Jaya Sharma

KEEN

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
577 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1,520

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1.0

meatless or vegan meal

consumed
UP TO

4.0

documentaries

watched
UP TO

420

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1,520

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

708

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

53

conversations

with people

Jaya's actions

Basic Needs & Security

Try a New Vegan or Vegetarian Recipe

I will try a new vegan or vegetarian recipe and share how it turns out on the Ecochallenge feed, or with family and friends.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Know Your Produce

SDG 2

I will become a savvy produce shopper when buying organic and non-organic items.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

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

SDG 3, 5, 10, 16

I will watch 1 documentaries about equity, gender, health, or peace.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Watch a Documentary About Education or Work

SDG 4

I will watch 4 documentaries about education or work.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG 3

I will replace 10 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 20
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 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Watch a Documentary About Climate Change or Nature

SDG 13, 14, 15

I will watch 4 documentaries about climate change.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Communicate Constructively

SDG 16

I will use the communication methods I read about to practice effective, compassionate, and nonviolent communication with someone I interact with regularly (i.e., my roommate, parents, co-worker, partner, classmates, or children).

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

Watch a Documentary About Economy, Energy, or Industry

SDG 7, 9, 12

I will watch 4 documentaries about economy, energy, or industry.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Make Cleaning Products

SDG 3

I will make a few homemade cleaning products.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Practice Mindfulness

SDG 3

I will spend 10 minutes each day practicing mindfulness.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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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
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?
Jaya Sharma 4/21/2023 8:18 PM
I watched the documentary - Tomorrow.
Although everything in the documentary, is something we all would say, "We know", but what are we doing to make our best for climate change?
Globalization in last century as it happened, and we are proud of if that really good for environment and earth. Questions to think about. I never knew that for every 1 degree temperature increase by industrial induced climate change, the atmosphere is absorbing 7% precipitation from earth. It is indirectly resulting in more violent water events. According to scientists we are in 6th extinction events on earth.
It is sad that the larger corporations are churning money for their own benefit. I am doing my part by being vegetarian, but after watching this I am going to shop more local for vegetables.

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