

Jiwan Ninglekhu
Points Total
- 0 Today
- 0 This Week
- 165 Total
Participant Impact
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up to45minutesbeing mindful
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up to80gallons of waterhave been saved
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up to6.0conversationswith people
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up to1.0documentarieswatched
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up to25minutesspent outdoors
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up to90minutesspent learning
Jiwan's Actions
Health & Equity
Communicate Constructively
SDG 16
I will use the communication methods I read about to practice effective, compassionate, and nonviolent communication with someone I interact with regularly (i.e., my roommate, parents, co-worker, partner, classmates, or children).
Health & Equity
Support Indigenous & First Nations Communities
SDG 10
I will spend 45 learning about the past and present indigenous communities in my regions and what I can do to be supportive.
Health & Equity
Practice Mindfulness
SDG 3
I will spend 15 minutes each day practicing mindfulness.
Climate & Ecosystems
Call my township office about clean-up programs.
I do not see any planned park or recreation area clean-up programs. I will call my township to remind them that we need such programs.
Climate & Ecosystems
Explore My Area
SDG 14, 15
Each day, I will spend 30 minutes exploring a new area around my neighborhood (e.g., park, water body, nearby trail, community garden, green space, etc.).
Climate & Ecosystems
Create & Share A Love Letter, Poem, Song or Picture
SDG 14, 15
I will express my love and gratitude for our planet by writing a love letter, poem, song or taking a picture. I will share this in the Ecochallenge feed or on my social media.
Climate & Ecosystems
Calculate Your Carbon Impact
SDG 13
I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how lifestyle changes could reduce the carbon footprint and impacts on the environment.
Climate & Ecosystems
Watch a Documentary About Climate Change or Nature
SDG 13, 14, 15
I will watch 2 documentaries about climate change.
Basic Needs & Security
Take 5-Minute Or Less Showers
SDG 6
I will save up to 6 gallons (23 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers. Tip: Use a timer to practice or count to 60 a few times.
Feed
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Reflection QuestionClimate & Ecosystems Watch a Documentary About Climate Change or NatureWhat did you watch, and what was the most important thing you learned in the documentary(ies) you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of climate change and Earth Month?
Jiwan Ninglekhu 4/16/2023 7:50 AM"Our great national parks" narrated by President Obama. I learned about how special kind of monkeys migrate to a forest covered with dangerous sharp stone mountains for food/trees that are preserved in winter when other forests are dry and leafless. Crucial for survival of these monkeys, some of them near to extinct already. -
Reflection QuestionClimate & Ecosystems Create & Share A Love Letter, Poem, Song or PictureWhy is art an important way for you to express sustainability values?
Jiwan Ninglekhu 4/13/2023 9:04 AMArt is a medium to think. To think is to immerse yourself. To immerse is to experience. Only through experience, the depth can be understood. -
Jiwan Ninglekhu 4/13/2023 8:43 AMA ReminderHave I been living? I askedAm I alive? I askedYes, she answered, you are alive.but, not sure of the five.Music plays in the background, only mild beats make it through,The tune lost its way, only vibrations flew.Open are the eyes, but they rarely see.Images are vague, lost is the glee.Fresh air in breath, yet you hardly smell.However, the intense ones you can tell.You touch and don’t even wonder, where is the feel?The warm mist, cool breeze, it used to be.Meal on the table, a scrolling finger, you finish the plate,But you forget what you ate.What are you, asleep or awake?Hope however persists.It is nature, a reminder, that I exist.New spring colors wins my attention,Marks the beginning of a new retransformation.Senses, those five, are called upon,To indulge the shining gold of the sun.The newborn buds remind me that hope persists.Dreams should be woven, it insists.The fading cold wind, a slight jolt, bends the blossom,Sprinkling the petals over bright greens.A blissful ambience over my nerves, I am nature, I am convinced.The silence is sweet, but honeyed are the songs of the birds,Part of this beauty I wish to be, with the complement of my words.In the bliss I pamper myself, and seek the fragrances beyond my senses,A reminder that I am ephemeral and impermanence is the true elegance.