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Welcome to One Healthcare Ecochallenge 2025!

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One Healthcare Ecochallenge 2025
April 1 - April 30, 2025
Madeline Campbell's avatar

Madeline Campbell

Medical College of Wisconsin

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 907 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    7.0
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    19
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    21
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill

Madeline's actions

In Our Communities

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and/or meat from a local farmers market or food co-op to make 2 locally-sourced meals.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

One Healthcare

Use A Reusable Mug/Bottle

I will keep 1 disposable cup(s) and/or bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle, cup, or mug.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

At Work

Turn It Off

I will turn my computer monitor(s) off at my work station when not in use to save energy (I will follow my organization's IT instructions for keeping on, turning off, or restarting computers).

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

At Work

Use Reusables at Work

I will keep 9 forks, spoons, and/or knives from entering the landfill by using reusable utensils when eating at work.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

At Home

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    At Work
    While one's plastic cutlery is a seemingly very small part of someone's "plastic impact", why do you think it's important for us to address this opportunity to reduce?
    Madeline Campbell's avatar
    Madeline Campbell 4/16/2025 2:06 PM
    I think this is a good example of small things adding up to make a big impact, especially considering catered lunches on campus! While the utensils are smaller than the styrofoam containers the food comes in, if we consider the number of catered lunches across campus each day, the utensils do add up! It is also easier to bring reusables or simply hold onto the food than to find a way to avoid the styrofoam.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    At Home
    How is creativity a necessary ingredient for practicing simplicity?
    Madeline Campbell's avatar
    Madeline Campbell 4/10/2025 2:40 PM
    Creativity to me has been necessary for simplicity in that to avoid waste, I have opted to make things from scratch. For example, I get far more hummus if I make it myself rather than buying a small plastic container of it, especially when I already have most of the ingredients on hand most of the time anyway!
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    • Catherine Feit's avatar
      Catherine Feit 4/10/2025 2:49 PM
      Nice! I love my homemade hummus. I have been cooking the chickpeas in my instant pot. :)
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  • Madeline Campbell's avatar
    Madeline Campbell 4/04/2025 6:53 AM
    Congrats, MCW team, on finishing our first few days of the One Healthcare Ecochallenge! We have made some great progress so far, both in contributing to some healthy habits and also to scoring points in a friendly competition with our peer institutions. If you have any sustainability victories over the next few weeks, please consider posting them in our team feed as inspiration. Thank you all for participating in this challenge with us in support of Earth Month!
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