Earth Month Ecochallenge 2023: Sustainable Development Goals

April 1 - April 30, 2023

Dani Kalar

Comerica Michigan Ecochallenge Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
146 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

360

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

4.0

documentaries

watched
UP TO

92

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

360

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

360

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

69

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Dani's actions

Economy & Communities

Watch a Documentary About Economy, Energy, or Industry

SDG 7, 9, 12

I will watch 5 documentaries about economy, energy, or industry.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Watch a Documentary About Food, Water, or Basic Needs

SDG 6

I will watch 5 documentaries about food, water, or basic needs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Watch a Documentary About Equity, Gender, Health, or Peace

SDG 3, 5, 10, 16

I will watch 5 documentaries about equity, gender, health, or peace.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Ecological & Xeriscape Gardening

SDG 14, 15

Studies show a grass lawn is water intensive and on average it require about 30 percent of a household’s water consumption. I will do one or more of the following actions in my yard or community to conserve water and improve habitat: plant indigenous plants, landscape with water-efficient plants, add mulching, replace a lawn, and/or use eco-friendly fertilizers.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Watch a Documentary About Education or Work

SDG 4

I will watch 5 documentaries about education or work.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Create & Share A Love Letter, Poem, Song or Picture

SDG 14, 15

I will express my love and gratitude for our planet by writing a love letter, poem, song or taking a picture. I will share this in the Ecochallenge feed or on my social media.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Drive Less

SDG 13

To reduce CO2 emissions each day, I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG 3

I will replace 30 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

Create A Readiness Plan

SDG 9

Each day, I will spend time developing a readiness plan for my household in the event of an emergency.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

Carry My Trash

SDG 12

I will carry all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash with me each day to raise my awareness of how much waste I produce.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Economy & Communities

What one thing will you do right away to reduce your waste? What is the second thing you will do?
Dani Kalar 4/15/2023 6:46 AM
I have decided to start using laundry sheets instead of liquid soap. I haven't investigated how much waste is created in making the sheets, but I am positive that the packaging produces none. Another thing I am going to start doing is bringing my own reusable container to restaurants so my leftovers do not go into a disposable container.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Education & Livelihood

What did you watch, and what was the most important thing you learned in the documentaries you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of climate change and Earth Month?
Dani Kalar 4/03/2023 10:00 AM
I watched a documentary called Wiring the Amazon. There is a small (95 people small) town in Peru that is very isolated. They do not even have a road out to get to other towns. The government was trying to set up Internet for them, but it was a long process. They eventually succeeded and the people had laptops so it was all good. But then the Internet broke and it took a year and a half to fix it. By the time the Internet was fixed, the laptops were gone (or broken?) so it isn't doing anyone much good. The town leader isn't very interested in getting new laptops because he doesn't think they help with educating the children. This documentary was made in 2014, so I tried to discover if anything has changed since then. I did find that Internet para Toda started a program with the intent to bring connectivity to 6 million people in over 30,000 rural Peruvian areas, so hopefully they now have access.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health & Equity

What did you watch, and what was the most important thing you learned in the documentaries you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of climate change and Earth Month?
Dani Kalar 4/03/2023 9:24 AM
I watched The Lost Mountain, which is about a scientific expedition to do research on Mount Lico in Mozambique. The mountain is believed to have had no human interaction, so they wanted to determine what climate change alone (without human interference) is doing to the environment. Unfortunately, the results were not detailed in the documentary, but it was a very interesting watch.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Economy & Communities

What did you watch, and what was the most important thing you learned in the documentaries you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of climate change and Earth Month?
Dani Kalar 4/03/2023 8:58 AM
I watched Fire in Paradise. I remember watching news coverage when it happened, but I had no idea how very devastating it was. The area was in a drought, experiencing less than a fifth of normal rainfall, and the powerful easterly winds dropped the humidity, creating the conditions that allowed this fire to spread so aggressively and rapidly. I won't say that I understand exactly the science behind climate change, but it is clear that the volatile weather events in California are caused by climate change.

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