Lachlan Bartle

RIT Sustainable Living Class - Spring 2022

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
371 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

27

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

180

gallons of water

have been saved

Lachlan's 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 9
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 9
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 9
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
Health Happiness

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

Lachlan Bartle 3/26/2022 3:28 PM

Practicing gratitude keeps one in a positive mindset. Positive mindsets lead to more energy, more positivity, more overall happiness, more motivation. It is said that happiness and positivity is contagious, so being grateful can cause others to do the same.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?

Lachlan Bartle 3/25/2022 5:23 PM

Some human activities that impact the health of water include fossil fuel production, farming, mining, sewage, climate change, etc. To improve the health of water systems, one can use more cold water, promoting forest protection, helping restore wetlands, etc.

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- Farrah Jasmine Dingal 3/26/2022 10:25 AM
  
  This is a good list! The reduction of water consumption, particularly in arid and semi-arid environments may be impactful as well.
  
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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?

Lachlan Bartle 3/23/2022 9:25 AM

Using reusable water bottles is such and easy and efficient way to reduce the unnecessary use for plastic water bottles. In situations where one does not have a reusable water bottle on them, grabbing a plastic water bottle may be the only option. In cases like those, the most one can do is recycle the bottle after. Taking a reusable water bottle everywhere one goes or even keeping one in a bag or in a car can help maintain the habit.

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