Vanessa Moffat is participating in the Campus Ecochallenge!

Vanessa's points

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
266 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

488

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

488

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

6.4

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

advocacy action

completed
UP TO

1.0

public official or leader

contacted
UP TO

45

minutes

spent learning

Vanessa's actions

Simplicity

Buy Used Clothes Instead of New

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the perils of fast fashion and will choose thrift stores, clothing swaps, or second-hand options when I shop for clothes.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Advocate for Better Public Transportation

I will make 0 phone calls and/or send 1 emails per day to public officials or student leaders to advocate for stronger, more accessible public transportation systems on and around my campus.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Use Public Transit Instead of Driving

I will use public transit 20 miles each day and avoid sending CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

The US spends roughly 20% of its federal budget on defense. In contrast, 2% goes to education, 20% goes to social security and just 3% goes to transportation infrastructure. Do these numbers surprise you at all? Why or why not? How would you adjust them if you could?
Vanessa Moffat 4/20/2026 10:59 AM

These numbers don’t suprise me, I don’t know the US transit system but if it’s like ours then i’d say there isn’t enough funding which leads to not enough buses in some areas.

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