Shannon Talley

OSU Sustainable Communities (W21)

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
494 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

185

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

131

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

35

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Shannon's 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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 20 minute(s) per day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and my natural surroundings.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Cheap, single-use items and disposable packaging end up blowing around as litter more often in poor and POC-majority neighborhoods. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?
Shannon Talley 2/12/2021 9:34 PM
Where I live, has a laundry facility that I go to, so I am not directly saving money on using cold water, but if I was, the money I was saving would probably go to bills or other utilities

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

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?
Shannon Talley 2/12/2021 9:33 PM
Insead of using a purse, I have a small backpack that I keep my wallet, keys, etc. in, and if I need a bag, but cant use a reusable one, I will put the smaller things in my backpack, and then carry the larger things that do not fit or that I dont want to get smooshed. I use disposable bags as trash bags in my smaller trash cans, so If I do need to get a bag, I know that the disposable one will be put to good use also.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature

Kathleen Dean Moore says that a sense of gratitude leads to a sense of moral obligation. Do you agree? How can we cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals, and as a society?
Shannon Talley 2/12/2021 9:30 PM
I agree with Kathleen Dean Moore. If we have gratitude for something, and we think about it often, then we think of the morals behind that thing. We can cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals by being selfless and thinking about others. As a society it is much harder to do.

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