Daniel Shea

Community Team

"To be green!"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
524 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

24

miles

traveled by foot
UP TO

27

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

29

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

1,552

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

32

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

24

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

401

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

100

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

25

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

392

gallons of water

have been saved

Daniel's actions

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 2 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 13
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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 2 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 2 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 20 minute(s) per day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and my natural surroundings.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Limit Social Media

I will limit my social media use to once each day reducing my daily use by 30 minute(s)

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

I will save up to 8 gallons (30 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Learn More about Food Apartheid

What can lack of access to nutritious food affect a community? How can having access to nutritious food help a community become more resilient?

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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
Nature Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

Father Thomas Berry says, "... our primary purpose is celebration. Celebration of the dawn and the sunset and the different seasons of the year is a religious ritual, a way in which humans can establish their integral relationship with the universe, with the planet Earth." What is your response to Berry's assertion?

Daniel Shea 3/21/2022 11:19 AM

I agree. We need to appreciate our earth more and not take things such as the sunset/sunrise for granted.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water Use Reusable Bottles

What are some of the needs that water meets or benefits that water provides for you?

Daniel Shea 3/21/2022 11:18 AM

Water clenches thirst and helps plants grow. The world cannot exist as it is without the water cycle.

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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?

Daniel Shea 3/21/2022 11:17 AM

Meet has a huge impact on our environment. It is eaten more in richer countries because it is much more expensive to produce than non-meet products. Its impacts include emissions from cattle farming, desertification, and pollution.

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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?

Daniel Shea 3/21/2022 11:11 AM

Food container, plastic utensils, cups. I can use reusable plates, cups, and utensils and think more conciously.

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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?

Daniel Shea 3/21/2022 11:05 AM

I agree. By practicing gratitude, one is more likely to think consciously about the earth. We can cultivate a sense of gratitude by investing in natural recourses and pointing out things that come from nature.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

What is the main water source in your region? If you don't know, how could you find out?

Daniel Shea 3/14/2022 8:01 PM

City water, not sure of the source. I could find out by researching on my county's website.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?

Daniel Shea 3/14/2022 8:00 PM

Locally pollution impacts our water and globally it is impacted by overfishing, oil spills, and carbon emissions. Stop littering and choose to eat sustainable fish to help.

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