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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Laura Kirby

Interface Engineering Inc.

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 672 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    1.0
    locally sourced meal
    consumed
  • UP TO
    255
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    255
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    15
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Laura's actions

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 6 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

I will spend 60 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 15-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 17
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 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 15
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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

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    Laura Kirby 10/12/2018 8:44 AM
    Two or three times now I've gotten straws automatically put in my water and it's spoiling my challenge. Once was at a bar that even had a sign saying straws were only given out by request. Makes me realize a lot of things that need to change are at a bigger level than just personal. Corporations (big and small) need to modify their ways as well.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Buy From a Farmers Market
    What is one food choice that you make, or could make, that would do more good and less harm?

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    Laura Kirby 10/04/2018 11:03 AM
    I've been a vegetarian for over 9 years now. Excluding meat from one's diet helps the environment in a plethora of ways. Water conservation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are two important reasons I'm passionate about it. This short article is eye-opening: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meat-and-environment/