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Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera

International School of Brooklyn PS/LS

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 485 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    9.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    385
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    190
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    81
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    5.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.2
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Amaya & Michael's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 20-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Support Businesses Owned by People of Color

Racial inequity is both a sustainability and justice problem. I will support businesses owned by people of color in my community whenever I shop.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Turn it off

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

COMPLETED 8
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 each day that I do this.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation

I will spend 5 minutes practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation to nurture love and compassion for myself and others.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Reduce refined sugar

I will keep track and reduce my consumption of refined sugars, including sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Go get a check up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Cheap, single-use items and disposable packaging end up blowing around as litter more often in poor and POC-majority neighborhoods. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

aNY Bag Project single use plastic collection

I will bring in collected single use plastics for aNY Bag Project to ISB to help re-purpose single use plastics into reusable bags, reduce plastic waste in my community, school and a % of proceeds are contribute to City Parks Foundation to help keep our local parks maintained.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Exercise Daily
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/15/2021 4:43 PM
    By walking outside or going on nature walks and maybe go birdwatching to find different types of birds.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
    How does food sovereignty address the complex transition from localized food systems to modern global food systems?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/14/2021 6:09 PM
    People will have control of where they get their food. They can get their food from local farms and not from places far far away.  It helps the environment because if you go to your local farms to get your food then the ships that ship food won't use gas and cause pollution. And shipping costs more money. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use Reusable Bags
    What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reusable one with you or aren't allowed to use the one you brought? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to create a successful habit of not using plastic bags?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/13/2021 5:34 PM
    You can use a cart or carry the items in your hands or you can ask for a paper bag. You can keep reusable bags by your door for when you go out shopping. Or you can use a shopping cart. Also, you can set an alarm for the time you're leaving to go shopping to remind yourself to bring a bag.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What did you substitute or could be substituted instead?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/11/2021 4:58 PM
    As a subtstitute for plastic bags, we use reusable bags or ask a person that works at your store to use rubber or paper packaging. We also use alot of ziploc bags and instead we could use reusable containers. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Go get a check up
    How do you practice self care?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/11/2021 4:44 PM
    I eat alot of fruits and vegetables and I meditate. I also practice self care by being mindful. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Reduce refined sugar
    Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/11/2021 4:36 PM
    I did think I was addicted to sugar before I started this challenge and I still think I am because I like candy and chocolate. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation
    How can practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation be helpful to the health of the environment?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/10/2021 4:58 PM
    If people practice loving kindness mediation you can know people better. And if you do something not kind you can fix that and it helps the environment because it's a kinder place. 

    Practicing loving-kindness mediation can make you a happier person and happier people grow better food. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/09/2021 4:03 PM
    Because people in richer countries can buy more meat. Also, it can affect our planet because people kill a lot of animals and when there's no more animals, we won't have that much food anymore and their poo helps the soil to makes plants. We also won't have their milk to drink.

    Eating more meat means eating more animals which makes poachers kill more animals and there might not be anymore animals in the world.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Power Down the Computer
    What are other easy things you could do to save energy and reduce your environmental footprint?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/08/2021 4:29 PM
    You can turn lights off when you're not using them. You can stay off your computer to watch cat videos to pass the time. You can read a book or play a board game instead. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Go for a Daily Walk
    How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?
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    Amaya & Michael Best-Rivera 3/08/2021 4:25 PM
    When you walk you can see more things like nature, your neighbors, and animals that live in your city. Also, you don't use gas which causes pollution.
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