Zeke Baker

Wells College SUS 101

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807 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

carbon footprint

calculated
UP TO

155

minutes

spent learning

Zeke's actions

Electricity

Learn More about Micro Wind

Micro Wind Turbines

I will spend at least 50 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of micro wind.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 29
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

Multiple Industry Solutions

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin practicing it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Composting

Composting, Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost or worm bin where I live.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Forest-Friendly Foods 2

Tropical Forest Restoration

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Research the Wonders of Macroalgae / Seaweed

Macroalgae Protection and Restoration

Each day, I will spend at least 50 minutes learning more about protecting and restoring macroalgae/seaweed.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Calculate My Household Carbon Footprint

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity

After you determined your carbon footprint, did you see what different choices you can make in order to reduce it?
Zeke Baker 10/17/2023 8:17 AM
There are minimal changes that I can make in order to significantly impact my carbon footprint. Some changes I could work on would be the amount I travel and switching to being vegan. I could also work toward switching to more sustainable options for electricity consumption and lessening my chance of over consumption.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

Reducing (or eliminating) exhaust emissions and improving public health are two benefits of green vehicles. What other motivators inspire you to consider switching to a more fuel-efficient vehicle?
Zeke Baker 10/17/2023 8:07 AM
Other than the two reasons listed above most of the motivators for me to switch to an electric vehicle. Truthfully these are large factors but on top of this electric vehicles are more efficient both energy-wise and fuel-wise. So once my car is on its way out I am hoping to have enough saved up to make the switch.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?
Zeke Baker 10/09/2023 1:59 PM
My diet is constantly changing due to my pickiness alongside the fact that I have dietary issues, I try to change different aspects to help with my issues.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

How can you express your personality, creativity, and values in ways that don't require fast fashion or buying more clothes and accessories?
Zeke Baker 10/07/2023 1:59 PM
Changing the clothes that you currently have like cutting them, adding on new features with scrap fabrics, etc. You can also mix and match different aesthetics to make a new look as well as thrifting clothes or wearing hand-me-downs.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?
Zeke Baker 10/04/2023 11:30 AM
These smaller portions can help feed more people. Since many of these portion sizes are larger than most people can eat by themselves. Another option for this could be that we could make less food to waste. With less food, we would have less to harvest and fewer animals to harm.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
Zeke Baker 10/04/2023 11:24 AM
The money should be used to make worm compost bins as well as making moves to localize food production. If we want to move toward a sustainable future, this amount of money can help even with smaller projects such as the ones I listed above.

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