Emily Muetze

UWL ECO GREEN TEAM

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
616 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

420

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

54

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

850

minutes

spent outdoors

Emily's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Do Nature Activities

I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 20 minute(s) each day. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)

COMPLETED 22
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?

Emily Muetze 3/03/2021 2:32 PM

So far the ecochallenge is going really well. I thought that I would struggle with taking five minute showers the most, but it turns out that it really isn't that hard. I have been able to fallow through in completing all my actions everyday so far.

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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?

Emily Muetze 3/02/2021 11:50 AM

As people in richer countries have a larger income they turn to more expensive protein choices (more meat). One way meat effects our planet is through industrialization. Forests are taken over by industries made to produce meat products. Fallowing this to produce things like hamburgers there is a lot of fossil fuels being used.

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Emily Muetze 3/02/2021 11:41 AM

I joined this challenge through my school. I chose the actions I did because they would be a challenge for me, but would also be very doable. I just need to be more conscious of what I do throughout the day.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Do Nature Activities

What did you observe while spending time outside -- through sight, sound, smell and/or touch?

Emily Muetze 3/02/2021 11:39 AM

When I went for my walk today I saw three bunnies hopping across lawns. I also saw a squirrel crawling up a tree running away from me, and some birds flying around. It was really sunny and warm today, so there was the sound of snow melting and falling off roof tops.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?

Emily Muetze 3/02/2021 11:30 AM

Littering has a big impact on our water. Fallowing this a lot of our sewage and waste water is dumped back into our environment without being treated. That has a huge impact on the health of our water systems. Lastly to help improve the health of our water systems we can speak out in support of the clean water act, and do our own part in limiting our contribution to the pollution.

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