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October 6 - October 27, 2021
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Fay Ferris

MetroVan Unitarians

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 717 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    21
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    84
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    28
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    970
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    22
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Fay's actions

Food

Whole Foods Diet

Do at Home

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

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Mindfulness Practice

Do at Home

I will spend 2 minute(s) per day practicing Mindfulness.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Joyful Movement

Do at Home

I will spend 15 minutes doing an activity where I'm both moving my body and enjoying myself.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Do at Home

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate. I will keep 1 container(s) out of the landfill each day.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Do at Home

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

COMPLETED 6
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
    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?

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    Fay Ferris 10/22/2021 11:56 PM
    Michael Pollan also said food cooked by a human in a kitchen is much healthier than food cooked by a corporation in a factory.  That changed the way I think about food, 

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    Fay Ferris 10/14/2021 10:50 PM
    Eco challenge keeping me motivated!