Sydney Truehart

UWL green team summer 2020

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0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
425 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

14

more servings

of fruits and vegetables

Sydney's 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 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

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Health

More Fruits and Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 2 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

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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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Waste

Use Reusable Bags

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

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Create Your Own Action

Stairs

Take the stairs more often instead of using the elevator to save energy and better health

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DAILY ACTIONS

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
Waste Skip the Straw

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

Sydney Truehart 10/23/2019 11:44 AM

I think I could defidently start reusing some things like the plastic bags or sandwich meat containers. I also think I could reduce some of my waste by buy things with less or no packaging.

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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?

Sydney Truehart 10/17/2019 3:54 PM

Normally if I don't have my bags with me, I will use a plastic bag and then save them to use for random needs around the house. I will also try to carry it out by hand if I don't have that many items. Something that I could do would be to keep a few reusable bags in my car.

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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?

Sydney Truehart 10/11/2019 11:23 AM

This is something that really surprises me. I would rather use that money to spend on my college tuition. This is something that I hope to avoid by packaging up the leftovers from my meals and saving them to eat later.

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