Gabriel Hauter

CSUMB Furry Otters

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
446 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

29

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

109

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

109

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

62

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

6.0

lightbulbs

replaced
UP TO

113

more servings

of fruits and vegetables

Gabriel's actions

Transportation

Use Public Transit

Public Transit

I will use public transit 5 miles per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

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 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

More Fruits And Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 4 cups of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 27
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 Use Public Transit

How has your access to various kinds of transportation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?

Gabriel Hauter 10/30/2024 2:10 PM

As a child, I only had access to my parents' cars and never took any buses as there were none around to take. Everyone rode around in cars, as such cars felt normal and things such as trains and buses felt foreign. I never had any real thoughts about buses until I took them later in life. Now they just seem normal. Although, I have noticed that my family members and some coworkers look down on them. Mentions of bus violence and such.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use 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?

Gabriel Hauter 10/30/2024 2:04 PM

We eat more meat due to better availability as well as low prices. This system has been in place for so long that we have gotten used to having meat with the majority of meals. Overconsumption of meat can cause a variety of health issues and negatively affect the environment due to the sheer amount of greenhouse gas created by the meat industry.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use More Fruits And Veggies

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?

Gabriel Hauter 10/30/2024 1:58 PM

The increase of fruits and veggies in my diet has greatly improved my vitality. I feel like I have a lot more energy than I used to. In addition, it helps reduce greenhouse gas so it's a win-win!

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Gabriel Hauter 10/28/2024 3:09 PM

I found out that the school ID doubles as a bus pass yesterday, I wish I had known that in advance but either way, it is very useful. Other than that everything has been chugging along just fine. Nothing much to report just completing my daily tasks. I am going to look for new recipes to use for meat-free meals to spice up my diet though.

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Gabriel Hauter 10/12/2024 9:21 PM

All three of my pledges are daily challenges. Those being, One meatless vegetarian or vegan meal a day, trying to eat 4 cups of fruit or vegtables, and traveling 5 miles by bus a day. The meatless one was easy enough, I just began eating eggs in the morning without and bacon or sausage with a banana. In order to fufill the cups of fruit/veggies I began to cook all my meals at home. I started making rice based meals such as beans and rice or dirty rice with peas, carrots, corn, ect. The one that I struggle with the most is the bus travel. While I don't drive I have gotten rides places in the past which was much more convienient. Shifting to only the bus has been a bit of a struggle as the bus schedules can be quite inconvinent for my schedule and add half an hour or so to my commute. But alas, these sacrifices must be made for the planet.

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