Lynn Cox

Detroit Zoological Society's Green Team

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Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

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Make Your Own

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

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Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 1 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

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Minimize Packaging

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

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Lifestyle Complete a Waste Audit

What did you learn about the waste you create? Where can you reduce the most?

Lynn Cox 7/25/2019 6:09 AM

I recycle a lot!!! I need to get that number down. Less packaging, more bulk. I reuse bags when I can to avoid getting new bags for produce! Stores have where you can weigh your items and then put a sticker on them. I weigh everything separately and get a label, then I reuse one bag for three/four different items. Instead of four separate plastic bags.

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Lynn Cox 7/25/2019 6:06 AM

I need to have more focus!!! I feel as if I am not doing enough! I know I can do more!!! Life is very busy and convenience seems to be King, BUT I always carry my metal straws with me (my son hates drinking out of a glass, but loves his metal straw) and I carry water flavor drink mix as an alternative to my Monk fruit sweeteners. Being a diabetic, I would carry artificial sweetener packets for my unsweetened ice tea. Sometimes I would use five or six during one dinner. With the liquid flavor mixes, all that individual packaging is gone! One bottle will last a month!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

Do an inventory of your kitchen to see how many single-use plastics you've used in the past. What are some resuable alternatives to these commonly used products? What would your impact be if you switched all the single-use products from your inventory to reusable?

Lynn Cox 7/08/2019 6:38 AM

I always try to avoid single use plastic and wash everything that I can. I pride myself on how much recycling I put out vs garbage at the curb. It's my goal to have more recycling or compostables vs. garbage!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Make Your Own

How do you feel about being more involved in the food preparation process? Joyful, overwhelmed, engaged, empowered? What are the benefits of choosing to process or produce your own food instead of buying it pre-processed?

Lynn Cox 7/08/2019 6:37 AM

I LOVE my garden, unfortunately the hail storm wiped it out this year! :( Growing your own always tastes better, wish I could do it all year long!

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- Rachel Handbury 7/08/2019 7:42 AM
  
  and we love all of the tomato plants you give the staff each year to get us on the gardening path!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Minimize Packaging

With the added mindfulness of reducing your packaging, what have you noticed about the amount and type of single use plastics used for packaging when you shop in the grocery store?

Lynn Cox 7/08/2019 6:36 AM

I do notice that there is a LOT of single use plastic... How can we not have it? How do we convince a company to go back to the old ways, when it cost them money to do so... will they even listen?

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- Rachel Handbury 7/08/2019 7:43 AM
  
  purchasing power! and write emails/letters!
  
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