Grace Ma

Maryland Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
671 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

96

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

47

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

56

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Grace 's actions

Personal Care

Back in the Bowl

I will purchase refillable beauty products.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 22
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 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Pretty oh so Pretty

I will purchase beauty products that are packaged in sustainable packaging.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 4 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 14
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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care

How can you advocate for the importance of reducing packaging to the rest of your friends, family and larger community?
Grace Ma 7/24/2019 5:19 AM
Window shop, Don't shop.
Make products sturdy, prevent more use of packaging..

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Personal Care

Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?
Grace Ma 7/24/2019 5:17 AM
Society is difficult to understand.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Grace Ma 7/11/2019 8:46 AM
difficult: some stores are already provided plastic bags and somethings i either dont bring the reusable bag(s) with me to shopping (groceries) or forgot to bring them from home.
easy: convinent for grocery shopping for example like costco. knowing that they do not provide plastic bags instead you bring your own reusable bag(s) or use boxes

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed by this bottling process?
Grace Ma 7/11/2019 8:43 AM
instead of sending the gallon water to the garbage or recycling
send it over to the company headquarters/factories and purchase a refill of the gallon bottles

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?
Grace Ma 7/11/2019 8:37 AM
use the items at home or recycle the recyclable items

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