Micah Garrity

Asheville High School Spring 2024!

POINTS TOTAL

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301 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

15

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning

Micah's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Zero-Waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meals with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Health and Education

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

Family Planning and Education

I will spend at least 50 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Family Planning and Education

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Riding My Skateboard

I chose this because it is how I get around without using a car.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings

Learn about 'Green Gentrification'

Multiple Solutions

I will spend at least 50 minutes learning about green gentrification and how it relates to city planning for climate action.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?
Micah Garrity 5/30/2024 11:33 AM
There are abortion restrictions in North Carolina.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health and Education

What did you learn about the need for family planning? How do the needs of different people in different places compare to each other?
Micah Garrity 5/30/2024 11:32 AM
I learned today that not all countries have access to family planning.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?
Micah Garrity 5/29/2024 12:04 PM
People in richer countries eat more meat because they can afford it. Eating meat gives us protein but it supporting the meat industry emits carbon

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?
Micah Garrity 5/29/2024 11:57 AM
I can use all parts of a cucumber in a salad because all parts of it are edible

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings

Cities and towns need to plan for climate change. How can your city or town make its climate action plans equitable and socially just?
Micah Garrity 5/09/2024 12:04 PM
We can create clean jobs for displaced people that lost jobs in green gentrification and involve ourselves in our community more

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