Silvia Pereira

Community Team

"Save and reuse water whenever possible"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
188 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

-4.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

3.3

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Silvia's actions

Energy

Turn it off

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

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Collecting water from showers that are wasted to have hot water from solar panels

At home we have a solar heating system for showering. From the moment we turn on the shower until we start having hot water we have a waste of cold water which I am collecting in buckets to be used to wash the yard, water the garden plants or anything else that is necessary.

COMPLETED 4
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 4 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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Silvia Pereira 9/09/2021 7:18 AM

Some days of week my kids use to have lunch at school, where they used to use disposable cutlery and straws . Now everyone has their own kit of non-disposable cutlery and straws.

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- Silvia Pereira 9/28/2021 6:48 AM
  
  Hi Desiree, oh that' s great ! Here in Brazil we can find plastic straws in the supermarket still, but I think we are coming to that . Most of restaurants and bars replaced the plastic by other alternative´s materials.
  
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- Desiree Lemke 9/28/2021 12:36 AM
  
  Hi Silvia! That`s great! Meanwhile plastic straws can no longer be bought in supermarkets in Germany anymore.
  
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Silvia Pereira 7/02/2021 10:41 AM

small actions can bring great results when done by many. I felt even more encouraged seeing so many cool initiatives that are actually so simple.

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Silvia Pereira 7/01/2021 8:42 AM

It is winter in this part of globe now and getting hot water for shower using solar heating plates can take more time than usual . Every day we collect at least 3-4 buckets of water from shower until it starts to be warm . My kids help me to collect it and use in our in our garden in our vegetable garden and stuff. It's very rewarding to see children participate knowing that they will take it to life

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- Desiree Lemke 7/01/2021 10:05 PM
  
  Great Silvia!
  
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