Pamela Ng

SUSTAINABLE BALLARD

"Any global solutions start with the individual ... then ... the message spreads!"

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participant impact

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waste audit

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zero-waste meals

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Pamela's actions

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Estimate Your Plastic Consumption and Go #PlasticNeutral

I will visit rePurpose website, complete the 3-minute plastic consumption calculator, and explore how I can reBalance my annual plastic footprint.

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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.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 1 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 21
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?

Pamela Ng 7/31/2019 4:41 PM

When next we have another challenge, I'd be sure to look into other actions, so to make my daily activities more comprehensively eco-friendly.

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Pamela Ng 7/31/2019 4:39 PM

It was a challenge alright! Hopefully it has become a habit, now, to cook without generating plastic waste.
I hope, also, that my talking about the eco-challenge to my friends has jolted or encouraged them think about an eco-challenge for themselves. And I think I will be talking about it for a while longer, past July, August, 2019, onward to 2020!!
It was a worthwhile effort. Next time we have another event, I'd be sure to participate.
Thanks to all organizers and our team led for Sustainable Ballard.
:)

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Pamela Ng 7/24/2019 7:49 PM

got a rabbit from a farm that purports Perma-culture. the butcher let me use a calendar sheet to wrapp the rabbit! yes, it works, they can be accommodating.

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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?

Pamela Ng 7/22/2019 4:57 PM

At this point in time in my life, I need to be down-sizing among other things. Therefore, only purchasing what I need for food and health has been my aim for the last 4 years. I shall continue the good habit of only purchasing what I need. And I urge everyone to do so. In addition, buy natural stuff only and/or second hand of anything!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Estimate Your Plastic Consumption and Go #PlasticNeutral

What did you find out about your plastic consumption by using the calculator? What did or didn't surprise you?

Pamela Ng 7/22/2019 4:52 PM

I'd love to know my plastic consumption and getting it down to nothing. BUT cannot find the plastic consumption calculator in rePurpose!!!
Where to go next?

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Pamela Ng 7/22/2019 3:49 PM

Ate out again and brought my glass jars for the leftovers - again the next meal from a glass jar.

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Pamela Ng 7/22/2019 3:47 PM

Morning breakfast is the easiest - eggs from paper cartons, and bulk yogurt from a glass jar.

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- Jenny Heins 7/26/2019 2:18 PM
  
  Hi Pamela - Yogurt is one I've struggled with. Where did you find bulk yogurt?
  
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Pamela Ng 7/20/2019 12:36 PM

Without prompt from this eco-challenge, I have been doing waste audit on myself for the last year. From the audits, I find that I could save paper napkins (which were composted after use) by using cloth napkins.

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Pamela Ng 7/20/2019 12:25 PM

Ate out for lunch and brought my own glass jar for the left-overs, lots of it. Then I get the next two meals plastic free.
I have started the practice of bringing my own glass jar for left-overs 8 years ago. I might have embarrassed a few of my lunch or dinner companions but I am adhement about it.

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Pamela Ng 7/20/2019 12:20 PM

It is getting easier to cook a meal without producing plastic waste. I am getting more foods in bulk, buying foods wrapped in paper and buying vegetables without putting them in a plastic bag just for the ride home.

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