Lauren Heinzelman

Seattle Aquarium - Staff & Volunteers

"Get more people to think about and reduce their impact on our planet"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
155 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

community event

hosted or attended
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

6.0

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

2.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Lauren's actions

Food

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 2
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 2
DAILY 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

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 3 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

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
Community Join a Cleanup Effort

How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel?

Lauren Heinzelman 7/17/2019 1:55 PM

I joined a volunteer conservation corps. We clean trails and pull ivy, blackberry, and more. We work 5 days a week for three weeks!!

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Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 8:11 PM

Today I focused on not using place when it came to food and eating. Requesting reusable utensils and plates is an easy way to reduce your harmful affect on the environment when eating out.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Containers

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?

Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 8:08 PM

Reusable water bottles can be used for food item travel too!

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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?

Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 8:07 PM

I asked for reusable chopsticks instead of single use ones.

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Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 9:10 AM

This is a cool challenge that has made me think about plastic in more aspects of my life. A lot of this stuff I already did, but with the categories, I now think of reducing my plastic use in more ways in my life.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Watch a Documentary

Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?

Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 8:32 AM

I watched “Inventing Tomorrow,” which was a Seattle International Film Festival production.It was about kids all over the world who competed at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. All of the the research in the documentary was about protecting the environment. I recommend it.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Minimize Packaging

With the added mindfulness of reducing your packaging, what have you noticed about the amount and type of single use plastics used for packaging when you shop in the grocery store?

Lauren Heinzelman 7/10/2019 8:23 AM

I’m on a trip and had to purchase water bottles. Instead of buying a pack of single use plastic bottles, I bought a reusable water bottle that I can easily refill.

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