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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation expert in no time!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation
April 1 - April 30, 2024
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Angela Nguyen

PCC Eco-Panthers

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 152 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    57
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    5.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed

Angela's actions

Climate + Air

Consume only Needs vs Wants

The more stuff we consume, the more greenhouse gasses we put into the atmosphere. I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach this month and only buy things I need.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Community

Keep My Community Clean

At times it may not feel like it's up to us to keep our community clean and healthy, but we all have a role to play. Each day I am outside, I will pick up any litter I see.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Land + Forests

Zero Waste Day

The impacts of our waste are far reaching. I will create zero waste for an entire day and share my reflections and learnings on the feed.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 5 hours in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will organize or participate in a trash pickup at a local river, beach, or natural body of water.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • Angela Nguyen's avatar
    Angela Nguyen 4/24/2024 9:16 PM
    In light of all the new work I did this month, it's still very difficult to get out of my comfort zone. I don't walk outside very much and only commute from school, work, and home so there's not a lot of chances for me to consciously make change. I started due to a school requirement but I see the benefit in helping out my community and environment. I think that I would want to continue this work if other people I knew did it too, but life for them is too busy right now to stop and smell the trees.
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    • Kim Smith's avatar
      Kim Smith 4/25/2024 3:15 PM
      Angela, it is a really good point about how it helps to do some of these efforts together. It is nice to have the social support, motivation, and accountability. The Ecochallenge community gives me some sense of that, so I am glad that we can include this event in our class.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community
    How does volunteering enhance your community and/or change your relationship with it?
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    Angela Nguyen 4/21/2024 3:10 PM
    I really do like the people who I helped at Operation Nightwatch in Portland. I do recommend it as the team is super dedicated and each have their own distinct personalities. It feels like I became part of a sitcom matchup with all the weird stuff that happened.
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    • Jeanne Poirier's avatar
      Jeanne Poirier 4/21/2024 7:35 PM
      "Keep Portland weird" :)
      My hometown and will be visiting again soon after nearly a year!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community
    How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel? What results did you see? Please consider posting a photo of your cleanup!
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    Angela Nguyen 4/21/2024 3:09 PM
    Oops sorry forgot to take a pic, I swear I cleaned up. Anyways, there was a LOT of cigarettes, I was like "damn, everybody and their mama be smoking everywhere." I think people should clean up cigarettes as an anti-tobacco commercial just sayin
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