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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Audrey Dodson

Asheville High School Spring 2024!

POINTS TOTAL

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756 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

601

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

5.0

conversations

with people
UP TO

333

minutes

spent learning

Audrey's actions

Industry

Research the Climate Impact of Refrigerants

Refrigerant Management

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the climate impact of refrigerants and what climate-friendly refrigerants are by using the links below.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings

Learn about 'Green Gentrification'

Multiple Solutions

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about green gentrification and how it relates to city planning for climate action.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives

All Electricity Solutions

I will research and tell 3 people each day about the benefits of alternative energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal energy, and methane digesters.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health and Education

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

Family Planning and Education

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Family Planning and Education

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Power

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

I will spend at least 18 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of micro wind.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More about Biomass

Biomass Power

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 12 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 20 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn About Aquaculture

Improved Aquaculture

Each day, I will spend at least 10 minutes learning about sustainable aquaculture.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
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
Electricity Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives

What inspiration and wisdom can you gather from your family, faith, or community traditions that would help you in both communicating about and addressing our most pressing energy issues?

Audrey Dodson 5/29/2024 7:52 AM

a lot of people around me also agree that this is important so they also want to help with energy issues.

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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?

Audrey Dodson 5/28/2024 11:56 AM

daily walks are a good way to take in the infrastructure in your area and I think that there aren't that many changes that need to be made in my area.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Research the Climate Impact of Refrigerants

What did you learn about the climate impact of refrigerants? How do supermarkets contribute to this impact?

Audrey Dodson 5/28/2024 11:49 AM

I learned that grocery stores use lot of refrigerants which can result in climate change.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings Learn about 'Green Gentrification'

Cities and towns need to plan for climate change. How can your city or town make its climate action plans equitable and socially just?

Audrey Dodson 5/24/2024 9:38 AM

I think my town can offer more public transport, and things like apartments so more people can afford to live in an environmentally friendly environment.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?

Audrey Dodson 5/17/2024 11:06 AM

I think these barriers exist for a lot of different reasons. They could exist for financial reasons, such as poverty. They could also exist for religious or cultural reasons. In history, women have usually had less rights than men. I think we could address this by helping women living below the poverty line to have access to the things that they need, so they don’t go down a bad path in life.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education 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?

Audrey Dodson 5/15/2024 12:12 PM

I learned that family planning is very important to having a healthy population size, and is vital to human rights. How many kids someone chooses to have is completely up to them and nobody else. Some places even ban things like contraceptives and birth control, to control population size. Banning anti pregnancy products is very bad for human rights.
I think the needs of overpopulated countries is a decrease in population size, while countries with less population would want to increase it. However neither of these situations is an excuse to violate human rights. If you allowed people to choose if, when, and how many kids they had, it would probably end up fine.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy is reliable, abundant, and efficient. Project Drawdown states that public investment will play a crucial role in its expansion. In what ways (i.e. with money, time, advocacy) can you invest in geothermal energy?

Audrey Dodson 5/14/2024 10:59 AM

I think a 3 million dollar investment would be a good idea for this, because it could help release less fossil fuels.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro turbines can be placed on large structures to take advantage of stronger, steadier breezes. The Eiffel Tower now sports vertical axis turbines that produce electricity for use on site. Where could micro turbines potentially be installed in your city?

Audrey Dodson 5/13/2024 11:09 AM

Buildings at higher elevations

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More about Biomass

Had you ever heard of biomass technology before you took this challenge? What did you learn that surprised you? Share your new knowledge with your friends!

Audrey Dodson 5/09/2024 11:14 AM

No, I did not know about biomass energy before this. It surprised me that renewable materials can be converted into fuel.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks 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?

Audrey Dodson 5/03/2024 10:45 AM

I think you can purchase less palm oil, paper, or anything else that uses peatlands to grow.

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