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Ken Fay

Alaska SeaLife Center

"To be conscious and respectful of our environment "

POINTS TOTAL

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participant impact

  • UP TO
    27
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    4.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    41
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    56
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill

Ken's actions

Community

Share My Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible by posting to my social media networks.

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Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 4 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Minimize Packaging

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 4 hour(s) in my community.

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Personal Care

Fresh as a Daisy

I will use deodorant either from a bar or a jar or I will make my own.

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Lifestyle

Natural Fibers

When available, I will purchase clothing made with natural fibers, such as cotton, linen, or wool, rather than synthetic fibers.

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Personal Care

Lather Up

I will replace my soaps, shampoos, and conditions with either a bar or refillable option.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed


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    Ken Fay 7/30/2019 8:51 AM
    Very, very long but interesting read. Well worth the time.

    https://theintercept.com/2019/07/20/plastics-industry-plastic-recycling/

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    Ken Fay 7/27/2019 8:18 AM
    This is now officially weird to me.

    It looks like I was the only person on our team to post yesterday.

    Hopefully I'm wrong and others will post today.

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    Ken Fay 7/26/2019 8:45 AM
    Boy has this been an interesting week to say the least. I'd like to thank all my teammates for a job well done as we wind up this challenge.

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    Ken Fay 7/22/2019 1:26 PM
    I was curious as to the origin of the phrase the straw that broke the camel's back and have to sheepishly admit I thought it referred to a drinking straw. 

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    Ken Fay 7/20/2019 11:54 AM
    What do Hawaii, California, Oregon, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine have in common?

    They all have a bottle bill, but Iowa is considering updating theirs

    https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowas-40-year-old-iowa-bottle-bill-falling-apart-economist-dermot-hays-says-20190207

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    Ken Fay 7/19/2019 10:21 PM
    I'm grabbing 5 points but I would like to know how many people who read this know what a " bottle bill" is.

    I ask that because in our town in Alaska we have a plastic bag "law" coming up soon - if I understand the legalese.

    • Adele Philippides's avatar
      Adele Philippides 7/20/2019 3:37 AM
      I do not... I’ll look it up now because chances are I will never find this post again. 

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    Ken Fay 7/18/2019 8:30 AM
    I'm somewhat torn. While I enjoy this challenge it often seems daunting. I've noticed that the "travel size" section of stores keeps expanding and that as a frugal person I love freebies (of just about anything), but those freebies are all single-use-ish and individually packaged with plastic. So I guess that's why it's called a challenge. 

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    Ken Fay 7/15/2019 6:44 PM
    Long but good read - originally posted on huffingtonpost.com, but I recommend Grist as a website that makes me go hmmmn.
                              

    https://grist.org/article/meet-the-guy-swimming-through-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

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    Ken Fay 7/15/2019 12:26 AM
    I apologize for the back to back posts but I still have not figured out the timing of this challenge. As in what time zone rules? Is it the zone in which the participant resides, is it where the source/administrators of the challenge are? Is it variable as in every participant has their own zone or is it fixed? Any way I think this is 5 points.

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    Ken Fay 7/15/2019 12:12 AM
    I don't know what to make of my behavior. I still have a pizza box from last July to reuse but I've purchased 16 packages of 36 individually wrapped string cheeses plus hundreds of burritos/frozen sandwiches that are individually wrapped since then. This seems to be a see the forest not the tree thing. Plus I really, really, really have to get a better diet!

    • Teri Arnold's avatar
      Teri Arnold 7/20/2019 10:10 AM
      Hey Ken - you can buy string cheese in a "bulk" packaging - about 20 strings bundled together  in a single plastic wrapping.  Then, of course, you'll need some kind of storage container to put them all in  like reusable rubbermaid.