Mariana Gonzalez

PLNU Sustainable Superstars BBA Spring 2022

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
853 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

81

disposable cups

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

496

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

20

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

50

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

72

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

63

more servings

of fruits and vegetables
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted

Mariana 's actions

Waste

RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

I will spend 1 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 14
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 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 40 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

More Fruits and Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 2 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY 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 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 6 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 19
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?

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?

Mariana Gonzalez 4/02/2022 11:42 PM

If I'm in a situation in which we are not allowed to use our own reusable bags, i will carry out my thing in the cart and if the cart is not possible on my hands. I remember at the beginning of pandemic we were not allowed to bring our own reusable bags so instead of using disposable ones i will leave mi reusable one at the car and carry my stuff to the car with the cart and then place the stuff in the reusable bags.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

Mariana Gonzalez 3/21/2022 9:40 PM

practicing gratitude help me be more positive and stay focused on the good things instead of the negative ones, and motives me to keep doing good and be better and work for a better world

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use a Reusable Mug

Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reusable one, but it's just hard to make the switch. What stands in your way of making this a habit? By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?

Mariana Gonzalez 3/21/2022 9:28 PM

Sometimes it is not even hard to make the change, but it is the fact that we need to go out and get that mug and we say "I'll do it tomorrow" and that could be the reason of not making the change. This change will help the environment and this single use cups will not end up on the land field, the oceans and won't contaminate.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health More Fruits and Veggies

How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet?

Mariana Gonzalez 2/25/2022 11:09 PM

eating more fruits and vegetables helps improves your health by lowering intake of saturated fat, lowering the risk of developing heart disease and cancer, the world's leading causes of death.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Exercise Daily

How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

Mariana Gonzalez 2/21/2022 10:16 PM

so I did 40 min of work out at home, but some ways to incorporate quality time with friends or spending time in nature into my exercise routine, will be to walk and run in the park, or do bike rides with a group of friends.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Skip the Straw

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

Mariana Gonzalez 2/13/2022 10:18 PM

Some ways to incorporate some Rs into my life style is to for example start using some hydro flask instead of buying water bottles. Reuse some of my articles like plastic or glass bottles

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