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Max Drobnyk

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 532 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed
  • UP TO
    30
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    6.3
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    40
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    1.0
    hour
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    16
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    26
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    4.0
    lightbulbs
    replaced
  • UP TO
    46
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    23
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    96
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    44
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    314
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    27
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Max's actions

Waste

ANYBAG PROJECT SINGLE USE PLASTIC COLLECTION

I will bring in collected single use plastics for aNY Bag Project to ISB to help re-purpose single use plastics into reusable bags and reduce plastic waste in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Whole Food Lifestyle

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 15
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 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Drive Less

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 12
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 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Conduct Virtual Meetings

I will not travel for meetings and will instead conduct them virtually.

COMPLETED 15
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 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Meet My Local Farmers

I will visit my nearest farm to find out who produces my food, and will learn about the quality of life of those around the world who produce my food in order to make better choices when I shop.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 12
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 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Support Native Communities

I will use the resource links provided below and spend 30 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Choose Clean/Renewable Energy

I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Join my Student Government or Local Group

I will join my neighborhood association, student government, or another local group of decision makers.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

I will replace 4 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Core Values

We may find more meaning and joy in life when our actions are aligned with our personal values. I will determine what my top 3-5 core values are so that I can better align my actions with them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 1 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:47 PM
    I would say practicing gratitude can help get to a better world because you don't take as much for granted and you really think about the actions you take. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:46 PM
    I would say eating more only affects you and no one else cares how much you eat unless you throw food away, and other people could be eating it. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Zero-Waste Cooking
    In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for using every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable (including the skins, tops, stalks, etc.) during your next meal prep?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:45 PM
    I can look on youtube for how to use every part of a carrot or every part of a broccoli stock. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Weekly Meal Planning
    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?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:43 PM
    This doe not Suprise e because just from seeing my household I see that if the food does not get eaten after a couple of days it gets thrown out because it goes bad. I would rather use the money to donate to farmers to help them out and produce more food for us.  
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  • 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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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:41 PM
    I do not agree with this statement because I feel your well-being and health are much more important than the food you eat. Though the food is a factor in that statement going to the doctor plays a larger role. 
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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?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:40 PM
    I can simply refuse straws every time I am offered one. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Meet My Local Farmers
    When you know who produces your food, you are connecting personally to your complex regional food system. What are the advantages of knowing who produces your food and where it comes from? How can knowing their food producers enable someone to advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce their food, both near and far?
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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:38 PM
    I would say the advantages of knowing where your food comes from is very beneficial because you know there is no other ingredients going in your good other than what is on the package. 
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  • 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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    Max Drobnyk 3/11/2021 3:37 PM
    I would carry things. If I did not have any way of doing it I would simply carry it and put in a little bit of work to save the environment. 
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    Max Drobnyk 3/04/2021 5:22 AM
    Walking was great today. It made me feel great and I found myself feeling happier. 
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