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Ariel Chavez

Heartland College Summer 2024 EASC 111

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 680 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    10
    lightbulbs
    replaced
  • UP TO
    570
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    97
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    695
    minutes
    spent exercising

Ariel's actions

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 4 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics; Reduced Plastics

I will avoid buying and using 5 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Go Paperless

Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 3.3lbs (1.6kg) a month by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions, and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 15 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 24
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 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?

    Ariel Chavez's avatar
    Ariel Chavez 7/24/2024 7:09 AM
    What I saw on my daily walk! The weather was beautiful.


  • Ariel Chavez's avatar
    Ariel Chavez 7/11/2024 6:31 AM
    My drawdown ecochallenge is going great!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Industry Go Paperless
    What do you want to prioritize over material 'stuff' in your own life?

    Ariel Chavez's avatar
    Ariel Chavez 7/01/2024 6:57 AM
    I just finished signing up for paperless billing this morning. All I had left was my phone bill.

    • Janet  Beach Davis's avatar
      Janet Beach Davis 7/02/2024 7:50 AM
      I live paperless billing. I can be much more organized in my email than with a pile of envelopes.