Suzanne Reedy

CSJ SP

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0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
207 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

15

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

2.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

255

minutes

spent learning

Suzanne's actions

Health

Exercise Daily

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Building Resilience

Tend a Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Action Track: Building Resilience

Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement

I will spend at least 90 minutes using the resources provided to learn about water justice and find out how I can get involved in local initiatives.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Action Track: Building Resilience

gardening

Yesterday, I participated in a gardening clean-up day at the CSJ Community garden.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Smart Seafood Choices

I will visit seafoodwatch.org or download the app and commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products

I will spend 15 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home or dorm room.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 1
DAILY ACTION

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Building Resilience Tend a Garden

Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.

Suzanne Reedy 4/25/2021 9:19 PM

When I was young, my family camped in a tent and went to places like the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota. I loved the clear lakes and tall pine trees. I also once went on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. For this goal area, I made a homemade spray from a recipe with natural ingredients including chopped up serrano peppers and vinegar. I sprayed this on my tulips as a deterrent to squirrels who "eat" my tulips which are blooming now.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Eliminate Toxic Plastics

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Suzanne Reedy 4/25/2021 9:03 PM

Recently, I have eliminated buying toothpaste in tubes. Instead, I bought tooth cleaning tablets in a re-fillable glass jar. These tablets work fine and now I have no empty tubes to recycle. I also used up my last plastic deodorant roll-on and started using a deodorant cream--again in a refillable glass jar. I bought these products at the Tare Market.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Audit Toxic Cleaning Products

To what extent do environmental factors contribute to your own health or issues with health?

Suzanne Reedy 4/16/2021 6:55 PM

I am pretty healthy and haven't experienced much personal reaction to cleaning products. I am concerned about the impact of cleaners released into the environment. I plan to avoid products I used in the past like Magic Erasers and oven cleaners.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Smart Seafood Choices

Many states and countries have advisories on eating fish. Find out what is advised for your region. Do you think your diet choices fall within these guidelines? What steps do you need to take to make sure that they do?

Suzanne Reedy 4/16/2021 6:37 PM

I don't eat fish or seafood very often, but I have occasionally bought fresh salmon at my co-op. I have down-loaded a guide from saewatch.org to rate how sustainabiy produced fish are. I have sent an e-mail to my co-op to get details about the salmon they sell and will not buy salmon until I know it is sustainably produced.

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Suzanne Reedy 4/16/2021 6:30 PM

I have been researching about sustainable fishing practices and downloaded a guide from seawatch .org. I sent an e-mail to my co-cop to get more information about how sustainable is the salmon they sell. I will avoid purchasing salmon in the future if I can't determine that is is a variety that is sustainably fished or farmed.

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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?

Suzanne Reedy 4/12/2021 8:54 AM

Whenever I go to my drug store, I always decline the plastic bag and most recently did this twice last week. I just carried the items out in my hands. I also use reusable bags at my co-op which is allowed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

How can you express your personality, creativity, and values in ways that don't require fast fashion or buying more clothes and accessories?

Suzanne Reedy 4/12/2021 8:51 AM

Because I am retired and because of the pandemic, I have not bought many clothes in the past year. I read the info on more sustainable fashion and I want to follow those guidelines. I can mend and repair clothes as needed to keep using them. I have recycled old clothes in the past to thrift stores. I also can purchase clothes at thrift shops as well. I want to investigate more sustainably made fabrics like hemp, bamboo, silk, etc. In the past year I did purchase a dress for dance that is made of Tencel (lyocell) and I was happy to read that this is a more sustainably made fabric.

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