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Campus Ecochallenge

Brianna Michelle Corbett

OSU Sustainable Communities (W21)

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
684 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

5.0

hours

volunteered
UP TO

1,010

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

31

pounds

waste composted
UP TO

21

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

510

gallons of water

have been saved

Brianna Michelle's actions

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 35
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 15 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

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

COMPLETED 35
DAILY ACTIONS

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 31
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
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?
Brianna Michelle Corbett 1/26/2021 11:58 AM
Now that I am composting, I notice I compost mostly parts of produce that I normally don't eat (banana peels, apple cores, bell pepper seeds, avocado skin). This makes me wonder what I could actually use these parts for instead of throwing them away. Once the compost is ready, I will add it to my garden.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four in the US spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
Brianna Michelle Corbett 1/26/2021 11:34 AM
This does not surprise me. Americans are extremely wasteful and especially with perishable food such as produce, it is easy for people to waste it. I get upset by people doing this and it is important to meal plan times to use this type of food. I would rather spend this money in investments or towards college instead, something that grows instead of gets thrown away.

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