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Welcome to 1% for the Planet Community Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an 1% for the Planet Community Ecochallenge expert in no time!

1% for the Planet Community Ecochallenge
July 10 - August 11, 2023
Brit Palmerton's avatar

Brit Palmerton

1% for the Planet staff team

"When open country is gone, we will be gone with it."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 676 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2,540
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    300
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    22
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    26
    single-use bags
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    20
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Brit's actions

Resilient Communities

Share your Commitment! (Non-Members)

I will talk to 10 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.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Conservation and Restoration

Say no to Plastic Straws

I will bring my own reusable straws.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Rights to Nature

Take a Hike

I will explore my local hiking trails.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Rights to Nature

Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge

Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge to understand your impact.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Rights to Nature

Get Outside

I will get outside for 45 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Rights to Nature

Take the Outdoorist Oath

Take the Outdoorist Oath to understand your impact.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Conservation and Restoration

Use Reusable Bags

If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Rights to Nature

Get Gardening

I will start my own, or join a local community garden in order to lessen my food impact.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY 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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Just Economies

Review your impact

I will review the impact that I have had so far on perpetuating just economies during the Ecochallenge.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Just Economies

Share your Knowledge

I will share with others what I have learned about just economies during the Ecochallenge.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Just Economies

Commit to the future

I will commit to shop at minority owned businesses after the Ecochallenge is finished.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?

  • Brit Palmerton's avatar
    Brit Palmerton 7/11/2023 2:48 PM
    First-time participator in the EcoChallenge and already off to a great start! I spent more time outside today thanks to my challenge commitment and spent some of my free time researching my new home in Spokane, WA which is the home and land of The Spokane People. Spokane means "Children of the Sun".
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