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Campus Ecochallenge

Caroline Copp (Cho)

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
794 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

491

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

1,075

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

1.0

water collection system

installed
UP TO

289

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

131

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

289

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

255

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

610

gallons of water

have been saved

Caroline's actions

Food

Plant an Herb Garden

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Building Resilience

Collect Rain Water

I will create a rain garden or bioswale or use rain barrels to collect water for outdoor watering needs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Building Resilience

Support Local Pollinators

At least 30% of crops and 90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators to produce fruit. I will spend 40 minutes researching which plants support local native pollinators and plant some in my yard or local community garden.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Try a New Way to Prep

I will try a new method of food preparation, such as canning, pickling, or baking bread.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

I will spend 60 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Joyful Movement

I will spend 20 minutes doing an activity where I'm both moving my body and enjoying myself.

COMPLETED 15
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 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Fix Leaky Faucets

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water a day or 270 (1,020 L) gallons of water a month per faucet.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 133 lbs of CO2 a month and 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

SIGN UP TO VOTE

I will make sure I’m registered to vote. While I’m at it, I’ll sign up to help others register too!

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 15
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 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 45 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 10 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside.

COMPLETED 15
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
Community SIGN UP TO VOTE

Why is voting important to creating a just, sustainable, and thriving world? In what other ways can you actively participate in important decision-making?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/20/2022 12:05 PM

Voting is important in creating a just, sustainable, and thriving world because you are deciding the best people in your opinion that would be fit to run this country. Everyone's vote matters because it is all added up in the end. Other ways I can actively participate in important decision making is by doing my research to help me understand a topic or issue or situation better.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

In what neighborhoods or areas of your region are landfills or other waste sites located? Which communities are most affected by these locations?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/20/2022 12:02 PM

Landfills and waste sites are mostly located in cities, or towns surrounding a city. For example, there are landfills in White Marsh MD which is close to Baltimore, and there is a landfill/waste site in Conestoga PA and York PA. This makes cities and towns that surround those cities the most affected by these landfills and waste sites.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Plant an Herb Garden

Consider the ways you can garden: a plot of land? a patio container? hanging basket? windowsill gardens? What would work best for your living situation and lifestyle?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/20/2022 11:56 AM

Because it is a little too cold outside for plants to grow, and that my mom is allergic to bees, I have decided to plant an herb garden in a few small planting pots and sat them near a window in order for those plants to get sunlight. This also works for my lifestyle because my family has 2 dogs that love to get into trouble so keeping the herb garden on a high self in the house works perfectly.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Building Resilience Collect Rain Water

Trace the water that flows down the drain from your house to the largest body of water nearby. What is the route it takes?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/20/2022 11:54 AM

The water that flows from my house flows to the creek that is just a house away from my house. The water travels from our house out towards the road and then travels down the road into a drain that drains into a creek, our house is positioned on a slight hill.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Building Resilience Support Local Pollinators

Why is it important to take care of pollinators?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/20/2022 11:51 AM

Without pollinators, many of our ecosystems, or all of our ecosystems, would die and struggle for survival. Pollination occurs for most of the food that we consume on a daily basis too, so without pollinators we would not have a lot of the food that we currently have today.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Try a New Way to Prep

Canning and pickling food is a great way to have delicious summer fruits and vegetables all year round. Just make sure to follow the canning and pickling guidelines from the USDA or another trusted source. What are some foods that you would like to preserve and enjoy later in the year?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/19/2022 8:17 AM

I did not do any pickling because I do not feel like I would do it right, but this challenge did say I could make homemade bread. I decided to make some bread and it turned out alright. The bread is very dense probably because it was not mixed enough, but I did not have a stand mixer so I had to mix the dough by hand. The bread tastes very good but it is just dense.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Switch to Cold Water

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?

Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/19/2022 6:10 AM

I do not pay the water bill in my family, my parents do. But i am pretty sure this saved money would go towards paying other bills like the heating bill, electric bill, or even fixing stuff around the house.

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Caroline Copp (Cho) 3/14/2022 5:20 AM

I feel like my ecochallenge is going pretty good. However, i did not realize how busy I am throughout the day until I started doing this challenge. I have just had so much on my plate that it has been hard to remember to check in to my ecochallenge some days.

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