Esra Reichert

CSUMB Climate Solutions Team A

"Reduce my carbon footprint as well as I can."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
393 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

240

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

25

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

515

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

47

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

37

minutes

spent outdoors

Esra's actions

Simplicity

Buy Used Clothes

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the perils of fast fashion and will buy my clothes at second-hand stores when I shop.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Joyful Movement

I will spend 30 minutes doing an activity where I'm both moving my body and enjoying myself.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 5 meatless meal(s) and/or 2 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home or Dorm Room

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home or dorm room.

COMPLETED 8
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 12
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?

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?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:48 AM

Using too much water dries up rivers. The Carmel River is experiencing a 45% decreased water supply, and some rivers (the Colorado for example) never actually make it to the ocean. It is, however, a fallacy to believe that showering less puts a dent in one's water consumption. Eating one less steak makes up for dozens of showers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity De-Clutter My Home or Dorm Room

How can you prevent yourself from accumulating more unnecessary things in the future?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:46 AM

Whenever I want to buy an item, I double check whether I actually need it and most often sleep on it. Most time, I don't need it. I try to get many things used and will try to pass them on if I don't need them anymore instead of throwing them away.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Buy Used Clothes

Do people with economic privilege have a responsibility to consume and own less? How can the concept of "reduce" be presented to those who may be struggling to have enough food, clothes, shelter?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:45 AM

Yes, because naturally, those who consume in excess will need to reduce their consumption greatly before anyone less privieged can be expected to do so as well.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

Father Thomas Berry says, "... our primary purpose is celebration. Celebration of the dawn and the sunset and the different seasons of the year is a religious ritual, a way in which humans can establish their integral relationship with the universe, with the planet Earth." What is your response to Berry's assertion?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:44 AM

This is exactly why I think it is important to appreciate one's natural environment with all senses. It can be a spiritual experience. Also, only true appreciation of the natural environment makes one want to commit to preserving it

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Joyful Movement

What's your favorite activity(ies) in which you experience joy while being active and moving?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:42 AM

I love cycling and connecting to my surroundings by taking them in with all my senses while I ride through them.

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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?

Esra Reichert 11/20/2021 12:41 AM

Eating meat requires so many more ressourcs compared to a meatless diet that it can only be afforded by people with a certain level of income. It also contributes a great amout to GHG emmissions and should really be gone from our diets for good.

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