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Drawdown Ecochallenge 2025

Wilson Love

Asheville High School/SILSA

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
786 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

zero-waste meal

consumed
UP TO

28

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

32

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

316

minutes

spent learning

Wilson's 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 36
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

More Fruits And Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 2 cups of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn About Cattle Farming

Improved Cattle Feed; Improved Manure Management

I will spend 20 minutes researching cattle feed and manure management, or visiting a dairy farm to learn about their farming practices.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 20 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

Zero-Waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meals with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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

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

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?
Wilson Love 4/21/2025 9:59 AM
A lot of food gets wasted by people at home. Chef Steven Satterfield says we should use the whole vegetable, like the skin and stems, when we cook.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What did you learn about the climate impact of refrigerants? How do supermarkets contribute to this impact?
Wilson Love 4/10/2025 3:23 PM
I learned that refrigerants, like the ones in fridges and air conditioners, can be really harmful to the climate if they leak into the air. Supermarkets use a lot of these cooling systems and if they are not careful, the gasses will escape and leak into the air.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some attributes of an offset that you should consider before purchasing them?
Wilson Love 4/09/2025 9:14 AM
Carbon credits and carbon offsets are both ways to help the planet, but they work in different ways. Carbon credits are like tickets that allow a company to release a certain amount of pollution. If they don’t use all their tickets, they can sell the extras to other companies that need them. This system helps keep total pollution under control by setting a limit.

Carbon offsets are when a company or person pays for a project that helps the environment, such as planting trees or building clean energy like wind or solar power. These projects remove pollution from the air or stop more from being created. It's a way of balancing out pollution that has already been made. Before buying offsets or credits, it's important to make sure the projects are real and actually helping the Earth.

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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?
Wilson Love 4/08/2025 9:16 AM
I learned that family planning is really important because it helps people choose when to have kids. This lets women stay in school longer, get better jobs, and take care of their families in a healthier way. Without it, there can be too many people and not enough resources, which makes life harder for everyone.
People in different parts of the world have different needs. In some places, people need clean water, food, and health care, while in others, they need better schools and jobs. Some countries also need more access to family planning to help families stay healthy and safe.

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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?
Wilson Love 4/07/2025 9:36 AM
In my community everybody has done a great job of eliminating or decreasing barriers that exist to women’s equal participation and/or representation in my community. The barriers that we are constantly fighting is equal pay and some of the ways they are raised to think less of themselves based on out-dated beliefs.

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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?
Wilson Love 4/04/2025 10:03 AM
Asheville can make its climate plans fair by listening to all people, especially those in low-income neighborhoods. They should make sure improvements like parks or clean energy help everyone, not just the rich. The city should also protect affordable housing so people aren’t forced to move when things get better. As cost’s rise it’s just going to push people out.

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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?
Wilson Love 4/03/2025 9:37 AM
Even if I don’t live near a peatland, I can still help protect them by being careful about what I buy. I can check labels and try to avoid products made with palm oil unless it’s certified as sustainable. Using less paper and recycling also helps because it reduces the need for plantations that destroy peatlands. If I am with friends or family in a store I can enlighten them about the harsh truth about the harsh truth of palm oil’s. Palm oil isn’t inherently bad it’s the production process that is terrible.

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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?
Wilson Love 4/02/2025 9:40 AM
Currently I am cutting, which is basically just watching what I eat, but most importantly cutting down calories. I don’t think my diet is currently impacting deforestation because I am mostly eating grass fed meat. I can increase my positive impact by sticking to the cut and watching out for those unequivocal names for palm oils as well as other things that impact deforestation.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

Had you heard of the term "silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?
Wilson Love 4/01/2025 9:45 AM
I had never heard of the term Silvopasture before now. I think the biggest advantage of Silvopasture is action of maintaining it every single day. This will lead to the person being in shape, feel important, and keep you busy. This is also a disadvantage.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

What did you learn from visiting or researching a dairy farm?
Wilson Love 3/26/2025 10:06 AM
Dairy farming involves caring for cows, milking them regularly, and managing feed and waste. It also has environmental impacts, like water use and methane emissions, but it provides important nutrition and jobs for many communities. I went to Costa Rica and there was a cow farm there.

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- Caitlyn Isaac 3/26/2025 3:07 PM
  That’s super cool that you were able to see a working cow farm.
  
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