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October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021

Center for Educational Excellence

University of San Diego

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 3,913
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    4.0
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • UP TO
    8.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    22
    food items
    properly stored
  • UP TO
    3,500
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    242
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    96
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    18
    pounds
    food waste recorded
  • UP TO
    200
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    8.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    22
    zero waste recipes
    cooked

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  • November 1 at 1:39 PM
    Hi everyone, Happy November! I hope everyone had a spooky and fun Halloween! This holiday tends to have a lot of waste associated with it, but one cool tip to avoid food waste is to compost your carved pumpkin! In San Diego, there will be two drop-off locations for pumpkin composting today until 6 p.m. See below image for details and...
  • October 11 at 6:49 PM
    Hey ya'll, our team is now ranked 9th in the whole competition, and 3rd among USD!! Congrats! Try to pick one new challenge to complete each week to learn more about how you can impact the food cycle.
  • October 7 at 4:23 PM
    USD will be hosting a movie night featuring the documentary WASTED! The Story of Food Waste, tomorrow, October 8th!
  • October 4 at 1:41 PM
    Every Saturday from 8am - 1pm the Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in downtown San Diego offers local, sustainable, and ethically caught seafood! They have multiple booths, including a delicious lunch booth from Loaves and Fishes (proceeds benefit those experiencing homelessness). One of the Eco challenges (Food Systems) is to spend 15 minutes...
  • October 3 at 4:31 PM
    Today we had an event with catering and although some participants did not show up, instead of wasting the leftovers, the boxed lunches were donated to other faculty members. Diversion!
  • October 1 at 11:54 AM
    Woo hoo! Today is the first day of the EcoChallenge! Take some time to select a couple challenges for yourself this week. We will also be measuring our food waste at the end of each day. Feel free to bring in any food waste (scraps, peels, leftovers, etc. - except meat and dairy products) and we will weigh them and then divert them to a food...
  • September 17 at 9:36 AM
    The Center for Educational Excellence team is dedicated to being a sustainability change agent! We are committed to examining how our consumption and disposal of food impacts the social and ecological spheres. 

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