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Take the pre-survey!
Help us make the Plastic Free Ecochallenge the best it can be! Take the challenge pre-survey (and look out for the post-survey at the end of the challenge!) so we can better understand the impact the challenge has and how we can improve in the future. Plus, you'll earn points for completing it! Thank you!
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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?
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Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 8/01/2024 2:30 PM💌 Take the post-survey and be entered to win one of three gift cards!
Thank you all SO much for another amazing Plastic Free Ecochallenge! Now that the challenge has officially wrapped, we'd love your help in evaluating the challenge's success and how we can improve in future years. Please take a few minutes to take our post-survey, and if you choose to share your name and email address you'll be entered to win one of three gift cards to A Drop in the Ocean Shop. (And we pinky promise we really do read every single response!)
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Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 7/31/2024 8:02 AM🕛 We're in our Cinderella era - the challenge ends at MIDNIGHT tonight in your local time zone! At 12:01am you will no longer able to retroactively log any actions or earn any more points.
So before the clock strikes midnight tonight, be sure to...- Wrap up any one-time actions you haven't finished yet
- Answer any remaining reflection questions
- Log those daily actions one last time
"See" you all on the other side tomorrow morning!
💙 The Plastic Free Ecochallenge Planning Team -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 7/26/2024 9:49 AM✨ Don't forget to check in by MIDNIGHT on July 31!
As we're approaching the end of this year's challenge, don't forget that the challenge closes promptly at 12:00 midnight in your local time zone on July 31. After the challenge ends, you will not be able to retroactively check-in any more. So be sure to log all of your actions, finish any one-time actions, and answer all of your reflection questions before then! -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 6/28/2024 7:45 AM💌 Have you taken the pre-survey yet?
If you haven't yet taken the pre-survey, head on over there now! It's also a one-time action that's listed in every category, so be sure to select it as one of your actions for the month so come Monday morning you can mark it as complete and earn 35 points right away.
The PFEC Planning Team is SO appreciative of each and every response. Thank you!! -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 6/27/2024 8:45 AM-
Sarah Thompson 6/27/2024 4:18 PMSo excited that this is a thing! 😁 -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 6/27/2024 12:54 PM@Jennifer - It's the same as previous years.
Can you please tell me more about what you didn't find phone-friendly? Adding it to my phone is one of the first things I've done every year since 2019 and have never had a problem with it, so I'd be very open to learning more about the concerns you have with it!
Feel free to respond here or shoot me an email at [email protected]. Thank you! -
Jennifer Klotz 6/27/2024 12:51 PMIs it a real app this year or just an adjusted version of the website? Not entirely phone friendly last year.
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Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 6/12/2024 10:50 AMWatch the Participant Webinar recording ✨🌎
Thank you so much to everyone who was able to join us live last Thursday for our Participant Webinar! The replay can be found at the link below, and I've also included timestamps so you can easily see what we covered and jump to the information you need, when you need it.
If you have any questions at all, please comment on this post or shoot me (Krystina) an email at [email protected] 💙
Participant Webinar Replay: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/DTXRFooTpZ1i2ZHhtUoDAaDSeEP6ImddxopVpC1RN-PIARLWWeX7zAsMGJbyZl0.m66Y7A1jRNEn_OQ0Passcode: 3@3prFaH0:00 Introduction from Liz, Executive Director of Ecochallenge1:48 Introduction from Krystina, PFEC Coordinator3:58 Who can join the Plastic Free Ecochallenge?4:52 Website Walkthrough - Homepage7:32 Website Walkthrough - Organizations and Teams9:21 Website Walkthrough - Participants9:36 Website Walkthrough - Sponsors9:50 Website Walkthrough - Resources13:03 Website Walkthrough - Daily vs. One-Time Actions14:02 Website Walkthrough - Action Categories and Details17:10 Website Walkthrough - Custom Actions / Pre-Survey / Share My “Why”18:47 Website Walkthrough - What to do before July 119:42 Website Walkthrough - Profile / Dashboard / What to do after July 122:30 Website Walkthrough - Impacts23:35 Website Walkthrough - Participant Feed24:53 Coming in July - Your individual impact summary!25:55 A note on checking in throughout the month + final check-in deadline27:07 How to get support and help along the way28:14 Q & A29:00 Step-by-step: How to add your dashboard as an “app”32:26 How the points system sets you up for success35:30 Who should take the pre-survey? What’s the purpose of the pre-survey?37:30 Tips for getting team members to join41:40 Conclusion / Wrap-up -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 6/04/2024 5:41 PMJoin us LIVE this Thursday! ✨🌎
We're hosting a LIVE webinar this Thursday, June 6th at 11am PT all about how to have the best Plastic Free Ecochallenge possible. We'll walk you through how to use the Ecochallenge platform, how to set yourself up for success so you're ready to go on July 1, and answer any questions you've got!
So mark your calendar, invite the rest of your teammates, and we'll see you there!
- The Plastic Free Ecochallenge Planning Team
Plastic Free Ecochallenge Webinar
Thursday, June 6 @ 11am PT / 2pm ET
via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82722825718?pwd=SFllMmV1cE1laVpQQUU1WTFaOUhKUT09) -
Plastic Free @ Columbus Zoo 5/23/2024 10:57 AMHello everyone and welcome to the 2024 Plastic Free Ecochallenge! 🎉
We're all SO excited you're here and can't wait to see the impact we can all make together.
The challenge officially kicks off on July 1, but in the meantime here are some next steps to get you prepped and ready to hit the ground running in July:- Click the "Manage Actions" button on the right-hand menu. Go through each of the 6 Action Categories, check off any actions you're already doing as "I already do this" (5 points each!) and select which actions you want to commit to for the duration of the challenge. Quick note: DAILY actions don't necessarily need to be done every single day - they're just actions that are done more often than once. So pick a variety!
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Take our pre-survey! This is an action that's listed at the bottom of every Action Category, and taking it will earn you 35 points! (You can't actually check in until July 1, but you can take the pre-survey any time before then and just mark the action as complete on July 1.)
- Invite more teammates! This challenge is open to anyone and everyone, so click the "Invite Teammates" button on the right-hand menu and share your referral link with everyone you know - your friends, family, knitting club, Lyft driver, barista - everyone - and let’s create some change in our community 🌎
If you've never participated in an Ecochallenge before, there is a handy-dandy tutorial for you as well. Just click "Show Tutorial" on the right-hand menu. And feel free to drop ANY questions you have as a reply to this post. Happy action-picking!
- The Plastic Free Ecochallenge Planning Team
- Click the "Manage Actions" button on the right-hand menu. Go through each of the 6 Action Categories, check off any actions you're already doing as "I already do this" (5 points each!) and select which actions you want to commit to for the duration of the challenge. Quick note: DAILY actions don't necessarily need to be done every single day - they're just actions that are done more often than once. So pick a variety!
