The People's Ecochallenge 2020: Our Collective Impact and Reflections

Total Participants

7,318

across 79 countries, and 53 states/regions
with 5,306 as first-time participants

Total Actions Completed

120,960

Total Reflections Shared

21,646

Total Teams

467

Top 5 Actions across All Action Categories

Use a reusable waterbottle: 932
Watch a documentary about racial injustice: 904
Happiness: 901
Exercise daily: 882
Core values: 714

Average Behavioral Insights

Average # of daily check-ins: 9
One-time action success rate: 57%
Daily action success rate: 40%

""...I believe we should never underestimate the inevitability of gradualness. If we make small changes, eventually change will come. Our environment is worth trying for."

— Laurel

"Love it! It’s making me think of how to be a better earth citizen."

— Sally

"Great set of new actions for this Ecochallenge. I was excited to see how many things I could check "I already do this" as a result of previous Ecochallenges!"

— Scott

"I'm so excited for the Ecochallenge! The October Ecochallenge of 2017 made me a bike commuter and I wouldn't give that up for anything."

— Anne

"...A community cannot be sustainable if judgement is negatively impacting the lives of its people and taking away their rights as humans."

— Darien

"Help me help our planet. We only have one, so we gotta keep it alive."

— Gage

"Thank you to everyone for participating in the People's Ecochallenge this year! We are grateful for you, the learning you did, the actions you took and the impact you made! Please join us again in April for our next event!"

— Liz

"I think 15 minutes of the Chicken Dance and the Macarena on Go Noodle with the kids counts as exercise... right?"

— Carin

"I love the Ecochallenge! It gives me a chance to focus on a different aspect of sustainable living. Every little change helps the environment."

— Keri

"...It always feels good to take care of our green spaces."

— Vanessa

"You can use parts of the vegetable that aren't included in the meal you're making by saving to make stock soup later or composting it. "

— Melissa

"In general, when people are responsible for the environment and have empathy for others, they live their life in a simple way."

— Juan

"Seeing the outdoors through the eyes of my 3-yo is an incredible way to be present in nature and to appreciate each berry and insect..."

— Talia

"...small things add up, and looking at the impact we are all making tells me that there is hope alive in the world and good people still doing good things..."

— Jamie