Anand Athinarayanan

The Hartford Environmental Action Team (HEAT)

"Be grateful for your time on the Planet ; Now get your act together and create more time for the future generations. Please don't screw this up !"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
319 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

240

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

10

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

7.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Anand's actions

Simplicity

Meditate

I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 5 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Take Control

Both system and personal sustainability are important! I will develop a plan with my medical professionals to achieve my best health and live my life to the fullest.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Create Your Own Action

Paper Towels are free, or is it?

At work and outside, I see people pulling a bunch of paper towels to dry their wet hands in bathrooms. This is a waste of resources. We have to limit use of paper towels and its' really easy to dry your wet hand completely with just one.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

Anand Athinarayanan 10/15/2018 3:27 AM

I created a new challenge for something that I've been doing for a long time. Limit use of paper towels and/or use just one to dry your wet hands at bathrooms in your workplace and outside. Paper towels may look free but they come at a heavy cost for the environment.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Five minute showers are an impressive step toward reducing your water footprint. What is the next step you can take?

Anand Athinarayanan 10/11/2018 6:57 AM

I modified this challenge a bit. In addition to timing my shower time I bought a 3.5 Gallon bucket and a small cup. In the shower I filled up the bucket and used the cup to bathe. I had to fill the bucket 4 times up to the brim. So now I know I actually used 14Gallons of water for my morning shower. I never would have known this if I just stood under the shower :)

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Anand Athinarayanan 10/09/2018 5:50 AM

After the recent glooming IPCC report from UN on Climate Change, saving the planet has never been more important.

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