COUNTY News:
When you hear about the fires in the Northwest, or watch pictures of the flooding that has killed thousands of people from Nepal to Florida, when you watch refugees fleeing drought-enhanced conflicts all over the world, do you wonder if there are changes you can make in your daily life that would make a difference?
Are you looking for ways you can live more sustainably, reduce your impact, and improve your life, your community and the planet? Even small, personal actions have a global impact, the legendary flap of a butterfly’s wing that starts the storm that ends Somalia’s drought, and the EcoChallenge is a fun way to start those actions.
Los Alamos County Environmental Services and the LA EcoChallenge Team invite the public to join the EcoChallenge, Oct. 11-25. Using an online platform (developed by the Northwest Earth Institute), participants choose a challenge and take action for two weeks.
There are many challenges to choose from in the areas of energy, waste, water, transportation, simplicity, community, health, nature or food, or participants can design their own challenges. Taking action on the challenge, as well as building teams and sharing progress with others, helps people accrue points.
In addition, the EcoChallenge website will show participants the impact of their actions in real time so they’ll know how much energy they are saving by not doing something as simple as washing laundry with hot water.
The EcoChallenge is free and open to everyone. Participate individually, or build a team with a class, orchestra, church, work group, Scout troop, neighborhood, bridge club, babysitting co-op, or beer co-op. Challenge other Los Alamos teams and compete for prizes awarded at the EcoChallenge Celebration in October.
The combination of collective inspiration, camaraderie and friendly competition makes change a little easier — and a lot more fun. Find out how small actions can add up to real change for a healthy, vibrant and sustainable future!
To learn more about how the EcoChallenge works, see https://ecochallenge.org/how-it-works/. To participate, please sign up at https://2017.ecochallenge.org/ NOTE: If participants want to have their progress tallied and enter in the competition for individual and group prizes, they must list “Los Alamos, NM” under “Organization” when they sign up. Check us out on Facebook at Facebook.com/group/LAEcoChallenge, and on Twitter at LA EcoChallenge @LAEcoChallenge.
