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Tina Slosarik

Akron Zoo - Staff

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 739 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    65
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
  • UP TO
    110
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    81
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    donation
    made
  • UP TO
    27
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill

Tina's actions

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Pets

Homemade Pet Food/Treats

I will prepare my own pet food and treats to avoid plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 24
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Raise Money For a Nonprofit

I will raise money to support a nonprofit dedicated to plastic pollution reduction.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Keep My Community Clean

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

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Share My Actions

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 30 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Plant a Garden

I will plant an herb or vegetable garden in my home, workplace, or community garden

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 27
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 Join a Cleanup Effort
    How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel?

    Tina Slosarik's avatar
    Tina Slosarik 7/23/2019 6:03 AM
    It feels great knowing that we are working towards a common goal of keeping our community, green spaces and waterways clean. For this challenge, my 7 year old and I participated in a community waterway cleanup. I feel as though teaching her to make that responsible effort is most important for our future. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Family Plastic Free Lunch Boxes
    Most of us know that the "3 R's" are reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycling is most heavily emphasized in modern Western culture. How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle? How does considering implementing these "R's" make you feel?

    Tina Slosarik's avatar
    Tina Slosarik 7/14/2019 5:52 AM
    The "Refuse" has been the hardest to get used to! My family has been carrying our metal straws, and reusable totes. I need to remember to bring containers for leftovers. 

    • Sandi Phillips's avatar
      Sandi Phillips 7/15/2019 11:45 AM
      Bringing containers is definitely a habit that I have to get into, too. Some days I am really good about it! Another is bringing my own reusable silverware to any cookouts this summer!