Amy Carpus

City of Gainesville

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
639 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

54

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

25

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Amy's actions

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 2 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 1 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

UNCOMPLETED
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

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Buy Only What I Need

As you have reduced your spending, what have you noticed about your 'health and safety' purchasing habits? How might this change your longer term purchasing decisions?

Amy Carpus 7/08/2019 5:58 AM

I have found that I can lead a much simpler life - as there are fewer choices I need to weed through.

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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?

Amy Carpus 7/08/2019 5:56 AM

Just set the example and discuss with whomever I am with as to why.

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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?

Amy Carpus 6/28/2019 7:13 AM

Time outdoors in the evenings and early mornings allows for a connection to not only my yard, but also to the neighborhood wildlife.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Keep My Community Clean

How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?

Amy Carpus 6/28/2019 7:12 AM

Knowing what items that some people in our community think are okay to just drop on the ground and walk away make for interesting discussions on social dynamics and cultural acceptance of certain behaviors.

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- Kim Harris 6/28/2019 9:59 AM
  
  Haha! Amy, that's a very tactful way to think of it! The discussions I have with myself and my invisible friend every time I stop to pick up an empty plastic bottle or 6-pack wrapper might not be culturally acceptable due to the "dynamic" language I use. :-)
  
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