Rita Sainz

Reid Park Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
802 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

23

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

90

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

39

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

51

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Rita's actions

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about waste with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

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

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusables at Work

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

COMPLETED 19
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?

Rita Sainz 7/15/2019 5:44 PM

I bought Rainer cherries and put them in my reusable jar ziploc bag for a healthy snack today.

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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?

Rita Sainz 7/06/2019 10:26 AM

My daughter got me started on this and more and more i have become aware of just how much single use plastic are being handed out and tossed right away. I have a kit that i keep in my purse and it is a conversation starter for me to others about single use plastics.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?

Rita Sainz 7/06/2019 10:25 AM

I love my reusable bags almost too much as i use it not only for groceries but also as a go bag for my work out things.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Watch a Documentary

Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?

Rita Sainz 7/01/2019 7:13 PM

I watched Mission Blue and this focused on Silva Earle an Marine biologist, ocean explorer, author an lecturer. Watching this showed me that we as a culture do not know enough about the ocean and our lack of care for the ocean is killing species and areas of the ocean. The actions that are being taken are often done after and area has been essentially killed and they are working to reviving that area. I will be skipping seafood as a dinner option.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Skip the Straw

Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.

Rita Sainz 6/28/2019 8:36 PM

I have seen more ads for reusable straws on my social media. There is a silicon bent straw that I have seen the most.

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