a home to at least one third of all threatened and endangered species.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Many states and countries have advisories on eating fish. Find out what is advised for your region. Do you think your diet choices fall within these guidelines? What steps do you need to take to make sure that they do?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:32 AM
advisory is a recommendation to limit or avoid eating certain species of fish or shellfish caught from specific water bodies or types of water bodies (e.g., lakes, rivers or coastal waters) due to contamination.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Can biochar provide additional benefits besides sequestering carbon?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:30 AM
the biochar-clay plaster exhibits good insulation, humidity-regulation, and electromagnetic radiation-mitigation properties—all of which enhance a building's interior climate.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

How feasible do you think it is for society to build with agricultural waste products?
Kathy Guzman 6/04/2021 6:26 AM
The benefits of recycling of agricultural solid wastes include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and use as fossil fuel as well as contributing significantly to the development of new green markets, creation of jobs, production of bio-energy and bio-conversion of agricultural solid wastes to animal feed.

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