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Lorraine Mahony

Falconservationists

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 91 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    -45.0
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    40
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    -45.0
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen

Lorraine's actions

Basic Needs & Security

Learn About the Basic Needs & Security SDGs

SDG #1, 2 & 6

I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs.

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Climate & Ecosystems

Learn About The Climate & Ecosystems SDGs

SDG #13, 14 & 15

I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs.

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Economy & Communities

Learn About The Economy & Communities SDGs

SDG #7, 9 & 12

I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs.

UNCOMPLETED
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Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will replace 15 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Basic Needs & Security

Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will spend 20 minutes learning about water justice and find out how I can get involved in local initiatives.

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Basic Needs & Security

Composting

Reduce refuge and feed my raw food scapes to my rabbit.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Go On a Nature Walk

You can go with your class, another teacher or go by yourself. Check with Debbie or Maryanne to get into the woods. Traci is happy to go on walks with 3-5. Debbie would too, but she doesn't have time in her schedule.

UNCOMPLETED
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Climate & Ecosystems

Bring Reusable Containers For Lunch

It would be awesome if we could all bring in reusable container and utensils for lunch.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Make/use eco-friendly cleaning solutions.

Vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, H2O2 etc.

UNCOMPLETED
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Climate & Ecosystems

Buy sustainably grown and ethically harvested coffee and chocolate

see above

UNCOMPLETED
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Education & Livelihood

Volunteer In My Community

SDG #11 Communities

I will volunteer hour(s) in my community.

UNCOMPLETED
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Education & Livelihood

Volunteer to Tutor

SDG #4 Education

I will volunteer to tutor in my community at least once this month.

UNCOMPLETED
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Health & Equity

Learn About Equitable Food Access

SDG #10 Reduced Inequalities

I will spend 30 minutes learning about equitable food access and how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.

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Education & Livelihood

Engage In Active Listening

SDG #17 Partnerships

I will practice actively listening to a friend, family member, co-worker, peer, or someone who has a different experience/identity for 5 conversations per day.

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Education & Livelihood

Thank Educators

SDG #4 Education

I will write to a school, community learning center, or education leader I admire to express my thanks for their sustainability work and find out how I can get involved.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Safe Disposal of Medications and Household Chemicals

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will spend 20 minutes learning about how and where to dispose of medications and chemicals properly.

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Health & Equity

Support Indigenous & First Nations Communities

SDG #10 Reduced Inequalities

I will spend 15 learning about the past and present indigenous communities in my regions and what I can do to be supportive.

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Health & Equity

Learn About Participation and Representation

SDG #5 Gender

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the barriers to women and girl's equal participation and representation around the world.

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Health & Equity

Learn About The Health & Equity SDGs

SDG #3, 5, 10 & 16

I will spend 20 minutes learning about these SDGs.

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Health & Equity

Planting with my class

In order to further the mindfulness of our students, we planted cups of beans that they can watch grow and revel in their amazing and magical changes. The more they fall in love with nature, the more they want to protect it.

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Education & Livelihood

Plan A Staycation in Your Community

SDG #11 Communities

For an upcoming vacation, I will plan a staycation in my region.

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Education & Livelihood

Learn About The Education & Livelihood SDGs

SDG #4, 8, 11 & 17

I will spend 10 minutes learning about these SDGs.

UNCOMPLETED
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Education & Livelihood

Encouraging young students to try new, sustainable foods

We have weekly TASTE TESTS where students try sustainable foods so that they can make positive choices. The kids love it. Some recent taste tests have been Watercress, V8 juice, Wasabi seaweed, to name a few.

UNCOMPLETED
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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.

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Economy & Communities

Find out where your energy comes from

SDG #7 Energy

I will spend 15 minutes learning about where my energy comes from.

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Participant Feed


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    Lorraine Mahony 4/30/2022 1:07 PM
    Good! Ecochallenge has been an encouraging way to keep up with my continued awareness of out planets needs.

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    Lorraine Mahony 4/30/2022 11:59 AM
    Gave the vegetable peelings to my pet rabbit. Happy Bunny!

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    Lorraine Mahony 4/30/2022 11:56 AM
    Reused some leftover salad to feed to my rabbit. He loved it!!

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    Lorraine Mahony 4/30/2022 11:46 AM
    Rather than discarding my remaining lunch, I took it home to have as dinner.

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    Lorraine Mahony 4/06/2022 7:10 AM
    Outside with Ms. Wing, kids enthusiastically raked the garden in prep for planting. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health & Equity
    What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

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    Lorraine Mahony 4/06/2022 7:09 AM
    Wonderful to be out on this wonderful Spring day. Encouraged kids to plant lettuce with Ms Wing. They loved it!!

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    Lorraine Mahony 3/31/2022 9:52 PM
    Let’s do this for each other and everyone! Mama Earth’s not happy!!
    She deserves our best!!!!