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Welcome to Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019 expert in no time!

Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums
Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019
July 1 - July 31, 2019
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Amber Enriquez

EFP

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 438 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    95
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    34
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    0.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    34
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Amber's actions

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

Family

Provide the Alternatives

I will provide daily plastic free alternatives (straws, water bottles, cuttlery, bar soap, bamboo toothbrushes, etc.) for my family to use.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 5 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Lifestyle Watch a Documentary
    Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?
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    Amber Enriquez 7/31/2019 11:36 AM
    My children and I watched several short films about the Pacific Garbage Patch.  They are 5 and 7 and were both so moved by what we saw, especially the impact the plastic has had on sea life.  Their passion to change the situation was inspiring to witness and gave me a lot of hope that the next generation will care more and do better than my generation has when it comes to this important issue.
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    Amber Enriquez 7/30/2019 9:39 AM
    This week I purchased reusable sandwich baggies for my children's lunches, and spent some time explaining to them why we are making this change in our household!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Skip the Straw
    Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.
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    Amber Enriquez 7/17/2019 2:29 PM
    Absolutely.  Most restaurants are no longer using plastic straws
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Family Provide the Alternatives
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) does your family regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Amber Enriquez 7/17/2019 2:28 PM
    Straws and plastic baggies for the children's lunches!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Family Discover Together
    What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.
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    Amber Enriquez 7/17/2019 2:27 PM
    I am the most concerned that my children and future grandchildren will not have a healthy planet to live on!
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