Emily Tobar

Foundations of Sustainability Fall 2025

POINTS TOTAL

74 TODAY
74 THIS WEEK
74 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

carbon footprint

calculated
UP TO

1.0

story

shared
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning

Emily's actions

Health and Education

Support Businesses Owned by Women, POC, or Immigrants

Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders

I will spend 20 minutes researching and shopping from 5 businesses owned by women, people of color, or immigrants.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Share to Social Media: Health and Education

Family Planning and Education

Through social media (LinkedIn or Instagram), I will share what I've learned about gender inequity in education and tag Ecochallenge.org.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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

Electricity

Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives

All Electricity Solutions

I will research and tell 2 people each day about the benefits of alternative energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal energy, and methane digesters.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture, Regenerative Annual Cropping

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

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

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Emily Tobar 9/09/2025 7:24 PM
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle.
When friends are out shopping, I can refrain from purchasing items that aren't necessary, I can refuse.
I can definitely donate some clothes that are not of use anymore, and I can reduce.
Instead of using plastic forks and spoons, I invested in silverware and can wash it instead of going through plastic forks and spoons every day.
And always recycle, we have recycling bins in our dorms, so it would be weird not to.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity

After you determined your carbon footprint, did you see what different choices you can make in order to reduce it?
Emily Tobar 9/09/2025 7:15 PM
After calculating my carbon footprint, I was made aware that I haven't been making the smartest choices for the environment and that I need to be more conscious of my everyday choices.

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