JOHANNA KINNEY

Alaska SeaLife Center

"Let's do this! "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,022 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

240

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

95

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

community event

hosted or attended
UP TO

70

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

13

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

13

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

JOHANNA's actions

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 5 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

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 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Estimate Your Plastic Consumption and Go #PlasticNeutral

I will visit rePurpose website, complete the 3-minute plastic consumption calculator, and explore how I can reBalance my annual plastic footprint.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Plant a Garden

I will plant an herb or vegetable garden in my home, workplace, or community garden

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

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

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/31/2019 8:31 AM

Final day! I feel like I’ve learned more this year than last and will continue to reduce my single use plastic consumption. Thank you to Melissa and Caryn for running this challenge!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Watch a Documentary

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

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/31/2019 8:28 AM

I chose the minimialism documentary. It was interesting in terms of how often they would talk about the accumulation of stuff contributing to unhappiness. Some of it seemed a bit extreme but I liked the acceptance of tailoring it tonyour needs and lifestyle. The psychological analyzation of this idea of trying to fill voids by buying things was thought provoking.

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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?

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/30/2019 12:48 PM

Reflection Question: Restaurants, for sure - especially walk up places like food trucks. I think at a minimum, just asking if they would consider moving from single use disposable cutlery is a way to advocare. Business owners (for the most part) listen to what their customers want. If they hear it enough.....many businesses in Seward have already taken the step, so it's moving in the right direction....

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JOHANNA KINNEY 7/29/2019 9:24 AM

Homestretch of the challenge! Let's keep going!

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JOHANNA KINNEY 7/25/2019 3:24 PM

Melissa, Caryn and I just helped the local ALPAR litter patrol pick up trash for a few hours on this gorgeous sunny afternoon! It's a great feeling helping out the community. Tons of people said thanks for our efforts. I was shocked at how many cigarette butts there were. And how I never paid that much attention to them before.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Join a Cleanup Effort

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

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/25/2019 3:22 PM

It feels pretty darn great. I hope to do this more often. ALPAR always takes volunteers - they work T-F starting at noon, it's a great way to volunteer!

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JOHANNA KINNEY 7/24/2019 3:37 PM

an alternative if you don't want to make your own cleaner.....seems a little pricey, but you'd never buy another bottle again!

https://www.blueland.com/products/the-clean-up-kit?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=FBIG%7CProspecting%7CLAL&utm_adset=LAL1%7CCustomerList&utm_content=Video_HowItWorks_Economical

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JOHANNA KINNEY 7/23/2019 3:35 PM

used my bamboo fork today at the Lone Chicharron, yummmmmm! They have those compostable plastic-looking cups that say they are made out of plants. Which got me thinking, do places have community composts?

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Plant a Garden

Besides having access to fresh herbs and vegetables, what benefits will you see from growing your own garden?

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/22/2019 12:32 PM

Besides having access to fresh herbs and vegetables, what benefits will you see from growing your own garden?

It's fun to do! My son loves all things plants. He is enjoying taking care of the herbs we planted. :)

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Estimate Your Plastic Consumption and Go #PlasticNeutral

What did you find out about your plastic consumption by using the calculator? What did or didn't surprise you?

JOHANNA KINNEY 7/22/2019 12:16 PM

I think the majority of my plastic consumption comes from buying food at the grocery store and toiletries. The format of this calculation is kind of hard to understand, but interesting none the less.

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