Earth Month Ecochallenge 2022: Sustainable Development Goals

April 1 - April 30, 2022

Becca's points

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
672 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

255

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

325

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

5.1

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

30

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

11

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Becca's actions

Basic Needs & Security

Make Zero-Waste Meals

SDG #2 Zero Hunger

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero waste each day.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Reduce Single-Use Plastics

SDG #14 & 15

Throughout the day, I will note the single-use plastics I use and consider the reusable options available to me.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Ecological & Xeriscape Gardening

SDG #14 & 15

I will do one or more of the following actions in my yard, or volunteer in my community: plant indigenous plants, landscape with water-efficient plants, add mulching, replace a lawn, and/or use eco-friendly fertilizers.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Join A Climate Action Orginization

SDG #13 Climate

I will learn about local, national and international climate action organizations that I could join and connect with one or more.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Support Local Pollinators

SDG #15 Life On Land

At least 30% of crops and 90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators to produce fruit. I will spend 30 minutes researching which plants support local pollinators and plant some in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Learn About Invasive Species

SDG #14 & 15

I will spend 30 minutes learning about invasive species and ways to reduce their impacts.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Express My Support

SDG #13 Climate

I will call my elected officials to express my thanks for their work, or to advocate for more environmental action in both policy and practice.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Learn About The Climate & Ecosystems SDGs

SDG #13, 14 & 15

I will spend 30 minutes learning about these SDGs.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Calculate Your Water Footprint

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn About Gender Diversity

SDG #5 Gender

I will spend 30 minutes learning about gender diversity.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn About The Health & Equity SDGs

SDG #3, 5, 10 & 16

I will spend 30 minutes learning about these SDGs.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn About Participation and Representation

SDG #5 Gender

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the barriers to women and girl's equal participation and representation around the world.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Practice Mindfulness

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will spend 10 minutes each day practicing mindfulness.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Becca Desai 4/22/2022 12:17 AM

Happy Earth Day to all of you, my wonderful Team Members! Please stop by at our FCGG (Faith Communities Go Green) Booth # 15 at the Earth Day Celebration at Summit Park in Blue Ash this Saturday. For more infohttps://cincinnatiearthdayorg.mailchimpsites.com

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Climate & Ecosystems

Why is it important to take care of pollinators? Do you have a favorite pollinator?
Becca Desai 4/22/2022 12:11 AM

Pollinators are vital to the production of many food crops and provide a service essential to the survival of many native plants. We can take steps to support these and other pollinators through plant selection and simple gardening practices.
Locally native plants attract native pollinators. Native plants offer nectar, pollen and other nutrients in quantities that native pollinators need. We should grow more locally native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in our gardens.
My favorite pollinators are monarch butterflies!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Climate & Ecosystems

What plastic or single-use items do you regularly use? What did you substitute or could be substituted?
Becca Desai 4/01/2022 11:24 PM

in our home, we are making a conscious effort to reduce our use of SUPs. We have several reusable totes for groceries when we go grocery shopping. When we buy vegetables, we don't put them in the plastic bags available to pack them in. Instead we directly put them in the cart and then at check-out, we put them in our totes, for eg, limes, tomatoes, cucumbers, bunches of greens, and other large vegetables.
when we put cooked food or leftovers in the fridge, we use plates (mostly stainless steel plates that last forever!) to cover the dishes instead of covering them with a plastic wrap. We also each have our own metal water bottles that we carry everywhere with us. If there is any plastic that does need to be disposed, we recycle it if it is recyclable through Rumpke, otherwise we sort it out for a few weeks in our garage, and then take it to CRRH (Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub, which is one of the most delightful places we have discovered in the last couple of years, which will responsibly recycle or reuse almost anything under the sun that you do not need, and Rumpke will not accept! Please check them out at https://www.cincinnatirecyclingandreusehub.org/

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- Deborah Jordan 4/05/2022 7:23 PM
  
  Wow - don't remember seeing SUP before. I am trying to use more small cloth bags for produce.
  
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Becca Desai 4/01/2022 11:04 PM

I wish you all a very happy Earth Month!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Basic Needs & Security

How did you incorporate using an entire vegetable (skins, peels, tops, and stalks) during one of your meal preps? What's something new you're going to try that is a zero-waste meal practice?
Becca Desai 4/01/2022 11:03 PM

In an effort to make zero-waste meals, I don't peel most vegetables before cooking, but rather cook them with their skin on, as that retains more nutrients for us. If some parts of the vegetables are a bit bitter or too hard to chew even after they cook, like the hard stalks of some greens, or the heads (tops) of the vegetables that we invariable chop away, or skins of some vegetables, I put all these together with some water and seasonings to make vegetarian broth. To make it more nutritious, I add a fistful of any dry lentils I have at home. Let the broth boil, and then simmer for an hour or so, then strain out the soup. It is a delicious and nutritious vegetarian broth. The boiled vegetable scraps can be cooled, blended and mixed with dirt in your garden. If you don't want to make a broth from the scraps, you can put them in your compost bin.

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- Deborah Jordan 4/05/2022 7:26 PM
  
  I cooked dandelion greens today. Yes, I will start a container in the freezer with those extras to make veggie broth although I feel ok about composting OR feeding our worm bin.
  
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Becca Desai 3/30/2022 4:48 PM

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for joining our Cincinnati team. Hope you have a fun experience, while making a contribution for Sustainability. We have 21 people in our team.

If you have not done so yet, please sign up for activities that interest you. There are daily and one-time activities. You have 3 days grace period to mark a daily activity as done.

Also, I would encourage you to put your thought and comments in "Feed" so that your teammates can see them, learn from them, and may even have builds on them.

If you have any questions, you can reach Becca at [email protected] or Fred at [email protected].

All the best!

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