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Drawdown Ecochallenge 2025

Atticus Eaton

Asheville High School/SILSA

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
861 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

39

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1,111

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

264

minutes

spent learning

Atticus's actions

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 36
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn About Cattle Farming

Improved Cattle Feed; Improved Manure Management

I will spend 15 minutes researching cattle feed and manure management, or visiting a dairy farm to learn about their farming practices.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Composting

Composting, Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost or worm bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 9 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 11 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

Tropical Forest Restoration

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 30 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

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

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 20 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Learn about Carbon Offsets

I will spend 30 minutes learning about carbon offsets, and why they are a necessary solution in combating a climate crisis.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 14
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
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

What did you learn from visiting or researching a dairy farm?
Atticus Eaton 4/21/2025 9:20 AM
I learned that at my uncles dairy farm, he keeps the cows in relatively spacious stalls compared to some other farms, and he lets his cows out to graze in a field for the majority of the day.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What did you learn about the climate impact of refrigerants? How do supermarkets contribute to this impact?
Atticus Eaton 4/10/2025 12:21 PM
I learned that refregerants can create chlorine that then damages our ozone layer which lets harmful UV rays into our atmosphere. Supermarkets contribute because they need to refridgerate a lot of things.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some attributes of an offset that you should consider before purchasing them?
Atticus Eaton 4/09/2025 9:05 AM
There are a few parts pretaining to a carbon offset that one should consider diligently before purchasing one. Firstly, are you able to put this offset into practice safely? Secondly, will purchasing it eventually contribute to more carbon output? These are both very good questions you should ask before purchasing a carbon offset.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

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?
Atticus Eaton 4/08/2025 9:24 AM
Some benefits that would come from smaller portions are health benefits because overeating can cause health problems.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What did you learn about the need for family planning? How do the needs of different people in different places compare to each other?
Atticus Eaton 4/08/2025 9:19 AM
In this report, I learned how a lack of education about and access to modern methods of contraception can cause major health problems for both women having children and the children that they have. Many women in underdeveloped countries dont have access to good methods of contraception, and are often not taught about it in the depth that is needed to make educated choices. When contraception isnt used, there is obviously the risk of becoming pregnant, but many methods of contraception also protect against STDs such as HIV, which could be potentially life threatening.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?
Atticus Eaton 4/07/2025 9:48 AM
Some of the barriers women face in my community is the gender pay gap, sexism, and acts of sexual violence.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings

Cities and towns need to plan for climate change. How can your city or town make its climate action plans equitable and socially just?
Atticus Eaton 4/04/2025 9:31 AM
We could put cheaper housing options in other places or just not charge as much for people to live in the RAD and keep the rent down, because if theres low rent more people will live there and if more people live there the landlords might even make more money.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

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?
Atticus Eaton 4/03/2025 9:27 AM
Something you can do to help protect peatlands is you can buy less things containing palm oil and convince others to do the same, and you can use less paper based products, like write and read stuff digitally. You could also protest or contact government officials.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

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?
Atticus Eaton 4/02/2025 9:50 AM
People in richer countries eat more meat because meat is expensive, and people who have more money can buy more meat.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?
Atticus Eaton 4/02/2025 9:26 AM
My diet is impacting deforestation because my family regularly cooks with vegetable oil, which can be made of palm oil, and the soaps we use contain vegetable oil I believe. I could start trying to find soaps that don't contain vegetable oil to increase my positive impact.

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