Carey Compton

"Looking forward to learning more from you and sharing more of how we can live even more sustainably. Let's Go EcoChallenge Fall 2018! "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
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703 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

630

minutes

of additional sleep
UP TO

740

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

80

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

360

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

35

pounds of CO2

have been saved
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0.0

public officials or leaders

contacted

Carey 's actions

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Advocate for Greener Vehicles

I will spend at least 5 minutes assessing the vehicles used by my company or college and advocate for a purchasing policy focused on fuel-efficient vehicles.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 20-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Healthy Sleep

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Recycle Everything I Can

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 5 minutes researching and recycling all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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Carey Compton 10/24/2018 5:23 PM

I am sorry to see our Fall 2018 EcoChallenge end and look forward to the next one. Thank you all for posting as it helps all of us to learn and train our minds that we can and do accomplish more sustainable habits when we share together.

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Carey Compton 10/23/2018 6:27 PM

For recycling more Terra Cycle will use much of your true carnage. Start your own recycling with them and get points Check them out at - https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/about-terracycle?utm_campaign=admittance&utm_medium=menu&utm_source=www.terracycle.com

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Carey Compton 10/22/2018 5:07 PM

The air is beautiful again tonight in Central NJ - The Autumn place to BE <3

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Carey Compton 10/21/2018 5:44 PM

I enjoyed a good 4 mile run in Princeton today. It was windy with clouds whipping by and sticks falling off of trees on the canal path - Kinda Spooky but fun to breath the fresh air.

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Carey Compton 10/18/2018 5:25 PM

Hey do you know how walkable your home location is? With this website you can find out how it ranks. Its fun to check out - https://www.walkscore.com

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- Emily DeMaio 10/24/2018 5:04 AM
  
  Very cool!
  
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Carey Compton 10/18/2018 5:14 PM

I did not accomplish my sleep challenge of 30 more minute last night. I am hoping to do better tonight as I will go to bed soon. This cooler weather and darker days makes me feel tired, and I am so tired.

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Carey Compton 10/18/2018 5:09 PM

And, I learned that more sleep for woman can actually help our sex life. Read - https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-sleep

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Carey Compton 10/18/2018 5:06 PM

I joined the EcoChallenge because doing so has made an historical difference on my impact on the environment from insulating the garage, recycling more and more with each challenge, using less and less plastic with each challenge. One of my challenges has been to learn more about recycling and I have. Do you realize with all the chances going on there are other recycling opportunities. For example, our Pennington Farmer's Market at the end of each month collects plastics #5 when at the curb in our part of Mercer County we can only recycle #1 & #2 plastics. And recent that market is having us bring our cellophane food wrap there for recycling. At the last saturday of this month, I will ask what they are making with it because at this point I don't know. So one learns each time we take the EcoChallenge, is my point.

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Carey Compton 10/17/2018 5:26 PM

The moon is half waxed tonight and with the clouds blowing by so fast, it's a bit eery but the air quality in central NJ is beautiful at 54 degrees F. I hope you can all get out and enjoy the clean air.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Go for a Daily Walk

How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?

Carey Compton 10/17/2018 10:24 AM

I see lots of mushrooms of different types when I walk around our neighborhood instead of drive. I also see the garbage that people throw out of their vehicle windows and this is very disheartening.

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- Carey Compton 10/18/2018 5:12 PM
  
  Yeah that was a mixed emotional comment of mine. I would love to be able to eat the mushrooms but most of them are poisonous around where I live.
  
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- Louisa Lubiak 10/17/2018 2:36 PM
  
  Mushroom diversity - YAY! Garbage proliferation - YUCK!
  
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