Marcia Ward

100 Grannies

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,094 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

52

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

77

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

380

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

85

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning

Marcia's actions

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

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Learn about Biochar

Biochar Production

I will spend 30 minutes learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn about Temperate Forests

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 30 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

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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

More Fruits And Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 1 cups of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Zero-Waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 3 meals with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Sinks

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 30 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

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 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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Marcia Ward 10/31/2023 8:32 PM

Way to go 100 Grannies Team - all month we have scored in the top 10% of 382 teams. Outstanding!

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Marcia Ward 10/25/2023 7:58 PM

My daughter and I assembled a compost bin and fed it with our first bucket of food scraps and yard waste. It felt so good to finally have this system in place.

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Marcia Ward 10/23/2023 8:05 PM

I saved the log-in link as a bookmark and then put it with my favorites so I see it each day. That has been a huge help to remind me to check in daily. I also found out that you can enter daily action activities for past days when you forget to enter them that day.

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Marcia Ward 10/21/2023 5:28 PM

Hi Christina, good question about what is food waste. I saw somewhere that it is food meant to be eaten. So egg shells would not count as food waste. If others think otherwise, please comment.

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Marcia Ward 10/13/2023 6:37 AM

I forgot to check-in yesterday but just realized that I could go to that date and enter my actions to get full credit for them.

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Marcia Ward 10/11/2023 7:49 PM

100Grannies keeps scoring in the top 10% of teams in the Drawdown EcoChallenge out of 360+ teams internationally. Way to go Grannies!

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Marcia Ward 10/07/2023 4:57 PM

It is easy to submit your progress on actions by going to DASHBOARD on the menu at the top. Then any actions you have selected will appear for you to record your activities.

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Marcia Ward 10/03/2023 11:38 AM

Pat - thanks for sharing. I have been thinking about a strategy for myself and decided to select 2 daily actions (we can choose up to 5) that I am committed to working on for now and focusing on those. I may select a few more as I have time to study the list of daily action options. I am holding off on one-time actions for right now so as not to get over-loaded. We can select up to 20 one-time actions and I will think about selecting numerous of those later and tick them off over time during the month.

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Marcia Ward 10/02/2023 7:42 AM

If you go to the 100Grannies Team page and scroll down a bit to the TEAM IMPACT section, you can see the actions that team members have already completed. It is really impressive! The link is: https://drawdown.ecochallenge.org/dashboards/teams/100-grannies

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