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Welcome to The People's Ecochallenge!

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The People's Ecochallenge
October 6 - October 27, 2021
Jackie Luehmann's avatar

Jackie Luehmann

Mayo Clinic

"To Create a Stronger Community by Being a Better Version of Myself"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 805 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    68
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    990
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    571
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    1.4
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    2.8
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Jackie's actions

Health

Healthy Sleep

Do at Home

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

Do at Home

I will reduce food waste and save money by prepping for 2 meal(s) each day, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Happiness

Do at Home

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Go for a Daily Walk Outside

Do at Home

I will take a walk outside for 20 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 18
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
    Food Weekly Meal Planning
    An 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?
    Jackie Luehmann's avatar
    Jackie Luehmann 10/18/2021 7:21 PM
    No, this does not surprise me.  I am surprised the numbers are not higher with how Americans view spending, preparing and budgeting.  Our busy lives get in the way of preparing and then we end up wasting.  I would rather use the money saved on improvements to my house and my retirement account.
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