Niki Mikkilineni

Salesforce San Francisco

"Taking deliberate actions to protect our environment!"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
692 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

19

disposable cups

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

48

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

40

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill

Niki's actions

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 4
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

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 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 19
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 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about waste with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

UNCOMPLETED
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
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?

Niki Mikkilineni 7/15/2019 9:43 AM

It's easy to skip the packaging for produce if you bring a reusable grocery bag anyways!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup

Great job on getting rid of your disposable cup habit! How does it make you feel? What's next on your list to reduce your waste?

Niki Mikkilineni 7/08/2019 10:59 AM

It's so simple and easy to use a disposable cup working at Salesforce!

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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.

Niki Mikkilineni 7/08/2019 9:36 AM

With more education recently, people who once grabbed straws without thinking now have to consciously make the decision to use/not use a plastic straw. Not sure if this encourages more reusable straw use, but definitely cuts out some waste.

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