Eric Friedman

Abt Earthlings

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
987 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

community event

hosted or attended
UP TO

16

disposable cups

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

35

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

13

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

11

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

7.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill

Eric's actions

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 5 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Share My Actions

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY 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

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill per day by using a reusable mug or bringing my own collapsible cup.

COMPLETED 16
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 13
DAILY ACTIONS

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Eric Friedman 7/25/2019 8:33 AM

Just posted on neighborhood page re: cleanup and plastic trash audit that we'll be doing with other families this weekend. Watched a good documentary called Plastic Paradise (http://plasticparadisemovie.com/) with the kids last night to get them motivated (although they professed to be more bored than motivated). Also found a good guide to organizing a cleanup here: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Plastics-Toolkit.pdf, which includes a way to submit results of our plastic trash audit, with the aim of learning what corporations are making the products that end up littered around the globe.

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Eric Friedman 7/24/2019 8:18 AM

Found this nonprofit online -- https://4ocean.com/about/ -- which is raising money selling bracelets made from plastic removed from the ocean to fund more plastic removal from the oceans, with each bracelet supporting the removal of one pound of plastic. I think I'll order a couple at least for prizes for kids who participate in our neighborhood cleanup this weekend.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Watch a Documentary

Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?

Eric Friedman 7/17/2019 5:46 AM

Watched Mission Blue about the oceanographer Sylvia Earle, who has seen a huge reduction in the amount of life in the ocean in her lifetime, due to overfishing and pollution. The film traces her impressive career and opens your eyes to how humans can impact even the vast oceans. Watched it with my son, who's trying out becoming a vegetarian right now, and this film made me want to either join him or further reduce my meat consumption, including fish.

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Eric Friedman 7/10/2019 11:34 AM

Need to get into the habit of packing reusable straws and possibly a cup when traveling for work or pleasure. That way we can continue to minimize use of plastic when away from home.

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Eric Friedman 7/01/2019 6:49 AM

Can't believe it's July already. Added some more challenges and will try to get my kids and family involved, especially in the daily litter pickup and neighborhood cleanup effort.

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Eric Friedman 5/17/2019 11:20 AM

Just wrote about the April EcoChallenge on our company's intranet and invited colleagues to join this next challenge in July. Hopefully we'll get a bunch of participants and can start engaging staff year-round in green activities.

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