Margaret Woodruff

If I buy a plane ticket, I will purchase a carbon offset.

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

I will spend at least 90 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

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

I will contact 5 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

I will buy organic cotton and foods grown without the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

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

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

I will test drive an electric bike at a local distributor to see if it makes sense to use one in place of my car, or to extend the area I can cover by bike.

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 avoid buying and using 1 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

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.