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October 3 - October 24, 2018
Andrea Desimone's avatar

Andrea Desimone

Green Electronics Council

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 163 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    energy audit
    conducted
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    4.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    4.4
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Andrea's actions

Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and ending unwanted subscriptions.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Online Energy Audit

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 30-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Online Energy Audit
    What most interested or surprised you about your own energy footprint?

    Andrea Desimone's avatar
    Andrea Desimone 10/16/2018 8:20 AM
    Really happy I did this so I can see where our problem spots are... and we got free light bulbs and an efficient showerhead. We need better insulation! 

    • Liz Hardee's avatar
      Liz Hardee 10/16/2018 8:57 AM
      I think Energy Trust will give you incentives for stuff like that. I'm trying to get my house off of natural gas in the next few years.