karina zawilinski

Protectors of the Blue - NEAq Staff & Volunteers

"Just trying to help save the world with a little less plastic and a lot more humor."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
202 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

45

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

2.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

karina's actions

Food

Takeout Pro

I will use my own containers when ordering takeout.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Community

Share My Actions

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Lather Up

I will replace my soaps, shampoos, and conditions with either a bar or refillable option.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 10 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 1 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Make Your Own

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

COMPLETED 3
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?

karina zawilinski 7/18/2019 3:55 PM

Homemade veggie burgers are the BEST. They don't have soy/potato/corn fillers you find in the store bought ones, you can make them as spicy as you please, and you can make them with zero plastic!

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karina zawilinski 7/18/2019 3:53 PM

So excited that my favorite curry can be made zero waste! This gives me an excuse to make more of it.

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karina zawilinski 7/17/2019 12:38 PM

me at a fancy restaurant: *quickly dumps my extra (fancy?) fries into my Tiffin and shoves it back into my purse*

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karina zawilinski 7/16/2019 6:34 AM

Learned how to make my own bread in a dutch oven. So easy. So delicious.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Make Your Own

How do you feel about being more involved in the food preparation process? Joyful, overwhelmed, engaged, empowered? What are the benefits of choosing to process or produce your own food instead of buying it pre-processed?

karina zawilinski 7/09/2019 8:03 AM

Learned how to make homemade tahini and oat flour, which I promptly turned into some very tasty cookies. Purchasing all my baking supplies plastic free is a new goal for me!

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