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The People's Ecochallenge
October 6 - October 27, 2021
Courtney Matranga's avatar

Courtney Matranga

Red-ucers

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 332 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed
  • UP TO
    27
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    1.6
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    27
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    398
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    1.0
    pound
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    3.0
    hours
    volunteered

Courtney's actions

Transportation

Work From Home

Do at Home

I will work from home 10 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk Outside

Do at Home

I will take a walk outside for 45 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Use Public Transit

I will use public transit 9 mile(s) each day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Compost Food Waste

Do at Home

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Volunteer in My Community

Do at Home

I will volunteer 3 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • Courtney Matranga's avatar
    Courtney Matranga 10/06/2021 8:51 AM
    The bus was actually on time this morning so getting a good start!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation
    The US spends roughly 20% of its federal budget on defense. In contrast, 2% goes to education, 20% goes to social security and just 3% goes to transportation infrastructure. Do these numbers surprise you at all? Why or why not? How would you adjust them if you could?
    Courtney Matranga's avatar
    Courtney Matranga 10/06/2021 8:50 AM
    It doesn't, but not in a good way. We need to spend more money, time, and energy on improving our public systems - education, social, transportation, etc in order to give our population better lives
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