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kayla arellano

Eco Organic

"Nature is our treasure, help save it."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 427 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    136
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    27
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    36
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    420
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    42
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    25
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    28
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.7
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    6.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    5.7
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted
  • UP TO
    19
    whole food meals
    consumed

kayla's actions

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smart Seafood Choices

I will visit seafoodwatch.org or download the app and commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Food Lifestyle

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 3 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 8 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

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?


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    kayla arellano 11/24/2020 11:26 AM
    Today, I started the day extra good!

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    kayla arellano 11/24/2020 12:05 AM
    I learn ways on how to be eco-friendly everyday.

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:52 PM
    Could be going better. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle
    While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:51 PM
    Living in the dorms, the tap water is not the most tasty and I am super picky about my water so I have been buying water from the dining hall. We are also not allowed to fill up our bottles in the dining hall. However, I recently bought a brita and will try to drink out of that from now on.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:42 PM
    For refuse, I could start buying things with the least amount of plastic, Maybe shop at zero waste stores. Choosing biodegradable options rather than synthetic/plastic. For reduce, I will be reducing my fish consumption. For the other R's I have already been doing as much as I can living in the dorms.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use Reusable Bags
    What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reusable one with you or aren't allowed to use the one you brought? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to create a successful habit of not using plastic bags?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:31 PM
    I have actually found myself needing a bag for items when I forget my reusable bag. Usually when I do not have a lot of items I will carry them out. I have bought a disposable bag few times and  I have used them for bags as trash and will throw them up when it completely tears up. I did make a change and I now have a reusable bag in my backpack, and all my purses that I use so that if I do end up needing one I have one.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Compost Food Waste
    New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:26 PM
    I notice that I am tossing out less than what I use to. Though it is hard to compost, when I go to my aunts every weekend I compost everything that I can and I have helped my aunt replant her fruits and veggies with the compost by potting and sprinkling it on top. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Personal Waste Audit
    Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:23 PM
    I think that most people are selfish and it is human nature to not think about how our purchases will impact other people, animals, and let alone other places. This challenge will without a doubt have an impact on my future consumption. I have already educated my parents what I have learned and I know that because I am trying to be as eco-friendly as I am I will be even more>
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Happiness
    How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:17 PM
    By practicing gratitude it keeps you uplifted and overall happy. Not to mention it motivates you to not only have  a better life, but a better world.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Whole Food Lifestyle
    Michael Pollan states that “it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor.” What are your thoughts on this assertion?

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    kayla arellano 11/23/2020 11:13 PM
    I think that Pollan is trying to say that its easier to eat and pay for healthier foods than seeing the doctors.