An Eco-challenge for Climate Change, Starting April 4!

Once upon a time, an author by the name of Paul Hawken assembled a team of extremely smart researchers from around the world to answer a seemingly simple, but as yet unanswered question: What are the most impactful solutions to climate change?

This research (and its resulting book and website), are called Drawdown, and it has successfully ranked 100 top climate solutions, from land management to the built environment and everything in between. And now, the Drawdown team is joining forces with the NW Earth Institute for an innovative Ecochallenge that will allow participants to connect directly with these solutions on a personal level.

The Drawdown Ecochallenge runs from April 4-25, and it's really easy to get involved. I will be emailing each staff member with an invitation to join Team GEC. Once you accept the invitation, you will be able to use the Ecochallenge website to select your challenge(s). There are some that are one-time-only deals like getting a home energy audit, and others that span the full three weeks (for example, I am trying to tackle food waste so will be keeping a food waste journal and trying to find uses for scraps).

There are multiple ways to earn points during the challenge:

• Completing challenges (yes, you can do more than 1)
• Posting updates on your challenges
• Posting a profile pic, mission statement or banner image
• Completing an actions assessment (selecting "I already do this" at the bottom of challenges you are already doing)
• Inviting others to participate

Points earn you a shot to win some prizes, and we can even challenge other teams. I'm so excited to see how impactful Team GEC can be. If you have any questions about the challenge, please ask a Green Team member!

~Liz