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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge 2022: Sustainable Development Goals!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge 2022: Sustainable Development Goals
April 1 - April 30, 2022
Nerise Melarkey's avatar

Nerise Melarkey

PCC Environmental Sociology and Social Change

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 216 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    180
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    94
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    4.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    0.7
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    1.4
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    180
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen

Nerise's actions

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

Basic Needs & Security

Take 5-Minute Or Less Showers

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will save up to 6 gallons (23 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers. Tip: Use a timer to practice or count to 60 a few times.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Basic Needs & Security

Make Zero-Waste Meals

SDG #2 Zero Hunger

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will replace 60 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

Health & Equity

Track My Purchases

SDG #10 Reduced Inequalities

Throughout the day I will track my purchases and then research the companies making these goods.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Plan A Staycation in Your Community

SDG #11 Communities

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Work-Life Balance

SDG #8 Work & Economy

During the workday, I will schedule time for daily rest during work days to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health & Equity
    How have you reduced your purchasing habits and what would you like to do next to reduce your consumption habits?
    Nerise Melarkey's avatar
    Nerise Melarkey 4/22/2022 5:17 PM
    I have stopped shopping with amazon and researching more sustainable grocery stores to shop from. I have been attempting to repurpose old items in my home to save them from the landfill
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Education & Livelihood
    How does practicing a work-life balance create a more sustainable life for you? How might it contribute to sustainability more broadly?
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    Nerise Melarkey 4/22/2022 5:08 PM
    It causes me to slow down and think about what i can do in my free time to live more sustainably
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Basic Needs & Security
    With 5-minute or less showers reducing your water footprint, what do you plan to add next to your water conservation habits?
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    Nerise Melarkey 4/15/2022 2:36 PM
    Definitely only using the amount of water that I will actually use for coffee and tea. I usually make too much coffee and end up tossing it out so being more mindful of that could help my water waste.
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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?
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    Nerise Melarkey 4/15/2022 2:35 PM
    After I made my stir fry (with bulk rice that I found in a health store, no packaging) I took the vegetable rinds and put them into a compost for my patio garden.
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  • 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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    Nerise Melarkey 4/13/2022 4:49 PM
    I think when people spend more time inside we appreciate nature less and become more disconnected from the outside world 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Basic Needs & Security
    What is one way you will reduce your water use? What is a practice you already have that helps you reduce your water use?
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    Nerise Melarkey 4/13/2022 4:48 PM
    I will take shorter showers and turn the water off when i wash my face and brush my teeth
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