Renie Bober-Moken

San Antonio Zoo Crew

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Renie's actions

Lifestyle

Travel Smart

If traveling, I will bring my own plastic free items (water bottle, grocery bags, collapsible food containers, utensils, straws, etc.) with me.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

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

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

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DAILY ACTIONS

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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?

Renie Bober-Moken 7/10/2019 3:39 PM

I will never understand drinking all the "flavored" waters at a price higher than if you simply created it at home.

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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?

Renie Bober-Moken 7/03/2019 12:24 PM

Plastic wrap helps to preserve foods. We no longer buy food that we will consume in a day or two, but rather buy in quantities to last for a week or more. Unfortunately, this winds up wasting food. Larger food purchases results in our needing to shop only every 7-10 days instead of making more frequent shopping trips; this saves the consumer time.

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