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Peter Martin

Maryland Zoo

"To make life changes that go beyond the month of July and reduce my carbon footprint"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 901 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    212
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    5.0
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    50
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    49
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    150
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill

Peter's actions

Create Your Own Action

Composting

I will compost all of my vegetable food waste at work and at home

COMPLETED 21
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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusables at Work

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

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Start Composting

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

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

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

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 6 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup

I will avoid sending 2 disposable cup(s) to the landfill per day by using a reusable mug or bringing my own collapsible cup.

COMPLETED 25
DAILY ACTIONS

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 25
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 5 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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    Peter Martin 7/30/2019 2:47 PM

    Hand powered boat tour of lake redmantoday  - did my version of canoe and scoop including liberating some fishing line from overhanging trees 
    my buddy snouty

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    Peter Martin 7/30/2019 2:42 PM
    despite having fairly bighaul  and forgetting to bring in my canvas bag - still managed to carry it out to car - not pictured 2 6 packs ofdiet  coke - yeah still haven't tried the soda stream gotta do that! - also went to hardware store and passed on bag 

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    Peter Martin 7/29/2019 1:04 PM
    Using old yogurt container - bought in large size originally - to place squash big eggs in dawn soap solution IPM

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    Peter Martin 7/28/2019 9:16 AM
    Worm manure tea applied to learning garden today -watering can filled 1/3 with tea and then fill rest with water and sprinkle on leaves and soil. Excess went into compost as did the left over manure from the stockings

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    Peter Martin 7/27/2019 7:28 PM
    Stopping at the park and ride at intersection of my street and I83 to explore some of the roadside plants and the insects attracted to them, i finished my visit by picking up a bagful of trash including several icees of plastic . One of items found was an uncashed check for $6000 or so. Was planning to send it to address on check when who did I see at first intersection i came to but police officer - flagged her down and turned in check ! Two good deeds !!! 

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    Peter Martin 7/26/2019 11:04 AM
    using grey water from dehumidifier to water compost today 

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    Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:24 AM
    OMG Is it a sign?
  • 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?

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    Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:21 AM
    Honestly I dont use that much antiperspirant even though I sweat like crazy. Looked up these and saw that the risk for all the things supposedly wrong with using deodorant have not held up to scientific scrutiny - I suspect people do other things - smoking, drinking, eating poorly, wantonly spraying pesticides etc that are more harmful than this - I do use stick deodorant as suggested.

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    Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:13 AM
    Couple of things here
    Have lesser celandine creeping its way into my borders at home. Very invasive-will take over entire ground covers in spring. They are also difficult to control because of the  bulbets at base of stem and potato-like tubers. I tried composting them one year and ended up having to pick out the young celandine shoots from the compost all season. They were not killed by the heat of the compost pile. Now I have placed the pulled up plants in a dark plastic bag and have left it out in a hot sunny place with hopes of superfrying the plants so I can incorporate them into normal compost and keep them out of the landfill - If this fails, next step may be burning them in my fire pit.  I will try to reuse this bag as a trash bag once this process is finished

    handle is for my manual trimmer/scythe. I have gas powered trimmer which i havent used for at least three years - 

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    Peter Martin 7/24/2019 8:34 PM
    My roller hockey days are over due to torn achilles so when thwart broke on canoe what better reuse of ash hockey sticks