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Drawdown Ecochallenge 2025

Sara Jimenez

Asheville High School/SILSA

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
771 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

625

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

4.0

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

145

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

324

minutes

spent learning

Sara's actions

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 10 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 32
DAILY ACTIONS

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 32
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 23 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 25 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 45 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

Land Sinks

Learn about Temperate Forests

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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 2
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 1
DAILY 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

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

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?
Sara Jimenez 4/21/2025 5:46 PM
It helps me because it helps me be more healthy and eat more nutrinets that I need to grow. It also affects other poeple because I am contributing to the market of fresh veggies and fruits. When I am eating more fresh veggies and fruits I am helping decrease my carbon output which helps the world by decreasing carbon emissions at least a little bit.

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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?
Sara Jimenez 4/19/2025 7:40 PM
Other benefits that might come from eating/serving smaller portions is we might get fuller faster than we expected and we are therefore eating less and we might have health benefits, lower our carbon output, and more.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Sara Jimenez 4/19/2025 7:11 PM
I could reuse more, there is a lot of things that we could resue but we don't. My family often recycles but we could work on reusing stuff.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

As you learn more about the scope and seriousness of the environmental challenges we face, what impact does that have on your thinking and actions? What are the parts that feel overwhelming? What parts help you feel hopeful?
Sara Jimenez 4/17/2025 8:19 AM
This impacts a lot of my thinking because it makes me wonder what I will do to help more in the future, and it impacts my actions as I do little things like turning off the light and things like that but I can't make a huge impact just yet. It is overwhelming that I ca not do much and there is a lit of problems I can't fix. Im not very hopeful but this organization brings me a little of hope as they continue to do this work.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?
Sara Jimenez 4/17/2025 7:58 AM
In today's daily walk I noticed that there still was a lot of nature that had not been ruined by destructive human practices. I enjoyed seeing that when I walked in my backyard I noticed that we are actually contributing to nature when we planted trees. I enjyoed getting some fresh air and relative quiet. In this specific walk the infrasturcture didn't affect my walk, but maybe a more walkable space could be done because the yard was a little bumpy.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What did you learn about the climate impact of refrigerants? How do supermarkets contribute to this impact?
Sara Jimenez 4/10/2025 1:19 PM
I learned how refrigerants greatly contribute to global warming and if the refrigerants are not properly recycled they can cause a lot of environmental products. The refrigerants can eat up the ozone layer which is very important for the wellbeing of the world and for humans. Supermarkets can contribute to this impact if they do not properly dispose of refrigerants.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some attributes of an offset that you should consider before purchasing them?
Sara Jimenez 4/09/2025 7:46 AM
There are a lot of attributes of an offset that you should keep in mind before purchasing it. You should always see if the outcomes of an offset will be worth the cost of purchasing the offset. For example, if you buy an offset that will not be worth the cost in the long run, do not buy it. You should also asses your financial situation in the time of buying an offset. In general, an offset will help you in the long run and will also help the environment.

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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?
Sara Jimenez 4/08/2025 8:06 AM
I learned that we need family planning because family planning not only keeps a woman safe and allows her to make educated decisions to make a better life for her, her family, and her community it also decreases poverty. I learned that daily planning helps reduce poverty because family planning allows a woman to make a better life for herself and, in turn, make a better life for future generations to come, and decrease the poverty rate. I learned that family planning prevents unintended pregnancies, reduces the number of abortions, and lowers the number of deaths related to complications with pregnancies and childbirth. The needs of different people vary from place to place. This is true because people in third-world countries that do not have as much access to healthcare logically have greater needs than those in high-income countries with more access to healthcare. For example, people in Africa need more than the people of the United States, which, although their healthcare system needs help, still has more access to healthcare than in Africa.

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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?
Sara Jimenez 4/04/2025 8:25 AM
Our city can make climate action plans equitable and socially just by making sure that land that is owned by low-income members of the community is not stripped away from them, and making sure that they are not displaced from their homes but while at the same time building green spaces. The city can also support businesses of colored people.

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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?
Sara Jimenez 4/03/2025 9:29 AM
You can stop degrading activities, such as agricultural conversion and drainage, and restore waterlogged conditions needed for peatlands to form. You can also support organizations such as the UN Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization and Ramsar Convention.

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