Kathy Moyd

Rose Villa

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
240 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

4.0

neighbors

met
UP TO

8.0

people

helped
UP TO

9.9

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Kathy's actions

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash with me to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Track my Purchases

I will maintain a record of all my purchases.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Buy Only What I Need

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 per day that I do this.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Explore my Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Help Others

I will offer to help 1 person(s) who are in need each day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Needs vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day for two weeks that I am grateful for or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Meet my Neighbors

I will meet 1 new neighbor(s) per day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Online Energy Audit

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Create Your Own Action

Encourage participation

Talk to at least one person a day personally or via e-mail about participation in the Eco-Challenge and help them participate if they aren't.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

Kathy Moyd 10/22/2016 4:37 PM

I am pleased to say I deposited the less-than 1 cubic foot of non-recyclable garbage I collected since the challenge started in the bin. Thanks to Rose Villa's dining service's use of composting and reusable take-out containers, I had one mini-jam container from eating in the dining room and the lids of two small take-out containers.

Thanks to Joy's post on NextDoor, I discovered that the clear plastic take-out/delivery containers used by restaurants and any other plastics with numbers will be recycled by New Seasons.

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Kathy Moyd 10/15/2016 1:44 PM

Some of the good things I couldn't pick because I'm already doing them are washing clothes in "tap cold water", composting, turning off lights, using reusable water bottles, using public transit, and spending a lot of my time volunteering for the Citizens' Climate Lobby.

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Kathy Moyd 10/14/2016 11:55 PM

I had selected the one on checking on sustainable seafood. At today's Green Committee meeting I suggested someone else might want to do it and present the results to the group. She has already confirmed that the fish in today's special is OK.

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Kathy Moyd 10/14/2016 10:55 AM

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Kathy Moyd 10/11/2016 4:14 PM

I posted a notice about the EcoChallenge and the Rose Villa Team to NextDoor (an app facilitating neighborhood communication), had an e-mail sent to each resident on the e-mail list and put a hard copy version in everyone's mail box. (i didn't find out till later that I could have gotten a list of those who want hard copies, so I could have saved paper.)

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Kathy Moyd 9/30/2016 3:46 PM

I sent a reminder to the members of the Rose Villa retirement community to join; only four have joined so far. I told them it could be as simple as agreeing to meet one new person per day (under Community). Rose Villa just finished a major reconstruction, so there are a lot of new residents along with old timers. So this would be a good community activity for us.

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Kathy Moyd 9/25/2016 10:32 AM

I live in the Rose Villa retirement community near Portland, OR. Our Green Committee decided to enter Rose Villa in the Eco-Challenge and I am the Team Captain.

One of my concerns is how to include residents who aren't connected to the Internet but are willing to participate.

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Kathy Moyd 9/24/2016 9:54 AM

Just set up a team for the Rose Villa retirement community and invited the members of the Green Team to join.

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