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Gabriela Martinez

GEOG/ENVS 600

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 676 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    11
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    3.3
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    educational video
    watched
  • UP TO
    113
    minutes
    spent learning

Gabriela's actions

Health and Education

Watch Drawdown's Climate Solutions 101 Series

Family Planning and Education

I will watch Drawdown’s Climate Solutions 101 and share what I learned with others.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health and Education

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

Family Planning and Education

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn About Aquaculture

Improved Aquaculture

Each day, I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about sustainable aquaculture.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Sinks

Learn More about Silvopasture

Silvopasture

I will spend at least 10 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Learn about Biochar

Biochar Production

I will spend 10 minutes learning about biochar and how it can help sequester carbon.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Sinks

Learn about Temperate Forests

Temperate Forest Restoration

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Recycle Everything I Can

Recycling; Recycled Metals; Recycled Plastics

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will research and recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community, including electronics and metals.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics; Reduced Plastics

I will avoid buying and using 1 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Practice the 5 Rs

Recycling

I will practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Go Paperless

Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 3.3lbs (1.6kg) a month by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions, and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed


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    Gabriela Martinez 10/11/2024 6:26 PM
    After doing a quick read, I learned that biochar is a carbon-rich, highly stable soil amendment created as a by-product of pyrolysis, which is a process that generates energy from biomass in the absence of oxygen. Both of these concepts "biochar" and "pyrolysis" were new to me.

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    Gabriela Martinez 10/10/2024 4:50 PM
    One of the things that I had not noticed was how high the net first cost is to implement aquaculture.

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    Gabriela Martinez 10/06/2024 10:29 PM
    After a few minutes of reading, one of the things that stood out to me was how currently, agricultural and forestry activities account for nearly 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions.




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    Gabriela Martinez 10/04/2024 12:33 PM
    After reading the article "It's a miracle crop: the pioneers pushing the powers of seaweed," I learned that kelp has the potential of a sustainable resource that can address climate change and water pollution in New York.

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    Gabriela Martinez 10/03/2024 3:22 PM
    I was shocked to learn that in developing countries about 257 million women who wish to prevent pregnancy are not using safe planing methods.

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    Gabriela Martinez 10/02/2024 11:47 AM
    I was able to learn that improving infrastructure for storage can help reduce food waste in low income countries.