Alaina Drouin

Alliance Red Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
121 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

15

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

45

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

62

minutes

spent learning

Alaina's actions

Health and Well-Being

Meditate

Meditation helps build resilience and clarity. I will spend 15 minutes each day to meditate or create a moment of silence each day to reflect on things important to me.

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DAILY ACTION

Empowering the Next Generation

Listen to Youth

Youth voices matter and deserve to be heard. I will spend 15 minutes actively listening to and learning from young people about concerns, ideas, or experiences about environmental issues, either through conversations, speeches, or media.

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DAILY ACTION

Community and Connection

Explore the Feed and Connect with Others

I will spend 15 minutes reading the Ecochallenge feed each day and giving high fives or commenting on posts by people who I don't know, but whose content inspires or interests me.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Sustainable Innovation

Advocate For Better Food Packaging

When companies and governments make large-scale changes to their products and practices, it makes sustainability more accessible to the masses, in turn creating further demand for sustainable products, and the cycle continues. I will advocate for improved, sustainable food packaging through petitions, letters, or by supporting brands that prioritize eco-friendly packaging - and share my advocacy actions on the feed.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Well-Being

Exercise Daily

Daily movement supports our physical and mental health. I will spend 45 minutes each day exercising in a way that feels good to me, such as walking, running, stretching, or dancing.

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DAILY ACTION

Community and Connection

Invite a coworker to join Ecochallenge

As a team, we can accomplish so much more, so let's grow our ATG team of Ecochallengers!

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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?

Alaina Drouin 4/10/2025 12:45 PM
I just started my ecochallenge journey today, but I am so excited to connect with others, share knowledge, and learn more. I can't wait to hear from everyone. Drop a fun and/or depressing environmental fun fact below. I'll start.

For my interesting fun fact: Anglerfish males are smaller than females and when they meet their match, they bite to latch on and eventually they will fuse together for life.

For my depressing fact: ~70% of the managed bees in the U.S. have died in the past 8 months. If anytime, now is the time to support your local beekeepers.

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- Angela Orta 4/10/2025 2:26 PM
  - Pet Parent 🐾
  - 17-DAY STREAK
  Love the random facts!
  
  Interesting fun fact: Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for about three hours.
  
  Depressing fact: A plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to decompose in a marine environment.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Empowering the Next Generation

What perspectives or ideas did you hear from young people, and how did they challenge or expand your understanding of environmental issues? Did anything surprise you that they had to say?
Alaina Drouin 4/10/2025 11:25 AM
Their main concerns were based around the government and its lack of urgency to act upon topics like climate change, environmental education, microplastics, and water usage and distribution. A lot of the time I forget that the youth is not required to learn about environmental issues and injustices. They use required learning topics like government and health in which they then lightly connect to the environment. The lack of environmental knowledge surprises me the most. There is a disconnect between the topics they know and are required to learn and the environment. Its these gaps that I am happy to fill in order to see what their new aspirations are and what they create with them. Sharing is caring. I might have a new gardener on my hands.

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