Jose Macedo

Empowerment HS Ecochallenge

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
525 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

104

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

101

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

115

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

104

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

235

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

3.0

hours

volunteered

Jose's actions

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

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

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Restore Wetlands

Coastal Wetland Restoration

I will volunteer 2 hours with a wetland restoration project in my region.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Learn about Biochar

Biochar Production

I will spend 30 minute(s) learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Research Heat Pumps

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps

I will spend at least 20 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Public Transit

Public Transit

I will use public transit 5 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

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
Transportation Use Public Transit

How has your access to various kinds of transportation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?

Jose Macedo 6/08/2021 12:13 PM

I can ride the bus and take 45 minutes to get to work or I can drive and only take 15 minutes. Or I could walk 2 hours and be really late. These could upsets to my choosing.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks Learn about Biochar

Can biochar provide additional benefits besides sequestering carbon?

Jose Macedo 6/08/2021 12:11 PM

In addition to carbon storage, 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 Restore Wetlands

How do wetlands differ from other ecosystems -- both in the services they offer and in your personal experience of them?

Jose Macedo 6/08/2021 12:01 PM

Wetlands do benefit other lands as they are also bodies of water in different locations and they are just expanded differently with lots of vegetations.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings Research Heat Pumps

Why is taking action on climate change important to you? Why do you care?

Jose Macedo 6/04/2021 12:18 PM

This is our home and not only me but everyone should take action on climate change. It changes the way we all should live and practice other food processes.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education 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?

Jose Macedo 6/04/2021 11:55 AM

Well the needs of different people in different places compare to each other because it would cost too much time to do many things at once and you need planning to have a plan ahead of time.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks 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?

Jose Macedo 6/03/2021 11:53 AM

I would say my diet is composed out of a lot of plant based products like I see most vegans do. So i would say my diet doesn't impact deforestation a lot.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Healing & Renewal Tend A Garden

Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.

Jose Macedo 6/03/2021 11:50 AM

I went camping one time and I got to see different aspects of nature. I saw a lot of disturbing sights that I hoped were not true. I saw an area where it was pure tree stomps and how the rest of the forest was untouched.

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Jose Macedo 4/16/2021 12:08 PM

Of course like all my classmates. We had to participate in this assignment or challenge. I didn't know we had this challenge as a class activity but as well I don't mind having to learn. I think out of all of this I wouldn't mind getting some more experience and learning more things about our environment and this could be a great exercise to get out of the house and move as well explore the city of Houston.

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Jose Macedo 4/16/2021 12:02 PM

My Drawdown challenge Eco challenge has been going great.

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