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Dan McColley

Dickinson Green Devils 2018

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 250 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    4.0
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    52
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    5.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Dan's actions

Create Your Own Action

Forage for My Food

I will use the resources below to find where I can forage for my own food locally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will find out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in recycling dumpsters or my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement

I will spend at least 7 minutes using the resources provided to learn about water justice and find out how I can get involved in local initiatives.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 5 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Conduct Virtual Meetings

I will not travel for meetings and will instead conduct them virtually.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 2 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Create Your Own Action Forage for My Food
    People are motivated to forage for many different reasons: as a source for food, a means of income, to connect with nature, to participate in cultural tradition, transmitting specific ecological knowledge, or as a means of stewarding local and native plant populations are just a few examples. What is your chief motivation for foraging?

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    Dan McColley 10/04/2018 9:03 AM
    Knowing local sources of food is a great way to understand ones local environment 

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    Dan McColley 10/04/2018 8:57 AM
    Love the eco challenge! So much fun! 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

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    Dan McColley 10/01/2018 9:34 AM
    Remanufacturing! Imagine if we could reuse existing products to create new ones without procuring and sourcing materials! 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Conduct Virtual Meetings
    How can you ensure that your virtual meetings honor your values and your company's culture?

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    Dan McColley 10/01/2018 9:33 AM
    It creates a view that values communication without using emissions. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Work from Home
    It takes the average worker in the United States 26 minutes to travel to work. One way to fix long commutes would be to make cities more affordable. An even simpler option: promote the use of telework. How have you used technology to replace in-person meetings or work this year?

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    Dan McColley 10/01/2018 7:39 AM
    Telework promotes certain benefits through by excess CO2 emissions