Addy Davidson

I will spend 15 minutes per day/2 hours per week investigating the location of our new family compound. With Covid, most of the work is online, but I hope to develop a short list of possibilities to visit once restrictions abate. When we retire, we hope to move to a small holding where we can grow more food and teach the grandkids how to shape their environment responsibly.

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching other Drawdown Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Solutions.

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

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

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

I will donate to supply a community with reproductive health supplies.

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

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Electricity Solutions.

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 spend at least 30 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching cement alternatives that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete.

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.

I will spend at least 45 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.

I will spend at least 45 minutes finding out if my city, region, state, or country offers incentives for retrofitting existing buildings.

I will create a plan to and advocate for solar installation at my business, apartment building, or campus.

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.

I will source 30 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.