Luz Hernandez

SBVC Human Ecology

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
421 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

108

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

mile

not traveled by car
UP TO

1.0

mile

traveled by foot
UP TO

15

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

132

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Luz's actions

Simplicity

Buy Used Clothes

I will spend 60 minutes learning about the perils of fast fashion and will buy my clothes at second-hand stores when I shop.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 133 lbs of CO2 a month and 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Brush My Teeth Without Running Water

I will save up to 8 gallons (30 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 4 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

I will avoid buying toxic plastics - including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl - and instead replace them with durable non-plastic options.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 2 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Building Resilience

Buy From a Farmers Market

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

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 5
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
Simplicity Needs Vs. Wants

How is creativity a necessary ingredient for practicing simplicity?

Luz Hernandez 5/08/2022 8:13 PM

I am the type of person that absolutely would wear an outfit once and then never wear it again. For this challenge creativity had to be my best friend I would have to combine different forms of clothing with different ideas of it. After a while, I realized how wasteful I was being in the clothing part of needs vs wants but I never truly realized how much clothing I had until I was combining my outfits and would see all the shirts and pants I have only worn once and the same never worn at all. Having creativity rather than buying your entire personality will say more about your character rather than being wasteful.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Switch to Cold Water

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?

Luz Hernandez 4/24/2022 10:28 PM

With the money I saved I want to buy a fuzzy robe as this challenge was one the hardest, I have had to endure. The weather has been fair in the 60 to 70 but freezing in my mind. I will also use this money to consider buying a bucket to reuse the cold water.

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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?

Luz Hernandez 4/10/2022 12:04 PM

The barriers to using reusable water bottles would be having to be continuant. The responsibility of having to make sure your water is full throughout the day instead of simply having many water bottles quickly already full and ready to go. I could discipline myself to make this a permanent habit by continuing to make sure my reusable bottle is always full and always have it with me throughout the day.

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- Christian Perez 4/10/2022 4:45 PM
  
  I had the same idea Luis i think stopping the use of so many bottle waters throughout the week has a major positive impact on the environment.
  
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