
April 1 - April 30, 2020
Sustainable Wes
Wesleyan University
Points Total
- 0 Today
- 0 This Week
- 5,164 Total
Team Impact
-
up to2documentarieswatched
-
up to2donationsmade
-
up to1,830minutesspent exercising
-
up to395minutesspent learning
-
up to68locally sourced mealsconsumed
-
up to305meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
-
up to6pounds of paperhave been saved
-
up to1peoplehelped
-
up to12public officials or leaderscontacted
-
up to8treesplanted
Team Feed
Recent updates from this team-
April 30 at 7:24 PMParticipating in the challenge has made me more mindful about my actions and pushed me to do more. I’m glad I had the opportunity to reflect on some of my lifestyle choices over the past month and find ways to reduce my climate impact.
-
April 30 at 7:10 PMI chose to learn more about food waste, composting and rice production for this one time challenge. I’m glad I carved out some time for this on the last day! The food solutions that have been identified by drawdown are grouped into 3 categories that address waste and diets, protecting ecosystems and changing agricultural practices to lower...
-
April 30 at 6:29 PMI guess this is it! I don't think I changed fundamentally, but the challenge did help me focus on my consumption. In tandem with the coronavirus lockdown, it is helping me to continue the drawdown of my own that I embarked on years ago. What is hard is to refuse and reduce while embedded within a system dependent on my consumption. I'll...
-
April 30 at 8:17 AMThe weather has been rainy and cold, so for the last few days I have not been able to make progress on clearing invasives from the yard. But I have been making masks for friends, thinking about sustainable living in the time of the novel Corona virus, and reading a student's honor thesis on sustainable development and gentrification in two...
-
April 29 at 7:13 PMEncouraged by the Team Captain, I wanted to have a mechanism to remind me daily to think about my footprint and how I could reduce it. I offered it to my students in the spirit of learning what motivates people to participate. I chose the actions I did because of their appeal: how could I learn from them? They were "safe":...
-
April 29 at 7:08 PMResist! Resisting the urge to buy something on a whim. Resisting the marketing that urges us to shop pointlessly. Resisting the system that needs us for our consumption.
25 Team Members
Recently active team members
-
+ 1
-
+ 1
-
+ 5
-
+ 5
-
+ 1
-
+ 1
-
+ 10
-
+ 5
-
+ 5
-
+ 1
Competitions
Challenger | Members | Points | Challenged | Members | Points |
No competitions have been accepted yet. Check back soon! |