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Campus Ecochallenge

Candace Satterfield

HPU Green Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
744 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

25

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

30

organic meals

consumed
UP TO

33

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

20

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

220

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

27

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

72

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

25

disposable cups

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

18

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

15

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

60

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Candace's actions

Transportation

Work from Home

I will work from home 1 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

More Fruits and Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 1 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Food Lifestyle

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 3 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 11
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
Waste Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

How can you express your personality, creativity, and values in ways that don't require fast fashion or buying more clothes and accessories?

Candace Satterfield 11/23/2020 5:14 PM

I have learned to love thrift shops way more than any retailers/fast fashion industries. If anything, this allows me to express myself creatively even more, since all of my items are so unique and cannot be found in copies on the shelves. Thrift shopping is like treasure hunting, when you find an item you are in love with you know that it is unique to itself and cannot be found just anywhere.

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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?

Candace Satterfield 11/23/2020 5:12 PM

I love doing yoga with my friends. It is very empowering and motivating. This allows me to spend quality time with the people I enjoy, while also getting a nice stretch and workout in!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Turn it off

How is electricity generated where you live? How does it impact the environment, animals, and humans?

Candace Satterfield 11/23/2020 5:09 PM

Petroleum-fired power plants supply about three-fourths of Hawaii's electricity generation. Coal generation provides 15 percent and renewable sources (wind, geothermal, biomass, and hydroelectricity) supply the remainder of the state's electricity generation. This use of energy is not beneficial to the environment, besides the use of renewable resources. The fact that Hawaii uses renewable resources at least a little bit should be an example of how we can achieve this on a larger scale, and encourage the state of Hawaii to do so!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water Say No to Plastic Straws

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Candace Satterfield 11/10/2020 8:18 PM

Sometimes straws, but I just recently invested in some reusable straws and now I barely use any single-use items. It feels good to know that I am helping our planet, and now I never have to worry about having a straw/utensils because I carry them with me mostly everywhere!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Whole Food Lifestyle

Michael Pollan states that “it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor.” What are your thoughts on this assertion?

Candace Satterfield 11/10/2020 8:17 PM

I think this is a very wise statement because in the west especially, we rely on doctors and pharmaceuticals to fix our health. We fail to recognize good health begins with what we are putting into our body. If we are eating mcdonalds everyday, of course our health will be greatly jeopardized. I think this is why Micheal made this statement because farmers are the main contributors to our access to whole foods, which is the healthiest option.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use a Reusable Mug

Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reusable one, but it's just hard to make the switch. What stands in your way of making this a habit? By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?

Candace Satterfield 11/10/2020 8:14 PM

I do not think this is a big hesitation for me, but because we are in a pandemic this is sometimes difficult for sanitary reasons. A lot of coffee shops arent accepting reusable mugs right now, but it dosent hurt to ask. I guess the first steps are asking my local coffee shops to see if this is an option, and then of course bringing my mug.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health More Fruits and Veggies

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?

Candace Satterfield 11/10/2020 8:12 PM

For me, I feel much more energized and in a better mood when I eat mostly fruits and veggies. For other people, it would probably have the same effect. For the planet, this is an excellent alternative because fruit and veggies use much less water and energy to produce!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle

While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?

Candace Satterfield 11/10/2020 8:08 PM

There is typically no barriers for me using the alternative of reusable water bottles, but when there is, it is because i do not have access to a reusable bottle or water. I can resolve this by becoming more aware of bringing water with me on the go, or at least a reusable bottle.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Choose Organic Ingredients

Many people say that “you can’t feed the world with just organic food.” How would you respond to that statement?

Candace Satterfield 11/04/2020 5:28 PM

This is a myth because opposing agricultural practices are destructive to our planet in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and soil erosion. If anything, organic farming is counterproductive because it does not produce as many emissions and requires less energy. There needs to be more land available for farming and less farmers in order to achieve this properly.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?

Candace Satterfield 11/02/2020 8:33 PM

I think many people would argue this is because meat is viewed as a luxury, but I also feel that this is culturally engrained in more privileged societies from the start. As someone who used to eat meat nearly every day, I was not aware of my impact on the environment. Eating more meat effects our planet tremendously, it depletes our world of it's natural resources, which will effect poorer regions of the world first.

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