Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Vahini Patel

Deloitte Green Dot

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
75 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

20

minutes

spent learning

Vahini's actions

Create Your Own Action

Hydroflask

I will take my hydroflask everywhere to reduce the need for plastic cups and/or water bottles where re-usable cups are not available!

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

See the Green

I will properly recycle used contact lenses and packaging.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 20 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Travel Eating

If traveling, I will bring my own airplane snacks and eat at local restaurants to avoid take-out containers.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Travel Toiletries

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA approved reusable quart sized bag.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle

What is the benefit of using bar soaps or refilling your travel sized containers? Is this an action you think you will keep in your life?
Vahini Patel 7/23/2019 11:20 AM
I don't see the need to use toiletries provided by hotels when I can re-fill my travel sized containers with the items I already use at home. This way, I am reducing my travel waste and impact. For someone who travels often like myself, I find this an easy habit to keep up in the long term!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Family

What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.
Vahini Patel 7/10/2019 4:44 PM
What concerns me most is that people don't see how little changes can actually have a big impact on our planet. The problems our planet face aren't always directly visible to the common person and this sometimes causes people to turn a blind eye to the bigger problem.

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