Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation

April 1 - April 30, 2024

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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?

Penny Edwards 4/22/2024 6:38 AM

I'm trying to check off my daily actions, but this is confusing. I find this to be a lot of extra work to my day. I have real work to do. Sorry. But I got us 5 more points by posting this, right?

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land + Forests Carry My Trash

This is no small task! What was eye-opening to you throughout this action? How will you change your actions going forward to reduce the waste you produce?

Fred Desai 4/19/2024 11:55 PM

During our trip to NY, we kept everything that we could not find a place to recycle in NY with us, and brought it back home so we could dispose it appropriately. Between Rumpke, Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub, and our compost we throw away little in garbage.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Freshwater + Oceans Cooking Oil Disposal

Did anything about this action surprise you? Do you use more or less oil than you thought?

Fred Desai 4/19/2024 11:48 PM

We store cooking oil after frying in a cool area, but not in the fridge. Learned that it is better to keep it refrigerated. Will change that behavior in the future.

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Fred Desai 4/19/2024 11:41 PM

Hi everyone.

We r over half way done with this Ecochallenge. Please try and get to your action steps.

I am going to summarize where all the 8 teams stand as of now. Last I saw it, the one Canadian team had more points than all the 7 US teams combined.

Thx

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Penny Edwards 4/16/2024 1:01 PM

I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do here.

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- Fred Desai 4/19/2024 11:38 PM
  
  Hi penny
  
  Once u complete your action please check it off. If it is a daily action, u have up to 3 days to log that in. One time action can be marked complete anytime during this month.
  
  Let me know if u still need help.
  
  Thx
  
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Fred Desai 4/09/2024 10:06 AM

Over the last 4 years, my wife and I have participated in and led several ecochallenge teams. The changes we made in our lifestyle are
1) Built a compost in our backyard.
2) Stopped eating meat and chicken.
3) minimized use of single use plastic.
4) Changed our dish cleaning habit to reduce energy and water consumption by ~50%.
5) installed an on-demand water heater.
6) Calculated our water and carbon footprints.

We would like to expose as many people as we can to this challenge.

As Katherine Hayhoe in her book “Saving Us….” Says is that the number one thing we can do about climate change is talk about it.

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- Shijumon Viswambharan 4/09/2024 10:13 AM
  
  Awesome!!
  You seem to have taken many actions which can inspire others.
  
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- Rico Yao 4/09/2024 10:12 AM
  
  I totally agree - the number one thing we can do about climate change is to talk about it...
  
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