Maddie DeSanno

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Save the Sea Turtles team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
542 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

120

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

pieces plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

48

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Maddie's actions

Pets

Pet Waste

I will spend 10 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Travel Eating

If traveling, I will bring my own airplane snacks and eat at local restaurants to avoid take-out containers.

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

Community

Share My Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible by posting to my social media networks.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 20 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Plastic Free Lunch Boxes

I will only pack reusable cutlery, drinkware and tupperware-like containers in my children's lunches to reduce plastic waste.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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?

Maddie DeSanno 7/31/2019 5:06 PM

This has been an eye opening experience. Plastic is everywhere! But this has definitely raised my awareness to use less.

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Maddie DeSanno 7/30/2019 6:05 AM

I see how difficult it is to purchase some produce without a plastic bag! But if you shop at Trader Joe's, their produce bags are compostable! I save and reuse them now.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Pets Pet Waste

By composting your pet waste, you are turning waste into nutrients to feed the soil. In what other ways can you turn waste into a resource in your life?

Maddie DeSanno 7/24/2019 7:17 AM

We just received our order of compostable bags for our kitty waste! Plus we use a wheat-base litter.

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Maddie DeSanno 7/12/2019 5:54 AM

I spoke to the manager of our company's café to see if they would swap out the plastic containers at the salad bar for cardboard containers. And to see if they will make any additional 'swaps'. He agreed to try and swap out what he is able to.

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Maddie DeSanno 7/02/2019 10:31 AM

Instead of using plastic sandwich bag and snack bag for lunch, I used a reusable wrap made of beeswax.

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