Gustavo Jocol

"As a student I will try to improve in this new section, I will bring new ideas to my group and help the rest of the people."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
581 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

330

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

6.0

public officials or leaders

contacted
UP TO

35

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

11

conversations

with people
UP TO

5.0

lightbulbs

replaced
UP TO

30

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1.0

donation

made

Gustavo's actions

Electricity

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Power

I will spend at least 7 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings

Plan to Insulate

Insulation

I will find out how to make my home more energy efficient through better insulation and weatherization.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Research Heat Pumps

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps

I will spend at least 5 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Install A Toilet Tank Bank

Low-Flow Fixtures

I will reduce the amount of water flushed and save up to 11 gallons (41 L) of water a day or 330 gallons (1,230 L) a month by installing a toilet tank bank.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Upgrade My Windows

Insulation

I will upgrade the windows or weatherstripping in my home or office to reduce air leaks and save on energy costs.

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

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

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Communicate With My Elected Officials

Onshore Wind Turbines, Offshore Wind Turbines

I will write or call 4 elected official(s) telling them not to support fossil fuel subsidies and instead support wind energy generation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Biomass

Biomass Power

I will spend at least 6 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

Ocean Power

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of wave and tidal energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Support Companies Leading in Green Energy

Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaics, Distributed Solar Photovoltaics

I will use my spending power to reward companies leading in creating or purchasing green energy and incentivize others to invest more in green energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 4 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Support Microgeneration in Low Income Countries

Small Hydropower, Micro Wind Turbines, Microgrids

I will make a donation to a nonprofit that installs microgeneration in low income countries.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives

All Electricity Solutions

I will research and tell 4 people each day about the benefits of alternative energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal energy, and methane digesters.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Rooftop Solar Consultation

Distributed Solar Photovoltaics

After researching the incentives at the federal, state, utility, and local levels, I will contact a local installer/distributor for a solar panel installation consultation on my house.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Advocate for Solar Installation

Distributed Solar Photovoltaics

I will create a plan to and advocate for solar installation at my business, apartment building, or campus.

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?

Gustavo Jocol 6/14/2021 6:15 AM
Good Morning, I've log in another day in this team.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity

Had you ever heard of biomass technology before you took this challenge? What did you learn that surprised you? Share your new knowledge with your friends!
Gustavo Jocol 6/09/2021 6:44 AM
Yea I've hear some technology about biomass, I've learned this that they can use the plants that clean and renewable to create energy, and the first thing that I've heard from this is that the robots that were send to Mars the might use their environment to make their own energy, there are some projects in the future that are robots that will collect a piece of something in the floor then it will generate their own energy.

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- Richard Klein 6/09/2021 10:28 AM
  Yes, and as we learn more about how robots work on Mars, we will solve some of the problems we have here on earth.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings

How can your region/household prepare for changing water situations in order to become more resilient?
Gustavo Jocol 6/09/2021 6:30 AM
Based on my surroundings and how diverse are the business here, I would say that my region in prepared for changing water situations, since we are on texas and like Ilda Hidalgo said one of the conferences that she had, Texas is a city that acts on its own and no requires much of the government. so with that having in mind I think my region they can change and make everything more resilient.

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Gustavo Jocol 6/09/2021 6:22 AM
Good Morning, hope everything is ok.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings

How does improving your home's (or office's) energy efficiency help you better live out your values?
Gustavo Jocol 5/23/2021 7:07 PM
Improving my house's energy efficiency will help me to keep out the moisture and have a good air quality and if I want to replace a window in my house, whether it can be my windows, doors, and skylights I should contact to a professional to make that work so there should be to prevent hazard toxin or something different and If I'm doing it in my own, I should have to read a manual so I can avoid tragedies. so maintaining a good air and balancing the temperature of my home between cold and hot, it will be not bad after all but if I want to replace something in my house that was built on 1978 then I should get aware to check it by myself very carefully or contact with a professional so there will be not lead based paint that can be poisonous to the children.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings

Why is taking action on climate change important to you? Why do you care?
Gustavo Jocol 5/23/2021 6:44 PM
It is important because in a future if is possible my generation in there will have consequences if I don't take action like in my surroundings if I throw away all the time trash and more trash then my air around will be smell horrible and it can damage my family even cause a develop disease in the lungs. this mentioned is just a primary example, of course there are many others that will take me to write all down here, but what I do have to care of it, is that it will play a role in my future and the future of my family by either good or worse, depending in my action and persuade to others do the same things. in short words preventing future incomings will save your life, money, and help the climate.

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Gustavo Jocol 5/23/2021 6:34 PM
Good Night! at this time I'll do some ecochallenge, making a warm up in this site before to sleep and prepared for school tomorrow Monday will be good. Thank you for reading, wish for you to have a great day!

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Gustavo Jocol 5/18/2021 6:27 AM
So if we are using more our cars just to go over there maybe if that is unnecessary it will let me think that I'm burning trees, for example the studs that my teacher show to me, if I use one gallon of gas is equivalent to burning a 2 x 4 x8 studs so if I imagine to burn more than it to travel and that probably that travel is not necessary for my life then I'm being a person who doesn't take care of the nature, so this lesson is good and hope that most of the people could get the importance of not use much of our cars, or other material that requires gas.

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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?
Gustavo Jocol 5/17/2021 5:21 PM
A family planning is good and is can be as problem solving, as I mention in one of my posts farm planning is a good plan because it is a factor that will determine your survival, and if you don't plan when to plan in the next season from the year, then you will not have nothing to eat, another thing that a family plan can comes, is about migrating into new zones, it is a hard decision to leave your origins and where you born, then that eventually all comes down, the sky falls down, disasters, criminality, hearing each day and week deaths from people near to you, so sometimes family planning it can be different, some of the families will plan to more in different places whether for a family adventure or for an severe decision of the moments that the family needs.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Healing & Renewal

Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.
Gustavo Jocol 5/17/2021 5:15 PM
In this particular case nature altered me in some ways, it changes my mind, it relaxes me, and its pure contemplation is beautiful, one day I've watched people cutting trees which's for me is just not good and at the end those people don't even take the time to cut its root so they can use it to replant another tree in there but with seeds, another thing is that in my country where I come from that is on Guatemala, I've farm some crops and when a hurricane comes in there all my crops are being damaged, so me and my mom we try to fix all the damage by trying to reestablish all to normal, and the types of crops that I did was potatoes, tomatoes, lemons, apples, peaches, plums, cherry, and corns. it is terrible when a hurricane comes but I've learned that keeping my farm stable it lets me to survive in this life.

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