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Abel Chavelas

Spring 2021 April Ann's ESR 171!

"My mission is to be more sustainable and garden more "

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 621 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.0
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    2.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    646
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    1,080
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    7.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    545
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    10
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    10
    people
    helped

Abel's actions

Food

Plant an Herb Garden

I will plant an herb garden in my home, workplace, or dorm room.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Whole Food Lifestyle

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 10-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 5 minute(s) per day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and my natural surroundings.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Support Local Pollinators

At least 30% of crops and 90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators to produce fruit. I will spend 5 minutes researching which plants support local native pollinators and plant some in my yard or local community garden.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 15 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside.

COMPLETED 9
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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

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

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Help Others

I will offer to help 1 person(s) who are in need each day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Eco-friendly Gardening

I will plant native species, landscape with water-efficient plants, and use eco-friendly fertilizers.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?


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    Abel Chavelas 4/26/2021 9:52 PM
    I made a terrarium today and I walked my dog 

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    Abel Chavelas 4/25/2021 8:34 PM
    I took my tattoo and dog on a walk today and saw the sunset. My tattoo was happy and my dog pretended to  pee over 10 times because he liked the sunset and wanted to be walked longer. I also started over 400 plants and gave 3 plants away.  

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    Abel Chavelas 4/24/2021 4:17 PM
    I transferred my pole bean starts from plastic containers to paper. I will reuse and collect plastic containers but for my plant starts that I will sell and trade I will use paper/ cowpeat pots 

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    Abel Chavelas 4/22/2021 7:59 PM
    I stared at trees and counted 100 dots 4 times for 2 trees and it was very appreciative of nature and earth day. I also ate kale and kale is vegan 

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    Abel Chavelas 4/20/2021 3:37 PM
    I took my dog outside today. and planted some sunflower starts 
  • 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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    Abel Chavelas 4/16/2021 10:34 PM
    Plastic bottle and cans as well as the plastic containers that my vegan cheese comes in. I will try to Find vegan cheese in a farmers market thats inside of glass containers and I will drink out of my water bottle more. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Help Others
    In your opinion, how do social inequalities diminish a strong sense of community?

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    Abel Chavelas 4/15/2021 10:53 PM
    social inequalities diminish the strong sense of community because those communities dont have access to the same resources such as parks and all of those pretty community gardens that areas with more wealth and resources have. Such as beaverton and their nice areas vs the poorer areas. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Practice Gratitude for Earth
    Kathleen Dean Moore says that a sense of gratitude leads to a sense of moral obligation. Do you agree? How can we cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals, and as a society?

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    Abel Chavelas 4/14/2021 7:40 PM
    I dont know if this is weird but I have recently started talking to my plants and hyping them up cause we vibing 
  • 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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    Abel Chavelas 4/14/2021 7:39 PM
    Today I went on a walk with my mom and my dog 
  • 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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    Abel Chavelas 4/14/2021 7:37 PM
    I took a hip hop class today and I sorta benched and cleaned my room