Charles Terrien
POINTS TOTAL
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participant impact
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UP TO1.0documentarywatched
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UP TO57meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO377minutesof additional sleep
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UP TO990minutesspent exercising
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UP TO91minutesspent learning
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UP TO30organic mealsconsumed
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UP TO52more servingsof fruits and vegetables
Charles's actions
Health
Healthy Sleep
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Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 7 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.
Health
Exercise Daily
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Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 110 minute(s) each day.
Health
More Fruits and Veggies
Do at Home
I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 4 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.
Food
Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
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I will watch 4 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.
Food
Choose Organic Ingredients
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I will enjoy 3 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.
Food
Meet My Local Farmers
I will visit my nearest farm to find out who produces my food, and will learn about the quality of life of those around the world who produce my food in order to make better choices when I shop.
Food
Reduce Animal Products
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I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 3 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
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?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONHealth Exercise DailyHow can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?
Charles Terrien 10/21/2021 10:42 AMI used to think exercise was "work" so I wouldn't do it. Now I'm out on my bicycle every day in nature's green with the quiet and birdsong, the Beach Boys, or books on audio. Can anyone call that work? -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Reduce Animal ProductsWhy do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
Charles Terrien 10/21/2021 10:40 AMFarming soybeans and corn to feed livestock, if fed to people instead, can feed 11 billion people, that's more than the current population, but since we feed livestock for slaughter to feed western dieters, we instead have 2.5 billion starving people. Also, clearing land for livestock related activity accounts for 90% of Amazon rainforest destruction, as well as dead zones in our cations waterways and the Gulf of Mexico. Also, according to the UN, methane from livestock for slaughter accounts for 30 - 51 % (depending on which study), of greenhouse gas effect and since methane precipitates out of the atmosphere in less than a decade, we could actually reverse global warming quickly, (as opposed to cutting CO which if we all stopped burning fossil fuels today, it would be 100 years before we saw a tick in the drop of CO2 levels. Western dieters by cutting meat and dairy and processed foods would add 17 years to their lives and also eliminate 15 years of chronic disease suffering (NCD's), as well. For example according to leading diabetes expert Neil Barnard, Type II diabetes is rapidly 94.6 % reversable, people on insulin go off it simply by eating Whole Food Plant Based...but on TV we are sold foods that cause NCD's and prescriptions to manage life with chronic diseases instead of simply reversing them with WFPB. See Dr. Michael Greger at nutritionfacts.org, Dr. Esselstyn, director of Cleveland Clinic's Cardiac Wellness unit's book "Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease," or the many doctors in the video "What the Health," on Netflix or buy the DVD as well. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Choose Organic IngredientsMany people say that “you can’t feed the world with just organic food.” How would you respond to that statement?