Happy Friday! We had 150 team members join the challenge this year, here are some of the highlights from our collective impact:
Over 900 vegan & 350 zero-waste meals were consumed!
550 hrs were spent not in front of screens!
635 hrs were spent outdoors!
1,000+ conservations were had focused on active listening!
450 hrs were spent learning!
12,000 gallons of water was saved! To visualize that, picture a round above-ground swimming pool: it's diameter would be 20 ft across and the pool would be 5 ft deep
Thank you to everyone that participated! I hope that you were able to takeaway some useful info from the actions that you practiced throughout the month. It was a lot of fun deep-diving into some of the topics and reading your answers to the reflection questions in the Feed. Since there's one day left in the challenge, I'm going to announce prize winners on Monday so that all actions get accounted for. Have a great weekend everyone!
The risk of forest fires in my region is ever-increasing. The PNW suffered devastating fires the past few years and they just seem to keep growing more intense each season, magnified as drought persists throughout much of the west coast. Flooding happens, earthquakes are possibility and closer to the coast tsunamis could be a threat.
I purchase renewable energy certificates through my local utility, Pacific Power; this year's energy mix was: 92% wind, 5% solar, 2% biomass, 1% geothermal.
Their base mix is: 51.44% coal, 19.47% natural gas, 11.32% wind, 5.13% hydro, 5.19% solar, 0.29% geothermal, 0.37% biomass, and 6.79% misc. - so I feel like the RECs are a good investment to stimulate local green power production and reduce dependence on coal.
Like all other SDGs so far, the linking factor is that the climate must be understood and protected in order to rebuild healthy ecosystems, but without those healthy ecosystems developing as the climate is worked on, then the climate will struggle. Unlike many of the other SDGs that feel very linear and one to the other, these two SDGs feel far more directly intertwined and dependent on one another to care for the other.
The linking factor between these two SDGs is that basic needs must be met before security can be obtained. Security and strong institutions are incredibly important to developing an advancing society, but those items cannot be met until basic needs of the populace can be met in a non-straining way.
Brandon Whitley 5/01/2022 5:30 PMI missed the strong ending :(
Katherine Forsyth 4/30/2022 7:23 AMI found a 6 leaf clover today. Happy last day of the Eco Challenge!
Levi Pothier 4/29/2022 2:39 PMHappy Friday! Way to kill it again this year team!
Chris LoConti 4/29/2022 1:53 PMHappy Friday!
