Michael O'Neil
"Cree saying: When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
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UP TO1,550dollarsdonated
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Michael's actions
Rights to Nature
Discover which Native Tribe's land you live on
I will enter my address to find out what Native land I currently live on
Just Economies
Open up a sustainable banking account
I will open up a bank account that gives back and avoids investments that are harming people and the planet.
Rights to Nature
Explore our Directory and donate to a Cause you Care About
I will donate 1500 dollars to an environmental partner focused on environmental or social initiatives.
Resilient Communities
Explore Resilient Partnerships
I will explore how resilient partnerships are working to curve the effects of climate change.
Rights to Nature
Take the Outdoorist Oath
Take the Outdoorist Oath to understand your impact.
Rights to Nature
Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge
Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge to understand your impact.
Resilient Communities
Share your Commitment! (Non-Members)
I will talk to 5 people in my community about how I show up for people and the planet and answer any questions about how they can make change as well.
Just Economies
Support a Justice-Centered Organization or Individual
I will donate 51 to climate justice.
Just Economies
Research regenerative organic agriculture
I will research what regenerative agriculture is and the impact that it can have on curbing the effects of climate change.
Resilient Communities
Get to Know Your Local/Regenerative Food Options
I will spend 30 minutes researching local and/or regenerative food options in my community.
Resilient Communities
Learn About Constructive Communication
I will spend 30 minute(s) learning about constructive communication.
Conservation and Restoration
Support Pollution Reduction
I will spend at least 20 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.
Conservation and Restoration
Repurpose or Repair an Item to Keep it out of the Landfill
I will repair or mend items that would have otherwise been thrown away.
Conservation and Restoration
Calculate My Water Footprint
I will calculate my Water Footprint to learn about my tap water use and "virtual water" use.
Resilient Communities
Support Native Communities
I will use the resource links provided and spend 30 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.
Just Economies
Support Businesses Owned by People of Color
Racial inequity is both a sustainability and justice problem. I will support businesses owned by people of color (shopping, sharing, writing reviews if purchased).
Rights to Nature
Take a Hike
I will explore my local hiking trails.
Just Economies
Share your Knowledge
I will share with others what I have learned about just economies during the Ecochallenge.
Just Economies
Review your impact
I will review the impact that I have had so far on perpetuating just economies during the Ecochallenge.
Just Economies
Commit to the future
I will commit to shop at minority owned businesses after the Ecochallenge is finished.
Just Economies
Watch a documentary on the factory farm meat industry
I will watch a documentary on how the factory farm meat industry contributes to climate change.
Just Economies
Research the Planet Impact Fund
I will research 1% for the Planets planet impact fund.
Rights to Nature
Review your impact
I will review the impact that I have had so far on perpetuating rights to nature during the Ecochallenge.
Rights to Nature
Share your Knowledge
I will share with others what I have learned about rights to nature during the Ecochallenge.
Rights to Nature
Know your Rights (to Nature)
I will look into my rights to nature by researching the four linked organizations.
Rights to Nature
Explore our waterways
I will explore my local waterways by either researching or participating in water conservation efforts near me.
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?
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Michael O'Neil 8/10/2023 10:18 AMInteresting poll results that for once are a bit hopeful: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/ -
Michael O'Neil 8/08/2023 5:45 PMClimate dads FTW: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-08-04/the-climate-dads-have-arrived#xj4y7vzkg -
Michael O'Neil 8/07/2023 10:26 AMNo, it's not just you - cars have been getting bigger every year - here is an interesting article about that development, why it's going on, and what communities can do about it: https://theconversation.com/ever-larger-cars-and-trucks-are-causing-a-safety-crisis-on-us-streets-heres-how-communities-can-fight-back-206382 -
Michael O'Neil 8/06/2023 2:43 PMGood reminder that a lot of the change that needs to be made is happening with real people in groups like this making personal commitments to make a difference in their local communities - The EPA's ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism (msn.com) -
Michael O'Neil 8/05/2023 9:18 PMGreat, very brief, very practical article about how to learn about climate change and get involved: What to do to help fight current climate crisis | News, Sports, Jobs - Maui News
Great for those who - like me and everyone else I know - can feel overwhelmed. -
Michael O'Neil 8/04/2023 8:44 AMSimilar tone to the poem Michelle shared below: NYT piece by Elizabeth Rush https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/opinion/climate-change-future-normal.html
"Everywhere I turn these days, I read about the new normal. The killing heat, the devastating floods, the toxic smoke. Rapidly proliferating pests like the emerald ash borer destroying our ash trees and the woolly adelgid killing our hemlocks. All now normal. That word — so cloying and deceptive in its suggestion that no more change is coming — steals from us the possibility of being transformed.Last year, through the long summer drought, we watered our beech. Sometimes we invented songs and used our voices to lift them up into its bright blowing branches. This year we planted more snowdrops and bluebells because they often grow beneath beech in ancient woodlands. It is far too easy to accept the beech’s untimely end as inevitable, to become immobilized by a kind of anticipatory despair. What is more difficult and more necessary is to continue to live alongside it, with attention and care, together, now." -
Michael O'Neil 8/03/2023 2:13 PMPolitics aside, interesting/concerning statistics about what people are concerned about, including climate change: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/03/1191678009/climate-change-republicans-economy-natural-disasters-biden-trump-poll -
Michael O'Neil 8/02/2023 10:39 AMGood news source for developments in clean energy, with ways to contribute locally: https://www.citizen.org/topic/climate-energy/ -
Michael O'Neil 8/02/2023 10:31 AMRecycle your old electronics! Here is some info about e-cycling in Oregon, with a link to find recycling centers nearby. https://www.oregon.gov/deq/ecycles/pages/default.aspx -
Michael O'Neil 7/30/2023 12:20 PMHere is an interesting / somewhat similar endeavor to consider after the EcoChallenge concludes: Save the planet with Greenspark (getgreenspark.com). Subscription-based, cancel at any time, funds going to vetted projects that align with your conservation goals.