Sienna Weigel

Asheville High School Spring 2024!

POINTS TOTAL

30 TODAY
170 THIS WEEK
301 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

8.0

minutes

spent learning

Sienna's actions

Land Sinks

Research Peatlands

Peatland Protection and Rewetting

I will spend 6 minutes researching the environmental benefits of peatlands and what is being done around the world to conserve and restore them.

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 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

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
Land Sinks Research Peatlands

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?

Sienna Weigel 4/30/2024 6:00 AM

There are simple things you can do like watch how much fire or gas you let out into the atmosphere, and watch your consumption of land and healthy ecosystems.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Smaller Portions

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?

Sienna Weigel 4/23/2024 6:16 AM

Using smaller plates or smaller portions it can help control how much food you put in your body, and it can save food for other people instead of accidentally taking a lot of food before somebody else.

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