George Unruh

ADLC Green Team

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documentaries

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645

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George's actions

Basic Needs & Security

Learn and Discuss the Basic Needs & Security SDGs

SDG 1, 2, 6

Each day, I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs and talk with 1 people about what I learned.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Economy & Communities

Learn and Discuss The Economy & Communities SDGs

SDG 7, 9, 12

Each day, I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs and talk with 1 people about what I learned.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

Watch a Documentary About Economy, Energy, or Industry

SDG 7, 9, 12

I will watch 2 documentaries about economy, energy, or industry.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn and Discuss The Health & Equity SDGs

SDG 3, 5, 10, 16

Each day, I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs and talk with 10 people about what I learned.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Health & Equity

Support Indigenous & First Nations Communities

SDG 10

I will spend 60 learning about the past and present indigenous communities in my regions and what I can do to be supportive.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG 3

I will replace 15 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 13
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Health & Equity

Track My Purchases

SDG 10

Each day, I will track my purchases to identify my spending habits. This will allow me to see what purchases can be reduced.

COMPLETED 0
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?

George Unruh 4/22/2023 11:29 AM

Received first utility bill since solar panels became operational. The first week without them we used as much electricity as the three weeks with them. Have had up to 37 kwh in a day generated from the panels. Working with the utility and the panel company to make sure all that is generated is being contributed to our account.

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George Unruh 4/22/2023 11:19 AM

Watched the film Kiss the Ground yesterday about regenerative agriculture. Lots of good information.
Today, rather than drive to the airport, we are catching three buses and one light rail to get there.
Finally got the mason bees out today. Still a little cool but was told the bees would be getting hungry and need to be released. Supposed to warm up while we are gone for the next week.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Economy & Communities Watch a Documentary About Economy, Energy, or Industry

What did you watch, and what was the most important thing you learned in the documentaries you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of climate change and Earth Month?

George Unruh 4/17/2023 7:31 AM

Watched No Impact Man and Cowspiracy. Being intentional about your choices is the huge lesson in No Impact Man and Cowspiracy takes that further to consider how your diet ultimately affects the environment and how major players even in the environmental movement are dismissing (if not hiding) that fact. Both were good.

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George Unruh 4/15/2023 12:53 PM

Did my what appears to be monthly collection of recyclables littered along road and trail. Over a half mile along Hwy 302 on the Key Peninsula from my house I collected 140 aluminum cans, 75 plastic containers, seven glass bottles, four plastic bags and some styrofoam blocks. Did not make it back the whole way before I had completely filled my large trash bag. Also just piled up other trash items along the way. For another day.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health & Equity Track My Purchases

How have you reduced your purchasing habits and what would you like to do next to reduce your consumption habits?

George Unruh 4/11/2023 6:34 PM

Doing more DIY at home in the kitchen. More shared commuting and bus riding. Reading more books from audio sources.

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George Unruh 4/06/2023 7:15 PM

Met with the Earth Ministry colleagues group tonight. Shared ideas about recycling and EV gatherings. Also, about advocacy with the legislature on environmental issues. Intention needs to be followed with action.

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George Unruh 4/03/2023 3:14 PM

Between October 8, 2022 and March 8, 2023 I have been picking up litter in an area one mile from my house (one direction) and a half mile from my work place. I have picked up 627 aluminum cans, 157 glass bottles, 68 plastic bottles and 20 plastic bags. I wonder where the disconnect is between humans and the environment in this. State Representatives killed the WRAP act (Washington Recycling and Packaging) in Washington state by adding over 20 amendments to it. Paid recyclers fought the measure too because they said everything about recycling was going well so why mess with it. Obviously, it is not going well. When will we reconnect as a human species to the living universe?

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George Unruh 4/03/2023 3:07 PM

I believe that the community - in the fullest sense: a place and all its creatures - is the smallest unit of health and that to speak of the health of an isolated individual is a contradiction in terms.

- Wendell Berry

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George Unruh 4/02/2023 5:09 PM

In The Living Universe by Duane Elgin he speaks of coming into connection with the Mother Universe. This quote seems to fit into that understanding.
"If we surrendered to earth's intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like trees."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Basic Needs & Security Learn and Discuss the Basic Needs & Security SDGs

What was a linking factor across this group of SDGs?

George Unruh 4/01/2023 8:09 AM

Access to resources, food and fresh water is at best limited for many people in the world. While many are quite satisfied with their current situation. What really causes that to be?

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