Colleen Regan

Actioneers of EVPP 480

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
507 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

42

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

49

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

2.0

petitions

signed
UP TO

2.0

public officials or leaders

contacted
UP TO

3.0

documentaries

watched
UP TO

1.0

person

helped

Colleen's actions

A Call to Sustainability

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a movie about a sustainability issue I would like to know more about.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Consumption and Economy

Watch a Documentary

I will watch one of the films suggested in the additional resources and discuss it with friends or family.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 6 meal(s) free of processed foods each day this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Consumption and Economy

Buy Only What I Need

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 6 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Help Others

I will offer to help 1 person(s) who are in need this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Sign a Petition

I will sign a petition in support of an environmental or social initiative in my state.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Connect with a Nonprofit

I will connect with a local nonprofit, environmental or otherwise, and find out how I can get involved or become a member.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Watch The Story of Bottled Water

I will watch The Story of Bottled Water to learn more about bottled water's impacts on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Visions of Sustainability

Contact Decision Makers

I will write 1 letter(s) or email(s) and/or make 1 call(s) this week to a public official or company to advocate for planet-friendly policies or something else I believe in.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Visions of Sustainability

Join An Outdoor Project

I will join an outdoor restoration project in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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Colleen Regan 10/26/2018 5:33 AM

Joined the sierra club and plan to attend a meeting in the upcoming month.

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Colleen Regan 9/26/2018 3:48 PM

For this challenge, I watched a video of David Korten give a speech titled "Change the Story, Change the Future" about overconsumption, inequality, and how structural changes to our economy need to occur in order to build a sustainable future. One of the most interesting parts of his speech to me was when he went into his history in international development as a young man, and his realization that the cultural and institutional shift he brought to the countries he visited in the name of development essentially worked as a reinstitutionalization of colonization. He elaborated that the control of money or the means of living was increasingly being transferred into the hands of global corporations that were in turn increasingly consolidating their power. He framed his argument for restructuring our economy within the context of changing the story, of working to organize around community rather than the accumulation of money and growth.

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