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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Beatrice Asheley

Environmental Team

"Saving the planet"

Points Total

0 Today
0 This Week
90 Total

Participant Impact

up to

1.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Beatrice's Actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

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

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Feed

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?

Beatrice Asheley 2/25/2020 3:48 PM

Richer people eat more meat because they can afford it. Steak is very expensive especially quality steak. Go to a quality restaurant and their steak is anywhere from 35-50 dollars and can even be more than that. Meat can negatively impact our bodies because its saturated in fats and can lead to high cholesterol and heart disease. For our planet meat requires a lot of water to clean the meat and prepare it for shipment which requires a lot of energy

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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?

Beatrice Asheley 2/25/2020 3:40 PM

Eating in smaller portions allows you to eat and be satisfied and not to overeat. Overeating causes you to take in more calories than you can burn causing you to gain weight. Also smaller portions ensure everyone gets some food to eat. We as Americans tend to eat more than we need and throw the excess out

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