Christine O'Neill

Community Team

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participant impact

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carbon footprint

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263

pieces of litter

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water footprint

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5.0

random acts of kindness

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donation

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7.0

expressions of gratitude

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community event

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185

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Christine's actions

Share My Why

Take the Earth Month Ecochallenge Feedback Survey

I will take a short survey about my experience to help the Ecochallenge team improve future events, earn a chance to win a prize, and earn 15 points!

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Community and Connection

Keep My Community Clean

A clean community benefits everyone. Each day I am outside, I will pick up 10 pieces of litter to keep my community clean.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Land, Water, and Air

Learn About Water Justice

Access to clean water is a basic right, yet not everyone has it. I will spend 60 minutes learning about water justice issues and who is affected.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Land, Water, and Air

Calculate My Carbon Impact

Knowing our carbon footprint is the first step to reducing it. I will calculate my carbon impact and identify lifestyle changes that could reduce the carbon footprint and impacts on the environment. I will share my commitments to lowering my impact on the feed.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Community and Connection

Express Gratitude and Random Acts of Kindness

Small acts of kindness and gratitude can brighten someone's day and create a positive ripple effect. I will express gratitude to 1 people or perform 1 random acts of kindness to spread joy and connection.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Land, Water, and Air

Understand My Water Footprint

Each of us has a water footprint, directly linked to our daily activities as well as the water required in the production of things we use each day. Understanding our water use is important for a healthy planet. I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste, then share what I learned on the feed.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Well-Being

Explore Resources for Managing Anxiety

Anxiety can be overwhelming, but resources and strategies can help. I will spend 15 minutes exploring resources that help manage anxiety and stress to support my mental and psychological well being.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Land, Water, and Air

Join a Cleanup Effort

Working together to clean up public spaces helps the environment and builds community. I will participate in 1 community cleanup efforts in my neighborhood or local area.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Wildlife

Donate to Support Wildlife

There are many amazing projects supporting wildlife and their habitats. I will choose a project or organization to support that helps species and habitats I care about and make a donation.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Well-Being

Go Get a Check Up

Regular health check-ups help prevent problems before they start. I will schedule or attend a medical, dental, or mental health check-up to take care of my well-being.

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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?

Christine O'Neill 4/28/2025 9:31 AM
- Book Lover 📚
This was an inspiring weekend for me, Earth-wise. On Saturday I cleared litter with lots of people along the riverside path of the major river in our community. In the small section where I was, there were 60 people participating:) The next day, our church held a touching, wonderful service in honor of the Earth, followed by a Climate Cafe. It was open to the public and was a chance for people to learn about practical things they can do to lessen their carbon footprint and snack on Earth friendlier foods. I learned some valuable information. It was all a lot of work, but extremely rewarding and heart warming.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land, Water, and Air

What was the most unexpected piece of trash that was picked up during your local cleanup effort? How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel?
Christine O'Neill 4/28/2025 9:21 AM
- Book Lover 📚
I'm not sure what the most unexpected piece of trash was since our group was cleaning up along a riverside path. This event happens every year and we've pretty much seen it all before! As always, it was a treat to work with some wonderful people, especially including employees from our commonwealth's Department and Recreation. It's wonderful and heartening to see people working together on something as practical as removing litter, and all the more so given the April showers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community and Connection

How did expressing gratitude or performing acts of kindness impact you and the recipient? Did anything surprise you about your experience?
Christine O'Neill 4/23/2025 8:19 AM
- Book Lover 📚
I found it challenging to think of meaningful ways to be extra kind or show appreciation. I finally read one of the learn more links to the Random Acts of Kindness organization and given the things that they suggest I am already doing many of these things. So, perhaps I should have marked this action item as 'I already do this.' However, it is nice to adopt this as a challenge in order to think about new ways to be kind.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Well-Being

What motivated you to schedule or attend your check-up, and how did it make you feel afterward that you completed this action?
Christine O'Neill 4/19/2025 10:21 PM
- Book Lover 📚
I felt motivated to follow through with the recommendations my doctor made regarding nutrition and exercise.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Wildlife

What project or organization did you choose to support, and why did it resonate with you? What are some ways you can continue to support wildlife conservation beyond financial contributions?
Christine O'Neill 4/19/2025 10:11 PM
- Book Lover 📚
I gave money to a program protecting cranes in Rwanda. What excited me most about their work is the great effort they are making to develop their tree nursery and to get people to take care of those trees once they are transplanted to their permanent location.

I generally support wildlife cnservation by improving habitat locally with others at a land trust

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- Kishor Avhad 4/19/2025 10:15 PM
  
  Plant-Based Foodie 🥬
  
  17-DAY STREAK
  Greate!!!Keep it up!!!
  
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Christine O'Neill 4/18/2025 10:37 PM
- Book Lover 📚
You can find the links to the calculators for carbon and water footprints at the section of the platform for https://earthmonth.ecochallenge.org/dashboards/challenges/land-water-and-air There is one challenge to calculate your carbon footprint with links to several different, simple, online tools. Calculate your water footprint is a separate goal and there is information on making that calculation in the Learn More section. I hope you dins them useful, Shahana.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land, Water, and Air

What surprised you most about your water footprint, and how did it influence your perspective on water use? What changes can you make to reduce your water consumption, and how will these impact your daily routine?
Christine O'Neill 4/18/2025 10:29 PM
- Book Lover 📚
We are pretty water conscious in our house and I am excited to have learned about a couple of things that could help us save water. They are potentially the Altered:Nozzle which has a spray option for hand washing at a sink as well as a regular low-flow stream, perhaps a composting toilet and diverting washing machine water to irrigation uses. That's pretty exciting because we are about to make repairs to our bathroom. It's sobering to see how much water goes into even foods like pasta!

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Christine O'Neill 4/18/2025 8:49 PM
- Book Lover 📚
I'm reporting on the one time action of calculating my carbon footprint and deciding what actions to take to shrink it. I used the three calculators given as resources and find that my footprint is somewhere between 0.5 and 1 times what a typical American has but it is still a lot bigger than what we need to do to protect our ecosytems and climate. It's hard to figure out what to do and as usual, it's easier to see what someone else can do! So for the moment I'm considering offsetting 2 long trip flights my husband is taking this year. I'll mull over actions for me some more over the week to come.

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- Sahana Shetty 4/18/2025 8:50 PM
  - Exercise Lover 🤸
  - 17-DAY STREAK
  Oh great. Can you share the link to these calculators?
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community and Connection

How did keeping your community more clean connect you more to your local area? Did picking up litter change your perspective on the cleanliness of your community?
Christine O'Neill 4/01/2025 5:35 PM
- Book Lover 📚
While walking along the sidewalk in my town collecting litter, another pedestrian out with her toddler talked to me about picking up litter. She doesn't know of anyone that does this unless it's part of an organized group. Well, I know that I am not the only one in my community who picks up litter independently, but now she knows one of us who does this. It was another opportunity to create a connection in our community which made me feel good.

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