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Campus Ecochallenge 2022

April 1 - April 21, 2022

Amelia Fitch

Dickinson Green Devils 2022

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
598 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

780

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

14

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

lightbulb

replaced
UP TO

45

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

27

people

helped
UP TO

27

organic meals

consumed
UP TO

685

minutes

of additional sleep
UP TO

75

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

785

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

330

minutes

not spent in front of a screen

Amelia's actions

Health

Support Pollution Reduction

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Cheap, single-use items and disposable packaging end up blowing around as litter more often in poor and POC-majority neighborhoods. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Know My health

I will get my Core Four Biometrics tests (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and BMI).

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Learn More about Food Apartheid

What can lack of access to nutritious food affect a community? How can having access to nutritious food help a community become more resilient?

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Healthy Sleep

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 20 minute(s) per day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and my natural surroundings.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 30-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 30 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Help Others

I will offer to help 2 person(s) who are in need each day.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation

I will spend 20 minutes practicing Loving-Kindness Meditation to nurture love and compassion for myself and others.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

I will replace 1 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 60 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

Amelia Fitch 4/20/2022 9:31 AM

It's the last day! Keep checking in! We will be documenting the winners by 7 pm tomorrow! Hope to see you all at the bonfire :)

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Practice Gratitude for Earth

Kathleen Dean Moore says that a sense of gratitude leads to a sense of moral obligation. Do you agree? How can we cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals, and as a society?

Amelia Fitch 4/19/2022 8:14 AM

I've learned that engaging with the earth is such an important part of practicing gratitude for the earth. I learned over the years how hard it can be to prioritize being outdoors and slowing down to be grateful for my environment. I've written a lot of coursework on the importance of nature therapy and I'm learning to practice what I preach more by prioritizing an interconnected engagement with the earth every day whether it is through meditating on the grass, grounding barefoot, or just pausing to watch my surroundings.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Learn More about Food Apartheid

What can lack of access to nutritious food affect a community? How can having access to nutritious food help a community become more resilient?

Amelia Fitch 4/07/2022 10:32 AM

I encourage everyone to learn more about food apartheid and food sovereignty even if it is not one of your one-time actions. It is also so important we encourage others to use "food apartheid" as a replacement for “food desert” since using "food dessert' is misleading from the actual reasons and causes of why so many communities, especially POC communities, lack access to healthy food.

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Amelia Fitch 4/02/2022 11:07 AM

did the northside ride this morning! great way to kickstart the day and complete a lot of my actions simultaneously :)

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Amelia Fitch 3/31/2022 12:21 PM

Don't forget to choose your actions by tomorrow! :)

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Amelia Fitch 3/28/2022 10:10 AM

excited to get the challenge started! :)

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