Shannon Petrosky

Maryland Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
517 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

66

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

44

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

10

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

110

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

24

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

90

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Shannon's 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

Family

Natural Paints

I will paint rooms in my home with low/no VOC or natural paints.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Plastic Free Lunch Boxes

I will only pack reusable cutlery, drinkware and tupperware-like containers in my children's lunches to reduce plastic waste.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Estimate Your Plastic Consumption and Go #PlasticNeutral

I will visit rePurpose website, complete the 3-minute plastic consumption calculator, and explore how I can reBalance my annual plastic footprint.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Share My Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible by posting to my social media networks.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 3 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 5 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 22
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
Community Share My Actions

In what ways is social media an effective tool for sharing your values?

Shannon Petrosky 7/23/2019 9:25 AM

It really allows you to make an impact across to people who are active listeners to what you are saying. Sometimes when we narrate at zoos and aquariums we aren’t sure how much of what we are saying is being heard do to noise, excitement, interest level and such. But when we post to our own social media it’s a “captive audience” and they already kind of want to hear what you have to say or they wouldn’t be a friend, right?

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Shannon Petrosky 7/23/2019 9:17 AM

It’s not hard to do the challenges. Most of them are normal every day things I do anyways. The challenge is remembering to come online and record them. 🥺😲🙄😤

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Utensils

How can you be an advocate for using resusables instead of disposables for the rest of your community? Where are they currently dependent on disposable cutlery, and how can you convince them of the need for change?

Shannon Petrosky 7/09/2019 8:59 AM

Food courts especially are very dependent on disposable utensils. I recently visited a convention center that had actually made the conversion to composting, recyclable plates and utensils and I actually got information on how they made the conversion so I could pass it on to my local convention center to start.

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Shannon Petrosky 7/09/2019 8:53 AM

Working hard to stay on track. Got up early to make my lunch and pack it all up.

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Shannon Petrosky 7/08/2019 7:59 AM

Fell a few days behind, but caught up and renewed my commitment.

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