Lauren Belcher

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
289 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

10

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Lauren's actions

Personal Care

Pearly Whites

I will purchase toothpaste in an aluminum tube or in a glass jar or make my own!

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about waste with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Travel Smart

If traveling, I will bring my own plastic free items (water bottle, grocery bags, collapsible food containers, utensils, straws, etc.) with me.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Plant a Garden

I will plant an herb or vegetable garden in my home, workplace, or community garden

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 2 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Watch a Documentary

Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?

Lauren Belcher 7/31/2019 1:10 PM

The True Cost. Learned all about fast fashion and how cheap "trendy" clothing that goes out of style in a year is a huge detriment to not only the Earth, but resources and safety of the workers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Utensils

How can you be an advocate for using resusables instead of disposables for the rest of your community? Where are they currently dependent on disposable cutlery, and how can you convince them of the need for change?

Lauren Belcher 7/31/2019 1:07 PM

Refusing disposables when picking up food. Stashing reusable cutlery in my office, car, and purse. At work I think the biggest hurdle is finding funding for dish soap and sponges so we can wash our reusable forks, spoons, and knives!

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Lauren Belcher 7/01/2019 4:28 PM

Since my challenges are necessarily daily, tonight I am going to research a documentary to watch during this month about waste and also order some reusable utensils to bring into work and keep here.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Travel Smart

How can/did you prepare to be successful in this action? Did you engage in conversation with anyone about your new habit?

Lauren Belcher 7/01/2019 4:27 PM

Put reusable bags, bottles, food containers, utensils in my car. Also put bottle and utensils both in my office and in my purse.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care Pearly Whites

Currently most of the packaging for toothpaste is plastic. How can you advocate for more alternatives through your purchasing power and influence in community?

Lauren Belcher 6/28/2019 3:34 PM

Vote with my $$$! Research the packaging BEFORE I buy and go into the store with a plan. Also, talking to friends and family about the plastic free products I am buying will hopefully help influence their decisions or at least make them starting thinking about going plastic free.

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Lauren Belcher 6/28/2019 1:42 PM

I am looking forward to this challenge and actually following through! I want to make sure to start looking at the more "difficult" aspects of living a plastic-free life. Bring it on!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Plant a Garden

Besides having access to fresh herbs and vegetables, what benefits will you see from growing your own garden?

Lauren Belcher 6/28/2019 1:39 PM

Having the knowledge of HOW to grow my own food and appreciating the work that goes into growing your own food!

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