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Healthy communities, healthy planet! Select from the actions below, and be an agent of change in your community!

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Volunteer in my Community/on Campus

I will volunteer (___) hour(s) in my community or on campus.

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EcoPro

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Volunteer in my Community/on Campus

I'll volunteer

hours
Pick up the Phone

I will make (___) phone call(s) to my school administration or a public official to advocate planet-friendly policies.

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EcoPro

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Pick up the Phone

I'll make

phone calls per day
Share my Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible by posting on social media using the #EcoChallenge hashtag.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Share my Actions
Register to Vote

I will register to vote with my state or local election office.

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EcoPro

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Register to Vote
Talk to my Friends

I will decide which environmental issue in my community is most important to me and tell (___) friends per day about the issue.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Talk to my Friends

I'll tell

friends per day
Help Others

I will offer to help (___) person(s) who are in need each day.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Help Others

I'll offer to help

persons per day
Host a Guest Speaker

I will work to get my school to host a guest speaker on an issue that matters to me.

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EcoLeader

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Host a Guest Speaker
Lobby Administrators

I will write (___) letter(s) to faculty member or campus administration to advocate for issues that matter to me.

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EcoPro

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Lobby Administrators

I'll write

letters per day
Grow Your Community

I will introduce myself to (___) new classmate(s) or academic professional(s) per day.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Grow Your Community

I'll meet

new classmates per day
Become and Equity Leader

I will join a group on campus that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.

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EcoPro

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Become and Equity Leader
Get Involved with Student Government

I will start to be active in my student government.

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EcoPro

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Get Involved with Student Government
Join an Environmental Justice Group

I will join a student group that is committed to environmental justice. If one doesn't exist, I will begin one.

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EcoLeader

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Join an Environmental Justice Group
Join my Residence Hall Board

I will join my residence hall group/board and advocate for change where needed.

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EcoPro

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Join my Residence Hall Board
Connect with a Nonprofit

I will connect with a local nonprofit and find out how I can get involved.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Connect with a Nonprofit
Express my Support

I will find out who in my state makes decisions that impact the environment and express my support for more environmental advocacy.

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EcoLearner

Our challenge levels are determined by four factors involved in completing the action - time, cost, knowledge, and skills. While these factors may vary by participant, the challenge level can help you choose which actions fit best with your lifestyle and goals.

Express my Support
Organize a Course

I will organize one of NWEI's discussion courses, such as 'Seeing Systems: Peace Justice and Sustainability', with my friends or classmates.
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Action Resources:

Course Option - Seeing Systems: Peace, Justice and Sustainability
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Organize a Course

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