Peter Martin
"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
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UP TO212plastic bottlesnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO5.0minutesspent learning
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UP TO50disposable cupsnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO49plastic containersnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO150pieces of plastic cutlerynot 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
Personal Care
Fresh as a Daisy
I will use deodorant either from a bar or a jar or I will make my own.
Food
Use Reusables at Work
I will use reusable dishes and silverware when eating at work.
Food
Start Composting
I will start a compost collection at home, work, or school.
Food
Plant a Garden
I will plant an herb or vegetable garden in my home, workplace, or community garden
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).
Food
Use Reusable Utensils
I will keep 6 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.
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.
Food
Use Reusable Water Bottles
I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.
Family
Discover Together
I will spend 5 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.
Participant Feed
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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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 -
Peter Martin 7/30/2019 2:42 PMdespite 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 -
Peter Martin 7/29/2019 1:04 PMUsing old yogurt container - bought in large size originally - to place squash big eggs in dawn soap solution IPM -
Peter Martin 7/28/2019 9:16 AMWorm 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 -
Peter Martin 7/27/2019 7:28 PMStopping 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 !!! -
Peter Martin 7/26/2019 11:04 AMusing grey water from dehumidifier to water compost today -
Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:24 AMOMG Is it a sign? -
REFLECTION QUESTIONPersonal Care Fresh as a DaisyDo 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?
Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:21 AMHonestly 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. -
Peter Martin 7/25/2019 5:13 AMCouple 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 --
Peter Martin 7/26/2019 11:06 AMi have one at CE too
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Kerrie Kovaleski 7/25/2019 1:00 PMI need to ask you about this scythe! I hate trimmers.
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Peter Martin 7/24/2019 8:34 PMMy roller hockey days are over due to torn achilles so when thwart broke on canoe what better reuse of ash hockey sticks