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Welcome to One Healthcare Ecochallenge!

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One Healthcare
One Healthcare Ecochallenge
April 1 - April 30, 2024
Julie Gosselin's avatar

Julie Gosselin

IU Health

"It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. The Lorax"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 240 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    34
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    21
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    10
    items
    donated
  • UP TO
    1.0
    pint of blood
    donated
  • UP TO
    315
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    370
    more steps
    taken
  • UP TO
    180
    minutes spent
    learning

Julie's actions

In Our Communities

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 3 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

At Home

Learn the Truth about Expiration Dates

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

At Home

Adjust the Thermostat

I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Well-being

Taking Steps to Promote Well-being

I will increase my step count by 50 each day and will take breaks from sitting by briefly getting up and moving once per hour during the day.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

At Work

Use Reusables at Work

I will keep 10 forks, spoons, and/or knives from entering the landfill by using reusable utensils when eating at work.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

In Our Communities

Donate Items

I will help others in need and prevent useful items from going to landfill by donating 10 items.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

One Healthcare

Donate Blood

I will donate blood in my community to make sure there are adequate supplies for routine medical services and emergencies.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

At Work

Prevent Recycling Contamination

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 30 minutes learning about which items are recyclable both at my workplace and at home since they may be different, and recycle only those items.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

One Healthcare

Sustainable Healthcare

I will attend or watch a recording of a webinar 30 minutes long covering one or more healthcare sustainability issues.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Well-being

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 45 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • Julie Gosselin's avatar
    Julie Gosselin 4/30/2024 6:24 AM
    I made the effort to be more aware during my daily walks. I started bringing an extra bag to place discarded items in it so I could collect more than the minimum. As a result, on average, I ended up walking further in an effort to clean up more spaces.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    At Work Use Reusables 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?
    Julie Gosselin's avatar
    Julie Gosselin 4/15/2024 9:55 AM
    It is a simple task to bring reusable cutlery to work when we pack our mid-day meal. Every little bit we can do to reduce landfills is a step in the right direction.
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