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Avery Gould

Monterey Bay Aquarium

POINTS TOTAL

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  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 277 TOTAL

participant impact

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    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
  • UP TO
    17
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill

Avery's actions

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

COMPLETED
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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Back in the Bowl

I will purchase refillable beauty products.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Start Composting

I will start a compost collection at home, work, or school.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Fresh as a Daisy

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusables at Work

I will use reusable dishes and silverware when eating at work.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Pets

Pet Waste

I will spend 30 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Pets

Rubber Glove Pet Hair Removal

I will use a rubber glove to remove pet hair from clothes, carpets and furniture.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Lifestyle

Natural Fibers

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

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.

UNCOMPLETED
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
    Food Start Composting
    Do an inventory of how much food waste you would save from going to the landfill if you start composting all of the time. What are the added benefits of having compost that is readily accessible?

    Avery Gould's avatar
    Avery Gould 7/12/2019 9:42 AM
    Composting is a lot easier than I thought it would be. Well, I don't actually compost it myself, but I take my food scraps and other compostable waste to a community compost pile.  It's very simple, while I'm cooking I put food scraps into a bucket on the counter instead of in the trash and take short amount of time on the weekends to visit the farmers market and drop off my scraps. 

    • Jessica Chapman's avatar
      Jessica Chapman 7/12/2019 4:03 PM
      I agree!! I love that most Farmer's Markets around Monterey have a composting bins! 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Join a Cleanup Effort
    How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel?

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    Avery Gould 7/12/2019 9:40 AM
    It felt really good to join the beach clean up yesterday. I liked the feeling of doing something tangible to help the ocean. It made me more aware of trash on the ground everywhere. I started to notice so many small pieces of plastic and trash all over the ground that I probably have walked past many times before. I will definitely attend another clean up event.