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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Ingrid Pehrson

Asheville High School Spring 2021

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
411 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

50

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

60

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

4.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

28

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

60

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

1.0

tree

planted

Ingrid's actions

Land Use

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 10 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Health and Education

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

Methane Digesters

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

Recycling

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will research and recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community, making sure to not contaminate recyclables with non-recyclables.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 10 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Try Carpooling

Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 20 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Plant Trees

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of micro wind.

UNCOMPLETED
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
Food Smaller Portions

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/22/2020 7:16 AM

Benefits that come from eating/serving smaller portions of food is less food waste, more leftovers for later, and more people can eat.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Plant Trees

How is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/21/2020 10:15 AM

Trees are good for my metal health because nature makes me happy. Trees are good for my physical health because trees to make oxygen so I can breathe and live. Lastly, trees are good for my spiritual health because they make me grateful for trees, and they provide a lot for humans.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Try Carpooling

List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/20/2020 9:13 AM

Places I frequently go is school, sports practices, and friends houses. I can schedule carpooling with a friend one or two days a week, to get to these places.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/19/2020 8:00 AM

I think richer countries eat more meat then people in other countries because we can afford protein rich food, like meat. Eating more meat effects the plant negatively because meat production is creating pollution through fossil fuel usage, animal methane, effluent waste, and water and land consumption.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities Go for a Daily Walk

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/18/2020 7:58 AM

On my walks I have notice a lot of plant life since summer is beginning and a lot of houses and cars. I have enjoyed viewing the city skyline at the end of my walk because its pretty especially the mountains in the background. Infrastructure changes that would make my walks more enjoyable is less huge houses that block the view.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/15/2020 10:47 AM

A sustainable community looks like a community continuing into the future without diminishing the land, water, air, and natural resources that support them. One solution to this problem is we could install solar panels on all buildings.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls 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?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/13/2020 8:02 AM

I learned that family planning is essential for reducing overpopulation and reduces the amount of children growing up in poverty. The needs of wealthier people and people living in poverty are different because wealthier families have access to education and reproductive health care, where as poorer people don't.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Research Peatlands

Much of Indonesia's peatlands have been drained so they could be replaced with palm oil or pulp and paper plantations. How can you make choices that help to protect peatlands, even if you live far away from one?

Ingrid Pehrson 5/12/2020 8:33 AM

I can help protect peatlands by not eating foods that contain palm oil, these include ice cream, chocolate and Pringles instead I can eat cookies and ice cream that doesn't contain palm oil. I can also dry my hands with a towel instead of paper, to reduce my waste.

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