Rachel Gutner

UCF Sustainability Initatives

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546 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

conversation

with a person
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95

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

1.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted
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57

zero-waste meals

consumed

Rachel's actions

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Lifestyle

Homemade Cleaners

I will make my own cleaning products at home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Keep My Community Clean

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

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 3 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Pretty oh so Pretty

I will purchase beauty products that are packaged in sustainable packaging.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Lobby for Reusables

I will lobby my workplace to have reusable dishes and silverware in order to minimize disposables.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Just Say No

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

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

Rachel Gutner 7/22/2019 9:07 AM

The other day my friends and I hiked 4.0miles and collected 16 FULL trash bags of litter! We could've gotten more if we had more hands. Got some good karma and had a Lay's truck stop and give us three full boxes of chips and a woman offered to take all of our trash in her truck to a dumpsite, and gave us a ride home!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care Just Say No

Do some research on polystyrene and polyvinyl. How many items in your house already contain these toxins?

Rachel Gutner 7/15/2019 9:07 AM

My home really doesn't have many of these, but I'm working to reduce this in the packaging of products that I buy. I avoid polystyrene at all costs!

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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?

Rachel Gutner 7/11/2019 11:09 AM

It really shocks me how much litter is around. Maybe it's just my optimism, but I think that a lot of litter comes out of trash cans or garbage trucks and just flies with the wind.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Homemade Cleaners

What did you learn by making your own cleaning products? What is the biggest difference in making vs buying?

Rachel Gutner 7/08/2019 6:16 AM

I made my own bugspray! I used American beautyberry leaves and rubbing alcohol to make a tincture, then blended it with coconut oil.

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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?

Rachel Gutner 7/08/2019 6:16 AM

I feel like I really can't reduce the amount of plastic on my groceries much more. I'm doing the best I can and I feel a little hopeless in terms of mass consumption, everything is in plastic.

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