Kaitlynn Fields

Museum of Life and Science

"To be more aware of my choices and the impact they have. "

POINTS TOTAL

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785 TOTAL

participant impact

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36

pieces of litter

picked up
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36

zero-waste meals

consumed

Kaitlynn's actions

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 2 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Just Say No

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Keep My Community Clean

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

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Create Your Own Action

Check trash for bottles

There are lots of bottles that end up in our work trashcan. I will check it once a day and remove them if I am able.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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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?

Kaitlynn Fields 7/17/2019 6:44 AM

It makes you stop to appreciate your community more and how different it looks clean vs with litter scattered around. Nature looks and feels better when not interrupted by humans and our trash!

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Kaitlynn Fields 7/16/2019 1:05 PM

I have started looking into keeping a container or two in the car to use instead of to go boxes. Unless the restaurant packages the food for you, I don't think anyone will care what container you use!

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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?

Kaitlynn Fields 7/16/2019 1:03 PM

"Health and Safety" are really basic and don't require too many unplanned expenditures. This definitely makes me think about long term purchases and how much keeping this guideline in mind could save!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Buy Unpackaged Produce

Why do you think these produce products started amassing so much plastic packaging? Who is the plastic packaging really serving -- the consumer, the producer, or someone else?

Kaitlynn Fields 7/16/2019 12:57 PM

I think that the plastic is supposed to protect the consumer, like the plastic seals that now have to cover ice cream containers. I know that some products come unpackaged already which makes me wonder either 1) are these less safe to eat because of of what they are exposed to between where they are grown and the consumer's table or 2) if they are just as safe, why do we still have packaged produce? If the plastic isn't there to protect the consumer, then it doesn't seem to have a much purpose for the consumer.

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Kaitlynn Fields 7/11/2019 5:57 AM

Last night I said no to the plasticware that usually comes with the drink I was ordering but I chickened out when it came to asking for no lid! It's strange where people (including me) draw the line between their green choice vs. not wanting to inconvenience people. But, I did feel that that was a step in the right direction!

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Kaitlynn Fields 7/05/2019 11:57 AM

Does anyone else get weird looks when they say no to straws at a restaurant? Hopefully one day that will be the norm!

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Kaitlynn Fields 7/03/2019 5:57 AM

I find it really frustrating when I see plastic bottles in the trash, which is right beside the recycling bin. If convenience isn't a factor in whether or not a person makes a good choice, what is?

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- Bobbi Jo Holmes 7/03/2019 12:05 PM
  
  I've been digging them out of the trash and putting them in recycling in the Butterfly House. The receptacles are practically right next to each other! We need to have some plastic awareness exhibit right when visitors come in to make them more aware!
  
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Kaitlynn Fields 7/02/2019 5:18 AM

Sometimes I feel really overwhelmed by all the waste in the world but I just have to remember that all I can do is my part!

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