Climate Conversations NCW

NCW EcoChallenge

May 13 - May 26, 2017

Joan Qazi

Wenatchee Valley College Geographers

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
364 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

5.0

letters or emails

sent to public officials or leaders
UP TO

390

minutes

spent exercising

Joan's actions

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A RECYCLING FACILITY

I will take a virtual tour of the Greater Wenatchee Regional Landfill. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will find out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Sustainability

Write Letters

I will write 1 letter(s) or email(s) per day to a public official to advocate for planet friendly policies.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) per day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

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

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Sustainability

Share my Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible with a lawn sign or bumper sticker, or by posting to my social media networks.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

I will exercise daily for 30 minute(s) per day for two weeks.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Practice fuel efficient driving

I will maintain a steady highway speed on the highway, accelerate and decelerate gently, not idle my car for more than 2 minutes, and make sure my tires are inflated.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

INCREASE AWARENESS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

I will visit Link Transit's website at linktransit.com to learn what route(s) I can utilize for my most common travel. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

CHECK OUT THE CHELAN PUD WEBSITE

I will spend 10 minutes checking out all the energy-saving opportunities on Chelan PUD's web page, ConservationMakesCents.org. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers for my lunches at work or school.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?

Joan Qazi 5/26/2017 9:27 PM

It feels good to have completed all my challenges!

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Joan Qazi 5/25/2017 4:20 PM

I need to find out the name of my newspaper carrier who rain or shine delivers the newspaper in a plastic bag. I just don't want it unless it is really raining...Anyone else more plastic aware?

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Joan Qazi 5/24/2017 2:25 PM

I still need to find out where I can recycle certain things that don't go in my bin. I have asked around about recycling printers but no one seems to have a good answer to that. I know that on Campus you can recycle ink cartridges in the Copy Center. Going to do that tomorrow!

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Joan Qazi 5/22/2017 4:20 PM

Today, I wanted to add a couple more challenges to change things up. I added the one-time challenge under WASTE called: I will take a virtual tour of the Greater Wenatchee Regional Landfill. If you add that one, you can click on the link below it and it takes you to a short video of Waste Management's recycling process over at Woodinville's Cascade Recycling Center. It's different than the one we saw in class because it doesn't tell you where all the baled materials are sent but it is very cool to watch all the machines and people do the sorting of the materials. I highly recommend adding this challenge!

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Joan Qazi 5/21/2017 8:07 PM

Travelling during the EcoChallenge is difficult. I went to Seattle to celebrate my son's 21st birthday, but I didn't plan as far ahead as I should have done. We went to the UW Street Fair and while I had a reusable water bottle, it was a hot day so I finished my water and wanted to buy something to drink but didn't have a re-usable cup with me or a re-usable plate for lunch. I did have my canvas bag so I was OK on that front!

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Joan Qazi 5/19/2017 6:57 PM

I checked out the Link Transportation website today and learned how to travel around from my house all over the place. Taking the bus up to Leavenworth sounds fun. Plus, I found out that one of our friends is a Link bus driver!

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Joan Qazi 5/18/2017 4:31 PM

Going on the PUD conservation makes cents website was really quite interesting. I learned that I could get a rebate to get a more insulating front door (might need that) and also about low-water landscaping which I have been trying to implement--pulling out grass and planting native shrubs and flowers instead. Check it out!

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Joan Qazi 5/16/2017 7:00 PM

I had to travel to Bridgeport today for work, but I was able to use the plug-in electric Prius from WVC and got more than 50 mph on the highway. It felt good!

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Joan Qazi 5/14/2017 7:58 PM

I realized that some of my daily challenges aren't things that I would do daily, like drive on the highway or take my lunch to work. Maybe I'll add some different ones!

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Joan Qazi 5/13/2017 11:26 AM

Woohoo, the eco-challenge has started!

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