Kristina Zill

Team Catskills

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Kristina's actions

Food

Plant a Garden

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

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Lifestyle

Naked Bins

I will either line my trash cans with repurposed newspaper or paper bags, or I will not line my trash cans at all.

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Personal Care

Lather Up

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

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Write One Letter

Find one company that needs to hear about its plastic transgressions and write one letter asking them to change. Example: Paul Newman's pasta sauce used to be sold in glass jars, but now it only comes in plastic containers. Another example: NutriBullet blade assembly is a combo of plastic and metal. They need to allow customers to send those back to be refurbished.

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Kristina Zill 7/16/2019 8:50 AM

It seems like I spend lots of money on potting soil every year, and it all comes in plastic bags. I make sure to cut the bags at the top and once they're empty, I rinse them and re-use them to take my recycling to the transfer station. This year, I found a way to avoid the whole situation since the horse farm near my house is very happy for me to take material from their pile of composting manure. I do collect it in plastic 5-gallon buckets, though. And yesterday, I found some turtle eggs, which I assumed were snapping turtles, but it seems more likely are sliders, since there were only about a dozen of them. Being careful to keep them oriented the same way I found them, I transferred them to a large pot of manure, and will try to keep them safe from marauders. How fun that would be to see them hatch!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Plant a Garden

Besides having access to fresh herbs and vegetables, what benefits will you see from growing your own garden?

Kristina Zill 7/08/2019 12:53 PM

A friend gave me his leftover perennial native flowers (and there are lots of them), so this year in addition to the usual vegetables, I'm installing a pollinator garden. I'll also create a couple more gardens on the slope above my pond. I'm lucky because the horse farm on the corner has a big pile of composted manure they want to get rid of, so I load up my reclaimed 5-gallon buckets, and then I'm amazed at just how much material it takes to build a new garden. I'm quite the re-user of 5-gallon buckets, as long as they only contain the remnants of something water-soluble and not terribly toxic, like joint compound or latex paint. Even when they develop cracks in the bottom, they're great for storing compost, since they drain.

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Kristina Zill 6/27/2019 8:08 AM

In case you haven't read the EcoChallenge home page, I like their mission statement:

OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS
We believe the solution to the planet’s biggest challenges lies in the power of collective action. By taking action in our own lives and inspiring the people around us, each of us contributes to a world of impact.
Come back and check in on July 1 and watch our impact add up.

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