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Welcome to Save The Food San Diego Ecochallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Save The Food San Diego Ecochallenge expert in no time!

Save the Food San Diego
Save The Food San Diego Ecochallenge
October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021
Chris Vera's avatar

Chris Vera

Team SDG&E

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 179 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • UP TO
    26
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.5
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    0.5
    pounds
    food waste recorded
  • UP TO
    1.1
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Chris's actions

Planning

Eat Me First

I will create an "Eat Me First" area in my fridge to prioritize food that needs to be used right away.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Policy to Action

I will read about about state and federal legislation that can impact food waste reduction and recovery.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Dumpster Diving Discovery

Watch this video and get a glimpse of what is actually getting thrown away in our trash cans and dumpsters.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cooking

Stale Bread: 10 Ways

Don't throw out those few pieces of stale bread. Repurpose them to use as breadcrumbs, soup thickeners, or croutons. I will try 1 stale bread recipes.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cooking

Repurpose Leftovers

Give leftovers a new life! For example, use leftover rice to make fried rice. I will try a recipe that repurposes leftovers 2 times.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food Systems

Stay Connected

Sign up for the San Diego Food System Alliance Newsletter to stay up to date on what's happening in the region

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food Waste Tracking

Food Waste Tracking

Ready. Set. Record!

For each day during the food waste tracking week, record your food waste. This action accepts one entry per day, so be sure to enter one total for food waste across all of your meals, or weigh all of your food waste once at the end of each day. Please use ounces for unit of measurement.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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?

  • Chris Vera's avatar
    Chris Vera 4/09/2020 11:15 AM
    Just started and I'm excited to participate. What better way to manage through a pandemic than to consider and implement ways to conserve food? Great idea!
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