Christina Schaar

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

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

I will spend 20 minutes learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water a day or 270 (1,020 L) gallons of water a month per faucet.

Using Drawdown's Job Function Action Guide, I will learn about climate actions I can take at work.

I will complete a plastics audit to see where plastics show up in my life and determine how I can reduce the use of single-use plastics.

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.

Each day, I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about sustainable aquaculture.

If I buy a plane ticket, I will purchase a carbon offset.

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.