Breckin Sargeant

completed 201 La Crosse

POINTS TOTAL

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210 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

720

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

650

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

180

minutes

not spent in front of a screen

Breckin's actions

Nature

Tend a Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

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Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

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Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 30 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside.

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Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 60-minute walk outside each day.

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Health

Support Pollution Reduction

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.

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Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 60 minute(s) each day.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Spend Time Outside

Rachel Carson said that we need the beauty and mysteries of the natural world for our spiritual and emotional development. Does that ring true for you? What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time indoors?

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:25 PM

Yes, I agree with Rachel. Every time I go outside there is something new to explore and if I can't find anything I'm not looking hard enough. Nature can connect to every part of us (emotional, spiritual, physical,etc) we just have to spend more time in it to see the benefits.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Explore My Area

How might spending more time outdoors enhance your brainpower?

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:22 PM

It is refreshing to get outside and can help you be maybe getting a new perspective or just have a change of pace.

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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?

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:21 PM

I have been going on "social distance" walks with a friend where we walk together over facetime. We take our dogs on walks and call each other so we can talk while getting exercise. It gets me motivated to actually go on a walk/ run because someone holds me accountable.

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- Emily Ustianowski 4/13/2020 6:27 PM
  
  This is so great! I love this idea! Having someone to hold you accountable for exercise helps. Also great job adapting with the virus and all.
  
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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?

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:19 PM

I see more people and get to see the "ins and outs" of the city that I often rush past. I see some street art and stuff like that too.

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- Emily Ustianowski 4/13/2020 6:32 PM
  
  I agree Breckin! I tend to notice more of peoples daily lives when I walk directly past their house. I see people out and about and get to look inside of businesses rather than just zooming by.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Tend a Garden

Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:18 PM

I once went on a hike along a mountain in Colorado and saw an interaction between a snake and a rabbit (obviously it didn't end well). That was just something I hadn't really seen before, and it changed my perspective of nature. I realized it is a brutal and difficult environment and not always a beautiful, calm, and gentle place.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Support Pollution Reduction

What environmental factors affect human health in your region, and how do they affect it?

Breckin Sargeant 4/13/2020 12:15 PM

In my area things like pollution, litter, and flooding affect human health the most. Pollution causes health hazards, litter affects the quality of our water sources and the overall health of the environment. Flooding is a big problem because it affects houses and buildings in my area.

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