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Drawdown Ecochallenge
October 1 - October 31, 2023
Maggie Kinnel's avatar

Maggie Kinnel

ENS 201 Fall 2023

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 160 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    5.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    5.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning

Maggie's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Cook With Sustainable Seafood

Improved Fisheries

Using the Seafood Watch guide, I will feature a sustainable seafood ingredient in a new recipe.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 10 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Research the Climate Impact of Refrigerants

Refrigerant Management

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the climate impact of refrigerants and what climate-friendly refrigerants are by using the links below.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics; Reduced Plastics

I will avoid buying and using 5 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Industry

Go Paperless

Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 3.3lbs (1.6kg) a month by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions, and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
    How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?
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    Maggie Kinnel 10/26/2023 8:40 AM
    When I learned about the differences between the types of expiration dates, I learned which foods I should buy without creating waste in my kitchen. I now know how to select items that will give me the longest use and the least waste.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Industry
    What do you want to prioritize over material 'stuff' in your own life?
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    Maggie Kinnel 10/26/2023 8:39 AM
    One thing I have always prioritized is an experience over a material object. Growing up, my mom made travel an important part of our family instead of giving me and my sister a bunch of physical things. I hope to continue this way of living.

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Industry
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Maggie Kinnel 10/24/2023 12:50 PM
    I often use plastic water bottles instead of reusable ones because I haven't been able to find the right filter to replace the one on my faucet. As soon as it comes in the mail, I'll be able to cut out my use of plastic water bottles entirely.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?
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    Maggie Kinnel 10/24/2023 12:49 PM
    I think that it is much easier to have access to meat in richer countries. Rich countries don't have to rely on internal, local meat processing because they have the infrastructure to import and export goods at a much quicker rate. In terms of the impact of consuming meat, farming animals use up a lot of water resources. If we reduced the amount of meat that we ate, we would use far less water.
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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?
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    Maggie Kinnel 10/16/2023 12:16 PM
    If I had an extra $1,500, I would definitely use it to take a trip to a cabin somewhere in the mountains with my friends.
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