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Morgan Orehek

ABQ BioPark

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 373 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    42
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Morgan's actions

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 6 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 10 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Buy Only What I Need

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

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Make Your Own

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Just Say No

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl.

COMPLETED 10
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
    Food Make Your Own
    How do you feel about being more involved in the food preparation process? Joyful, overwhelmed, engaged, empowered? What are the benefits of choosing to process or produce your own food instead of buying it pre-processed?

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    Morgan Orehek 6/21/2019 7:48 PM
    I feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I don't think about how much prepackaged food I buy. The biggest advantage to me is reducing plastic use. I also have been trying to do more research on health benefits.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Family Discover Together
    What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.

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    Morgan Orehek 6/20/2019 6:55 PM
    What concerns me most is the way our actions are affecting the future of wildlife. In ten years, it is predicted that there will be no tigers in the wild. In less than twenty, Sand Tiger sharks may not exist outside of aquariums. I often imagine walking through the zoo with my kids in fifteen years and saying,

    "Yes, I was alive when the lions were still here."