Kacie Suchanek

UWL green team summer 2020

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0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
351 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

180

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

9,947

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Kacie'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

Energy

Turn it off

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 133 lbs of CO2 a month and 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

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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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

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

Kacie Suchanek 10/13/2019 9:53 PM

It helps you remember what is important and how little something can be to impact your world or daily life. Practicing gratitude helps motivate me to fulfill my dreams and to work hard for what I want; not to give up.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Exercise Daily

How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

Kacie Suchanek 10/13/2019 9:52 PM

I go to the gym to work out with my best friend 5 times a week, and we go for runs outside on nice days to also incorporate spending time in nature to our routines.

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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?

Kacie Suchanek 10/13/2019 9:51 PM

This does not surprise me because food is expensive, especially healthy food, which wastes faster. And larger families have more children, who tend to waste more food.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Switch to Cold Water

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?

Kacie Suchanek 10/13/2019 9:50 PM

Putting as much in my savings as possible to save up for medical school.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Turn it off

How is electricity generated where you live? How does it impact the environment, animals, and humans?

Kacie Suchanek 10/13/2019 9:50 PM

I live in the city to attend college, so I get energy from excel energy, where they have many different forms of how they produce/generate energy. For example, coal burning, natural gas, solar, and even the burning of waste/wood.

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