Holly Parks

Missouri Botanical Garden Staff and Volunteers

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
940 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

620

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

352

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

31

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted

Holly's actions

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 31
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 31
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Make Your Own

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

COMPLETED 31
DAILY ACTIONS

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

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?

Holly Parks 7/29/2019 6:32 AM

Eating out with whole group on family visit made it hard to impossible to avoid some plastic: a water bottle, straws already in drinks, plastic drink containers.

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Holly Parks 7/22/2019 6:04 AM

I AM TRYING TO ELIMINATE ALL KINDS OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS, INCLUDING SODA BOTTLES AND PLASTIC WRAP. I HAVE NEW REUSABLE FOOD COVERS THAT REALLY WORK WELL FOR DISHES AND EVEN FOOD. AND I USE FOIL WHEN THE COVERS WON’T WORK.

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Holly Parks 7/13/2019 5:57 AM

Having a commitment not to use plastic water bottles, shopping bags, plastic wrap, etc. makes it easier to remember not to use them. But there are still things that come in plastic that I can’t seem to avoid. I am trying to figure out how to buy produce without paying a fortune.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Water Bottles

Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed by this bottling process?

Holly Parks 7/10/2019 7:19 AM

Why is this goal simply water bottles? What about soda, tea, other beverages?

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Holly Parks 7/04/2019 6:34 AM

I do well with plastic bags except when I buy very large things, like throw pillows. Since I order online and pick u in the store, they are already in large bags. But I save the bags to take donations to DAV site, which salves my consciences.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Make Your Own

How do you feel about being more involved in the food preparation process? Joyful, overwhelmed, engaged, empowered? What are the benefits of choosing to process or produce your own food instead of buying it pre-processed?

Holly Parks 7/01/2019 5:50 AM

Overwhelmed but new diet restrictions require it. I have to do prep first thing in morning as I hate cooking in the heat.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?

Holly Parks 7/01/2019 5:48 AM

Easy - just requires focus. I take my own bags into the grocery. Other stores I just refuse bags. Now I need to add a collapsible bag to my purse.

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- Molly Rooney 7/01/2019 10:47 AM
  
  I have gotten a ton of reusable bags from the free table over in horticulture. Keep an eye out if you are in the area!
  
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