Northwest Earth Institute

EcoChallenge

October 14 - October 28, 2016

Valentina Olivadese

ACHS Students & Faculty: Academic All-Stars

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
290 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

120

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

2.0

lightbulbs

replaced
UP TO

11

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

180

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

390

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

9.0

organic meals

consumed
UP TO

15

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

109

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Valentina's actions

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 1 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

I will save up to 8 gallons (30 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Disable Screen Savers

I will disable screen savers and will put the computer to sleep instead, saving up to 28% % more energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

I will exercise daily for 30 minute(s) per day for two weeks.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Adjust the Thermostat

I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

I will replace 2 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Try Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 30 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 18.15 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients per day.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a walk each day.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Work-Life Balance

I will not work more than 8 hour days each day.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

I will limit my social media use to once per day.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Disconnect from Email

I will disconnect from my email when not at work.

COMPLETED 13
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?

Valentina Olivadese 10/28/2016 8:36 AM

Thank you for inviting to the EcoChallenge, it was a great experience! :)

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- Paul Ventura 10/28/2016 8:52 AM
  
  I'm so glad you participated in our first time in the Eco-Challenge. You should be proud of what you were able to do during the past two weeks. Be sure to check all of your daily actions and one-time challenges so that you don't forget any!
  
  Paul
  
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Valentina Olivadese 10/21/2016 6:34 AM

I am lucky enough to have the option of working from home, so I took the chance to add it as one of my actions for today :)

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- Paul Ventura 10/21/2016 12:14 PM
  
  Good idea, Valentina. I'm working from home today, too, and reducing my normal commute by almost 40 miles. According to the EPA that's only a daily reduction of about 225 grams of CO2 emissions, since I have a Prius hybrid. But over the course of a year, that cuts my overall CO2 emissions of 2.5 metric tons by about 15-20%. And that's worth it!
  
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Valentina Olivadese 10/20/2016 6:53 AM

We've been having unseasonably warm weather here in the Northeast for the last couple of days, up to the mid-80s yesterday! Took the chance to shut down the heat and keep the windows open. Good times! :D

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Valentina Olivadese 10/19/2016 9:22 AM

Hello everyone!

First of all I want to thank Paul for reminding me to log in and post the results of my challenges, I kept meaning to do it but always had something else to do :P I have added a few more challenges to my profile. Some fit my daily lifestyle already, like car sharing and weekly meal planning, others are a little bit more of a change like changing the light bulbs. I am very happy to have joined the challenge and see how my daily actions have an impact on the world around me.

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- Paul Ventura 10/19/2016 9:36 AM
  
  Thanks, Valentina. I realize we're all busy and this year the Eco-Challenge allows us to go back to past days to check-off actions we've already taken. We can do this all the way up to 11:59 on October 28th, the final day. Sounds like a due date for a course assignment, doesn't it? :-)
  Success to you!
  
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