Ellen Henry

Design a hypothetical solar PV system for your house & its cost pay-back period. 1) Needed capacity (from past year's electric bills). 2) Federal & State rooftop PV incentives (links). 3) Use NREL PVwatt to determine required PV array size. 4) Calculate solar PV system cost payback period (Installation costs are falling: Try $3.00/W, $2.50/W and $2.00/W for installed system cost and RG&E payment = RG&E cost).

View and review a Stanford University Energy Seminar (weekly series of invited talks from Industry and Academia) https://energy.stanford.edu/energy-seminar/past-energy-seminars

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

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

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

I will encourage my office to hold meetings virtually whenever possible instead of requiring travel.

I will take a walk for 20 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

I will contact 1 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests and the enforcement of existing anti-logging laws, as well as the rights of local people to protect and restore the land in their communities.

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

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.

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how local indigenous tribes are caring for the land by participating in a training, workshop, or presentation.