Haylee Heller

Asheville High School Spring 2024!

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
201 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

20

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

20

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

2.0

lightbulbs

replaced
UP TO

9.2

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

10

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

50

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

70

minutes

spent learning

Haylee's actions

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

Buildings

Learn about 'Green Gentrification'

Multiple Solutions

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning about green gentrification and how it relates to city planning for climate action.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Practice the 5 Rs

Recycling

I will practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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 1
DAILY ACTION

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 1
DAILY ACTION

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 3 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Try Carpooling

Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 10 miles per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Explore Other Transportation Solutions

All Transportation Solutions

I will spend at least 20 minutes researching other Drawdown Transportation Solutions.

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
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?

Haylee Heller 5/23/2024 8:10 AM

I chose to read the article 'Birth Control to Fight Poverty in Guanacaste,’ which is about the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica making contraceptives more available to women in an effort to reduce poverty. A non-profit organization acknowledged the fact that the lack of access to family planning services and birth control plays an important role in women and families experiencing poverty, so their process will significantly help women get the proper care and education they deserve to prevent financial struggles.

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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?

Haylee Heller 5/17/2024 7:40 AM

I think a great first step in making our plans work for everyone would be to actually include the community. Input from residents is so important but often overlooked and I believe if the city just includes us in decision making, our improvements could turn out a lot better than other areas.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Practice the 5 Rs

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?

Haylee Heller 5/16/2024 6:36 AM

Read, rest, relax, reflect, etc;

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Smaller Portions

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?

Haylee Heller 5/14/2024 11:42 AM

Eating smaller portions can be a lot healthier depending on the food you're eating. It can also make eating more enjoyable because you won't feel too full after eating, but you'll still have energy.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Eat Mindfully

Mindful eating is healthier for us than eating with distractions. How does your eating experience differ when practicing mindfulness?

Haylee Heller 5/14/2024 11:28 AM

My experience was a lot different than it usually is, I enjoyed what I was eating a lot more and got to think about random things that I don't normally think about. It was a lot more pleasant.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Try Carpooling

List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?

Haylee Heller 5/14/2024 10:46 AM

The 2 places I go most often are school and work, and while it would be more difficult for me to get a ride to work, getting a ride from a friend to go to school could be very easy to do and we could probably figure out a schedule for each week.

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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?

Haylee Heller 5/14/2024 10:37 AM

During my walks, I'm a lot more aware of my surroundings and feel more in touch with what's around me. I love feeling the breeze and hearing animals make sounds and being surrounded by color. Near my house there's no sidewalks and it can be dangerous to walk on the road I live on, so having sidewalks would make walking a lot more enjoyable and safer.

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