Avie Owensby

UTKSUST21

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
496 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

348

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

136

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

12

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

25

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

120

minutes

spent outdoors

Avie's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 45 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

I will spend at least 25 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of micro wind.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Practice the 5 R's

Recycling

I will Practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing & Renewal

Explore My Area

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 120 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

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
Action Track: Healing & Renewal Explore My Area

How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place -- your deep knowledge of and appreciation for your surroundings?

Avie Owensby 4/15/2021 10:19 AM

Spending more time outdoors enhances your sense of place and deepen your knowledge and appreciation for your surroundings because it allows you to spend more time seeing, smelling, touching, and just really interacting with your environment rather than just driving by or glancing out a window.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Eat Mindfully

Mindful eating is healthier for us than eating with distractions. How does your eating experience differ when practicing mindfulness?

Avie Owensby 4/13/2021 8:58 PM

When practicing mindfulness while eating I feel more connected not only to the people around me, but I also find myself thinking more about the food I am eating such as where it comes from and how it is beneficial to my health.

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Avie Owensby 4/13/2021 8:56 PM

I try to recycle when I can, but often it is hard especially in the dorms. This week I have really been making a point to recycle whenever I can and also encouraging friends to do so.

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Avie Owensby 3/30/2021 10:15 AM

I went to South Carolina with my friends and we took a long walk on the beach, which felt so nice and allowed us to connect with nature.

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Avie Owensby 3/18/2021 9:55 AM

Lately I have been really limiting my meat intake during meals, and this week I have been eating tofu as my protein. It has actually been a lot easier than I expected to not eat meat, and I am enjoying these new food combinations. My favorite meal today was stir fry with tofu!

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