Karen Ladouceur

Team Arch

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
263 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

470

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

136

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

16

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

48

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

5.7

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

470

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

2.7

pounds

food waste prevented

Karen's actions

Basic Needs & Security

Make Zero-Waste Meals

SDG 2

I will cook 2 meals with zero waste each day.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Education & Livelihood

Share Your Eco Habits

SDG 11

Through my Earth Month Ecochallenge feed, I will share with others an environmentally friendly habit I have cultivated.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Track My Purchases

SDG 10

Each day, I will track my purchases to identify my spending habits. This will allow me to see what purchases can be reduced.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Education & Livelihood

Work-Life Balance

SDG 8

During the workday, I will schedule time for daily breaks during work days to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Earth Hour

Join the Biggest Hour for Earth! On March 25, join this global movement by spending 60 minutes doing something positive for our planet. Snap a photo and submit to [email protected] to earn Ecochallenge points! Learn more at www.earthhour.org.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Greenecdotes

Have you recently taken steps in embracing an eco-friendlier lifestyle outside the office? If yes, share your “greenecdote” with us. Email [email protected] and your story may be featured on Access for Earth Month.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG 3

I will replace 15 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 15
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
Health & Equity

How have you reduced your purchasing habits and what would you like to do next to reduce your consumption habits?
Karen Ladouceur 4/27/2023 11:44 AM
To reduce purchasing and consumption habits, we are trying to get better at planning meals ahead of time and creating our shopping list based on what ingredients we have in the house and purchasing only what is needed for the planned meals.

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- Katie Chinn 4/27/2023 4:43 PM
  That is a great idea! I am going to try to make some meals ahead of time and freeze them for easy meals during the week.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Basic Needs & Security

How did you incorporate using an entire vegetable (skins, peels, tops, and stalks) during one of your meal preps? What's something new you're going to try that is a zero-waste meal practice?
Karen Ladouceur 4/24/2023 4:48 AM
Something new we have been trying in my home is to be better at cooking only the portion sizes we expect to be eaten at mealtime. When we aren't so good at it, the motto is "save it for later"!
While I know many people who refuse to eat leftovers, I refuse to throw away perfectly good food. If we don't finish a meal, we package what is left and put it into the fridge to have at a later time. If we have too many leftovers that aren't getting eaten, then one night's dinner is "Leftover Night" - a buffet where you can take some of this and some of that.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Education & Livelihood

How does practicing a work-life balance create a more sustainable life for you? How might it contribute to sustainability more broadly?
Karen Ladouceur 4/21/2023 5:28 AM
As a remote worker, I have the tendency to sit at my desk and work without breaks (even eating my lunch at my desk). I've started wearing my Apple watch and using the reminders to "stand" to make sure I move and take care of ME during the day. It helps to prevent my body from being achy and gives me a little more energy.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Education & Livelihood

How do you create new sustainability-related habits or change bad habits?
Karen Ladouceur 4/13/2023 10:05 AM
We purchase K-Cup Pod recycling boxes as part of the Keurig Commercial K-Cycle recycling program and use them in our homes. Instead of throwing away K-Cups, we fill up a box (which comes with a shipping label as part of the cost) and ship it back so all materials are given a "second life". Our last returned box contained 19 pounds of recyclable materials.

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- Katie Chinn 4/13/2023 7:10 PM
  That is an awesome idea - didn’t realize Keurig even had that. Thank you so much for sharing and for helping the environment!
  
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