Drawdown Ecochallenge 2023

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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?

Amanda LeBon 6/30/2024 5:23 PM

2 activities that I didn't get to complete during this challenge, I'm striving to still do them within the next few weeks

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Share Your Story Find out what’s happening in your neighborhood

Did I learn something new about my community?

Louisa Lubiak 6/30/2024 11:36 AM

I learned that my township has had a Sustainability Action Plan since 2011. The Environmental Advisory Council recently worked with Parks & Recreation on a "Pathway to Zero Waste" plan that removes trash & recycling bins from township parks, and requires all trash and recyclables generated by park visitors to be carried out by the visitors.

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Lydia Roe 6/30/2024 9:48 AM

I can’t believe it’s the final day already! I’m proud of how many check ins and actions I completed! This challenge is a great way to push myself towards more sustainable habits. I love the added bonus of teammates and how it adds support! Seeing our collective actions add up to so many meatless meals, miles traveled without a car, minutes spent learning, etc. Great work team! I hope yall are proud of yourselves too!!

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Samantha Niven 6/30/2024 8:11 AM

Reading the news lately, seeing the havoc SCOTUS is wreaking, reading about the truly dire state the climate is, I can't believe that the world Octavia E. Butler imagined in Parable of the Sower is a lot closer to our future than anyone could have guessed. Incredible read about the intersection of environmental justice, capitalism, and faith.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Choose LED Bulbs

Changing lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! What's next for you?

Miranda Muniz 6/29/2024 3:22 PM

I don’t like to replace things that do not need replacing so as each existing light bulb in my apartment goes out (assuming they aren’t LEDs) I will replace with LED lightbulbs. I have also signed up for community solar so hopefully this month I’ll be seeing how they has changed my energy usage!

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Samantha Niven 6/29/2024 3:20 AM

Feeling particularly pessimistic today; between an absolutely heinous presidential debate, the SCOTUS overturning of the Chevron doctrine, and all the genocides happening around the world that are being censored and supported by US tax dollars, it's feeling like we're all totally screwed. If any of y'all have read Parable of the Sower, I'm feeling like that's where the US is headed.

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Louisa Lubiak 6/28/2024 5:32 PM

Hey SAGE EcoLogicals! It's Friday June 28 - we have 3 days left to log-in our completed Actions!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Reduce Animal Products

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?

Louisa Lubiak 6/28/2024 4:54 PM

One reason why people in wealthy countries eat a lot of meat is because it's part of their culture. My heritage is northern & eastern European. I was raised on family meals centered on meat. There were always vegetables, but they were considered "sides". Meat does provide certain nutrients that are not available in plants, but meat should supplement a heaping plate of veggies, rather than veggies supplementing the meat.

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Miranda Muniz 6/28/2024 5:56 AM

I just started reading Braiding Sweetgrass for book club and i wanted to share a quote from the second chapter that I have really been loving. If you haven't heard of this book I would definitely recommend it even though I'm only 50 pages in. It's written so beautifully! Okay here's the quote: "If all the world is a commodity, how poor we grow. When all the world is a gift in motion, how wealthy we become." I love this quote so much because the chapter talks a lot about how true gifts are an ongoing connection and conversation between two entities. If we thought more of the "commodity's" we obtain from the earth as kind gifts instead, we would take care of the planet in return to show our gratitude.

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- Louisa Lubiak 6/28/2024 5:19 PM
  
  Years ago, I read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. The story follows a conversation between the teacher, a highly intelligent gorilla that communicates through telepathy, and his human student. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of ethics, sustainability, and global catastrophe.
  
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- Tonia Wu 6/28/2024 12:30 PM
  
  That is a beautiful quote - I think a lot about how culture and language shape how we relate to the world. I sometimes cringe a little at the deadening language of "ecosystem services" and how everything becomes a resource... When you see something (or someone) as a just a resource to extract, you have a very different relationship with them, compared to seeing them as a complex living entity with intrinsic value.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Properly Dispose of Refrigerants

How do you address your own feelings of concern, fear or despair about climate change?

Miranda Muniz 6/28/2024 5:50 AM

I listen to a podcase called Holding the Fire where indigenous guests come on the show and give their opinions on climate change and how people can reconnect with the earth and grow a different relationship with the world than we have now. It has been the most comforting piece of media I have consumed regarding climate change because it's such a different perspective. Similarly, I just started reading Braiding Sweetgrass and its been making me feel the same way.

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