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Northwest Earth Institute
EcoChallenge
October 14 - October 28, 2016
Justine Bula's avatar

Justine Bula

UW La Crosse

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 220 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    16
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    88
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    16
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    40
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill

Justine's actions

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

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

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about food with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

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 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients per day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook New Recipes

I will cook a new recipe every day that features organic and/or local ingredients.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Track my Purchases

I will maintain a record of all my purchases.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 2
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?

  • Justine Bula's avatar
    Justine Bula 10/28/2016 8:51 AM
    I have found some of my actions harder to maintain such as limiting social media, I tried to keep it to a minimum however this was probably the hardest one to keep up with. Others such as the daily account of purchases was much easier and I am going to continue on with it. I found that looking at what I buy and seeing how much I spend on things makes it much easier to decide whether or not things are necessary, it also really helps with budgeting. 
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    Justine Bula 10/27/2016 12:48 PM
    One of the documentaries I have watched this week, instead of my usual programs on Netflix, was "An Inconvenient Truth". This was a film that I had always been meaning to watch, given my interest in the topic but had never gotten around to watching. I really enjoyed it even with some of the information having changed since its filming I found it be a very valuable documentary that addresses climate change and the political environment that surrounds this issue. Al Gore did a good job of talking through the statistics and stating the importance of this issue, I thought.
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