Gemma Laser

Antioch University New England

"earthly reverence ~ every living thing is our relation"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
537 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

42

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

130

minutes

spent outdoors

Gemma's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 2 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Avoid refined sugar

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

COMPLETED 22
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 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 10 minute(s) each day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and the nature surrounding me.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Carry my Trash

I will carry all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash with me to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

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Gemma Laser 10/22/2018 5:10 PM

This year I've struggled to get all my challenges done every day, but I have done some of them everyday! Considering how hard my daily life feels right now I am grateful to be working on these practices (and mostly doing them) and also holding myself in gentleness and not allowing my perfectionist tendencies to derail me from imperfectly completing more than I could do perfectly right now. Love to you all!

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Gemma Laser 10/07/2018 5:33 PM

Compostability of "natural" EcoDent floss? What is it made of really? Anyone have insights? For now it's going in my trash bag. This challenge has also made me think about having compost in the bathroom: for my hair (from brush and shower) and snotty tissues! As it is now, they generally get thrown away unless I'm heading outside and then I throw my hair for birds nests...or so I like to imagine :)

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- Kelsey Bearden 10/08/2018 1:55 PM
  
  I recently bought some EcoDent floss too... (unfortunately, I do not like it at all! Though the paperboard box is nice)
  The floss is made of nylon, says the product page: https://www.eco-dent.com/gentlefloss.html
  
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Gemma Laser 10/06/2018 5:51 PM

Carrying around my trash in a clear plastic bag (that arrived around clothes I got through the mail) has already led to my trash being reduced. Apparently Brattleboro has incredible composting and composts waxed milk/juice cartons. These are no longer recycled in many localities I know of due to the wax. While sick I bought some orange juice and a lovely fellow student offered to take the carton back to Brattleboro to compost, cheers!

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Gemma Laser 10/03/2018 3:13 PM

Well, my separate challenges have already been self-supporting. I just looked to see if the cookies I have are vegan. They are not. I was feeling a little temped to cheat but reading the ingredients reminded me I'm also not supposed to be eating sugar! Ahh! Good catch self. No double cheating for me.

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Gemma Laser 10/03/2018 11:59 AM

First challenge completed . . .
! ! ! gratitude ! ! !

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