Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez
7/25/2022 7:25 PM
For this activity, I decided to try floating with my siblings! It was soo much and we even saw some ducklings and a pretty big heron!
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez
Points Total
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- 232 Total
Participant Impact
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up to3.1poundsfood waste prevented
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up to6.4pounds of CO2have been saved
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up to10poundswaste composted
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up to153gallons of waterhave been saved
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up to220minutesspent exercising
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up to465minutesspent outdoors
Elizabeth's Actions
Community
Create opportunities for resilience amongst climate change
As past of my job I have co-created disaster preparedness workshop in which we address how climate change is exacerbated a certain weather event and how that is affecting health. We also touch on emergency preparedness. For July, the workshop focus on Wildfires & air quality. We talked about mental health and how air quality affects our health and also how climate change is affecting our mental health and wildfires and air.
Nature
Do Nature Activities
I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 60 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.)
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.
Nature
Go for a Daily Walk
I will take a 20-minute walk outside each day.
Food
Weekly Meal Planning
I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.
Waste
Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion
I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.
Feed
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Reflection QuestionNature Do Nature ActivitiesWhat did you observe while spending time outside -- through sight, sound, smell and/or touch?
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Reflection QuestionWaste Compost Food WasteNew to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez 7/25/2022 7:17 PMMy brother is really into composting and I was having a hard time remembering not to throw away my food waste in the garbage instead of the compost. But because I knew I had to report my food waste, I was better about sorting my food waste. -
Reflection QuestionNature Go for a Daily WalkHow do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez 7/25/2022 7:13 PMI live on the east of Gresham and we only have 1 park near me plus two middle middle school with pretty shady trails and in the last four weeks they've been my workout area! I found out the I really enjoyed getting in a morning walk before I start my day and my dog, too! Before this eco challenge I used to hiking when I had time and usually on the weekends. But now when I miss my morning walk my day just isn't the same. -
Reflection QuestionFood Weekly Meal PlanningAn average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four in the US spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez 7/25/2022 7:08 PMI have planning my meals out since the start of the Eco challenge and what I have noticed is that I've bought less groceries and have sticked to my list and have managed to eat almost all of my groceries.In the last 3 weeks I also noticed that I have consumed less meat and I found new TikTok accounts to help me cook meat alternative dishes that Mexican cuisine. I was surprised to see the many different ways that tofu can be prepared and mix of spices that give it an almost meat like taste.