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Campus Ecochallenge

Dacia Harris

Asheville High School

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
928 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

12

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

25

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

246

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

270

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1,379

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

1,487

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

897

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

580

minutes

spent learning

Dacia's actions

Simplicity

Work-Life Balance

I will not work more than 8 hour days each day to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Mindfulness Practice

I will spend 5 minute(s) per day practicing Mindfulness.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Core Values

We may find more meaning and joy in life when our actions are aligned with our personal values. I will determine what my top 3-5 core values are so that I can better align my actions with them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Go For A Daily Walk Outside

I will take a walk outside for 10 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Learn More about Food Apartheid

What can lack of access to nutritious food affect a community? How can having access to nutritious food help a community become more resilient?

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 10 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

I will spend 45 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

I will save up to 8 gallons (30 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 28
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 10-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?

Dacia Harris 12/04/2023 12:15 PM

The impacts that humans have include increased sedimentation, runoff, increased temperatures. All of these impact stream/surface water health.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Go For A Daily Walk Outside

Fresh air and movement are good for our entire being and can help us think more clearly and creatively. How does taking a walk each day affect yourself and/or your work?

Dacia Harris 11/17/2023 12:20 PM

Taking the time to walk after work allows me to close the stress cycle on what has happened to decrease the increase of stressors from one area of life to another (ex: work to home).

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Mindfulness Practice

What best helped you with your Mindfulness Practice? How does Mindfulness keep you grounded and sustain your work with compassion?

Dacia Harris 11/17/2023 12:17 PM

Taking time to establish where I am, where do I need/want to go, and what actions do I need to take to get there is the focus. This allows me to act with intent.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Core Values

What are your top 3-5 core values? How did you narrow it down to those as being your core values?

Dacia Harris 11/16/2023 7:06 AM

1. Health
2. Family
3. Peace
Personally, these are the three things that I have been working on for the past few years. It is more difficult than is should be sometimes trying to find a work/life balance.

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Dacia Harris 11/13/2023 5:51 AM

The kids are rocking this!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Weekly Meal Planning

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four in the US spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?

Dacia Harris 11/08/2023 6:44 AM

I would rather use the $1500 on travel and adventures.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Go for a Daily Walk

How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?

Dacia Harris 11/07/2023 9:11 AM

When you have a chance to slow down and see what's around you by walking versus driving you are able to catch the new plants in bloom, the new fence your neighbor installed, the new bird nest, etc...

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