Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Carmela Franco

Environmental Compliance Group – Region 2

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
478 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

110

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

23

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

2.0

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

26

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Carmela's actions

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 20 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Swap the Snacks

I will swap out 1 prepackaged snacks a day for fresh fruits or veggies.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Plastic Free Lunch Boxes

I will only pack reusable cutlery, drinkware and tupperware-like containers in my children's lunches to reduce plastic waste.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Tim Taylor Your Beauty Products

I will lessen my plastic impact by making my own makeup.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Travel Toiletries

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA approved reusable quart sized bag.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Glass Bottle Baby

I will replace 2 plastic bottles with glass or stainless steel alternatives.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Share My Actions

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 1 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Homemade Cleaners

I will make my own cleaning products at home.

COMPLETED
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.

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care Tim Taylor Your Beauty Products

Homemade makeup is a practice which has been done in community for thousands of centuries as many indigenous women relied on plants for their bright make up. How can you incorporate that sense of community as you embark on a similar pursuit?

Carmela Franco 7/31/2019 7:03 PM

I think it would be fun to have makeup parties with friends. We could make our makeup and share between friends...we could all wear the same eye shadow! 😜

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Carmela Franco 7/31/2019 7:01 PM

Great job, guys! We did help reduce the use of plastics and landfill avoidance. Horray!!!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Utensils

How can you be an advocate for using resusables instead of disposables for the rest of your community? Where are they currently dependent on disposable cutlery, and how can you convince them of the need for change?

Carmela Franco 7/30/2019 1:15 PM

I think we need to be more conscious about it in our workplace. Have awareness posters and get to the bottom line; advocating bringing your lunch in will remind people to use reusable containers and their own silverware! :)

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Carmela Franco 7/30/2019 1:13 PM

OMG! One more day!!!!!! Keep at it, guys!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care Brusha Brusha Brusha

What are the benefits of switching to bamboo toothbrushes? How would you implore others in your community to make this switch as well?

Carmela Franco 7/29/2019 6:14 AM

It's pretty interesting that the bamboo toothbrush feels just the same as a traditional plastic one. I love that it's a renewable source. Definitely need to switch the whole family to it. Probably posting on social media can help. Even talk to friends and family about it. Stocking stuffers for all!!! haha

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Carmela Franco 7/29/2019 6:02 AM

Have a great Monday! Remember: only today, tomorrow, and Wednesday left for our challenge!!!! We got this!!!! :)

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Carmela Franco 7/26/2019 12:20 PM

Hope you guys are keeping at it! :)

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Carmela Franco 7/26/2019 12:09 PM

Guys! I gotta say, it's nice seeing my little babies participate and help with the recycling efforts! William is taking plastic oj containers and placing them in a recycling container. AWWWWWWWW!

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Carmela Franco 7/25/2019 11:03 AM

It's always difficult to get in here and complete your challenges, but we are in the home stretch! Go get 'em guys!!!! :)

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Carmela Franco 7/17/2019 12:31 PM

Hey Everyone! As you are aware, I just signed up. Unfortunately, I cannot go back to July 1 to add my one-time event completions. It'll only let me go back 3 days. So, I added the completed events on the 14th. Keep working at it!!!!

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