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Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Christine Holliday

Plastic Free New Orleans

"I hope I can make my family greener! Also, I am addicted to cats."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
771 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

community event

hosted or attended
UP TO

4.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

1,400

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

48

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Christine's actions

Pets

Pet Waste

I will spend 10 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Pearly Whites

I will purchase toothpaste in an aluminum tube or in a glass jar or make my own!

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 100 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 6
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

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Share My Actions

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Personal Care

Lather Up

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 1 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

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

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

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?

Christine Holliday 7/13/2019 2:49 PM

Today is the first day I did not pick up 100 pieces of trash. It is mostly because I do not want to go outside when there is a tropical storm around. I might pick up 200 pieces another day to make up for today, but I do not know when this storm will leave.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Join a Cleanup Effort

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

Christine Holliday 7/06/2019 10:00 AM

Working with others to help clean up City Park made me feel confident that we can help save the Earth. I felt good about keeping it clean for others to enjoy. I love spending time at City Park, and cleaning it up today was like paying the park back for all the good memories.

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Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 6:57 PM

I was more cautious with single-use plastics at the grocery store than I’d ever been before. It is really frustrating that big chains are not doing anything to reduce single-plastic use.

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- Tabitha Dorner 7/04/2019 5:51 AM
  
  Trader Joe's is working on it! But we need more to do the same. And we also need to do our part to lower the demand for it. https://www.foodandwine.com/news/trader-joes-plastic-policy
  
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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?

Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 6:54 PM

I have noticed that at the grocery store, most of the food items are in single-use plastics. I love pasta, but pasta packs are in single-use plastics, so I did not buy them. There are the box pastas, but they still have a plastic “window.”

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care Fresh as a Daisy

Do some research on the toxic side affects of aluminum deodorant. After reading the side effects, can you think of instances where you may have experienced the side effects from this form of deodorant?

Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 3:03 PM

I never used a aluminum deodarant in my entire life. After reading about the dangers of aluminum deodarant, I am glad I do not use it. Alzheimer's runs in my family and a family member of mine had breast cancer.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Keep My Community Clean

How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?

Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 2:52 PM

Picking up litter around my community makes it cleaner and more people might help me pick up litter bringing our community closer.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Share My Actions

In what ways is social media an effective tool for sharing your values?

Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 2:49 PM

Social media can show others the steps to being greener. It also shows them that it is not hard to be greener and they too can do greener acts. Social media can also help with inspiring people to be greener. Some people might take one step to being green and stop there from not knowing what to do next. From people sharing on social media, others can get inspired to push out of their confort zone and try a little harder.

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Christine Holliday 7/03/2019 2:41 PM

For the past 3 days, I've picked up 300 pieces of litter outside of/ around my house.

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Christine Holliday 7/01/2019 7:23 AM

I was going to get a bag of chips but I decided not to because I don't need it and the bag is made of plastic.

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