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Drawdown Ecochallenge

Ange Kol

APES

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
226 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

4.0

miles

traveled by bike
UP TO

28

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

28

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

1.0

carbon footprint

calculated
UP TO

158

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

25

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

210

minutes

spent learning

Ange's actions

Land Sinks

Forest-Friendly Foods 2

Tropical Forest Restoration

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Explore Other Transportation Solutions

All Transportation Solutions

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Transportation Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Muscle Power

Multiple Transportation Solutions

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 25 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Go by Bike

Bicycle Infrastructure

I will commute by bike 2 miles each day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Stay on the Ground

Telepresence, High-Speed Rail

Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. telepresence, vacation locally).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Public Transit

Public Transit

I will use public transit 2 miles per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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

Electricity

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

Ocean Power

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Power

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Calculate My Household Carbon Footprint

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn about Local Indigenous Practices

Indigenous Peoples' Forest Tenure

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how local indigenous tribes are caring for the land by participating in a training, workshop, or presentation.

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 More about Regenerative Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture, Regenerative Annual Cropping

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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
Land Sinks Forest-Friendly Foods 2

How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:45 PM

I have wanted to cut down on a lot of sugar for a long time but now gave myself a reason to one of the things I cut from my diet was nutella which includes palm oil which is gathered from trees that are chopped down in the Amazon rainforest, I usually had nutella very often in the mornings but now will switch to something like cereal this being not too hard of a change.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Use Muscle Power

How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:40 PM

I enjoy riding in transit because I get to see a lot of things and enjoy my rides while I do like biking it requires a lot less effort to sit in a bus from a point to another. I do feel more engaged while biking or walking and also driving but riding in a bus or trolley lets me see more of the outside and look out for things because I am not the one in control.

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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?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:36 PM

I usually always go for walks for my dogs but gave me the challenge of going out for a longer walk and taking a different route, this made me appreciate more of my area and enjoy the walk with my dog and instead of telling myself the walk was for my dog it made me feel that it was for me too which I enjoyed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Go by Bike

How does using human-powered transportation make you feel compared to using other methods of transportation?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:35 PM

It made me feel like I was working more to get to my destination, I used to use my bike a lot before but stopped when I started driving so it felt pretty normal to get to these places by bike and a lot of fun. I went to get groceries by bike like I used to and it felt good and very nostalgic.

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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?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:33 PM

I used to use the public transportations a lot because they are free and I had no other way to get around so using it was a very good experience, i started using it more recently and decided to give me the challenge of using it more so whenever I go places I would look if I could get there by bus or trolley and if I could I would usually take that option for convenience for carbon admissions and for saving money from gas spending.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Stay on the Ground

What was your process like for restructuring your trip? How can you avoid more air travel in the future?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:30 PM

I had the plan of this summer to visit multiple universities but decided to not go by plane but instead enjoy a train ride throughout California to go up north and back down this was an easy transition knowing that we had not made any plans of buying tickets yet.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Explore Other Transportation Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:28 PM

I learned that our Trolley system produces almost 0 emissions ever it is all powered by electricity and the city tries their best to have busses consume and produce the least amount of emissions as possible this making it a lot more ecological for people using these sorts of transportation.

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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?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:21 PM

Finding suitable land for the plants would be something that would cost money buying the land and buying all of the equipment for building these suitable environments, this will take a lot of time but will be beneficial in the future and a worthy investment.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Calculate My Household Carbon Footprint

After you determined your carbon footprint, did you see what different choices you can make in order to reduce it?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:19 PM

I saw that a lot of the consumption of my carbon footprint came from traveling since I use a car very often something that could help reduce it a lot would be using more public transportation and using my car a lot less, other things could be while cooking food or leaving lights on when not needed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

What did you learn about wave and tidal energy? How do they compare to other energy sources?

Ange Kol 5/27/2024 9:17 PM

Both wave and Tidal energy are very low in the consumption and emission of carbon with both of the energy sources being renewable they are also very lasting and can be very reliable since they can be very predictable.

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