Sasha Shirazi

SFTZ GREEN TEAM

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
115 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

9.0

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

2.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

3.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Sasha's actions

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 3 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Host a House Party

I will host a house party with friends and/or colleagues to watch a movie or present a guest speaker on plastics.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 2
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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

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.

Sasha Shirazi 6/13/2019 8:27 PM

Sometimes, the backlash can be emotionally exhausting. For every person that spoke out in favor of reusable straws, someone else made it sound pointless. The difference occurs when you see individuals taking action- I'm so proud when I see someone take out their reusable straw and know that we are fighting the same fight together!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

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

Sasha Shirazi 6/13/2019 8:26 PM

Remembering to have things set up for future activities (such as grocery shopping) is always difficult. Making a habit of keeping helpful objects in ways that can benefit you is the only way to make it easier- individual actions help but habits tend to keep.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Water Bottles

Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed by this bottling process?

Sasha Shirazi 6/13/2019 8:24 PM

Informing others about the harm in bottled water and those harmed by it helps collectively prevent those atrocities from happening again- water should be protected, maintained and available to those in the communities that rely on those sources, not something that corporations can steal for a cheap profit.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Keep My Community Clean

How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?

Sasha Shirazi 6/13/2019 8:21 PM

By investing my personal time and effort into maintaining common grounds, I become closer to sharing a common ground with my community!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Host a House Party

What are the benefits of hosting a house party related to getting to know your guests, connecting them to the cause you are focusing on, and building your community?

Sasha Shirazi 6/13/2019 8:20 PM

Spreading information about why it is important to reduce waste might be as important as reducing in my own life- imagine what we can accomplish together!

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