Brenna Walsh

I will cook 2 meals with zero-waste each day.

I will ask my local seafood market or grocery store if their seafood is sustainable and share the Seafood Watch resources so they can stock sustainable options.

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

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

I will contact the fossil fuel companies that supply energy in my community and ask how they manage and reduce methane leakage.

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.

I will explore the interactive map in the links below to find a supermarket that does not use HFC refrigerants near my home.

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

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.

I will visit a coastal or ocean site to experience the ecosystem and look for the presence of macroalgae/seaweed.

I will spend 60 minutes finding out how to make my home more energy efficient through better insulation and weatherization.

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

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 100 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

I will practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.