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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Scott Bruzik

The Hartford Environmental Action Team (HEAT)

"To educate more people about recycling options"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 445 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    8.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    420
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    0.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    7.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted

Scott's actions

Water

Install Greywater Catchment

I will install a greywater catchment system in my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Know My health

I will get my Core Four Biometrics tests (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and BMI).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 60 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 8
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 0 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Create Your Own Action

Walk at lunch every week day

Walk at lunch every week day

COMPLETED 6
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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Exercise Daily
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/12/2018 8:35 AM
    Go Hiking with friends/family or plan a team building event outdoors with you co-workers

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Know My health
    How do you deal with the physical and emotional stress of the big problems we face? How can you help others cope?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/11/2018 3:35 AM
    Take time for yourself, eat well and exercise daily.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Install Greywater Catchment
    What are some of the things that water provides for you?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/11/2018 3:34 AM
    Hydration, energy and health
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Mug
    Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reuseable one but it's just hard to make the switch. Think about what stands in your way of making this a habit. By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/09/2018 5:27 AM
    easy to know the difference, we need to get people to use them
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Personal Waste Audit
    Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/08/2018 7:12 AM
    I will recycle even more than I do now, which will impact the community, animals and planet                                                              
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/04/2018 5:16 PM
    I will R, R, R, R and R into my life style from 10-4-1
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Compost Food Waste
    New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? Do you know how your compost will be used and the benefits it has on the environment?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/02/2018 5:28 AM
                                       
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use Reusable Bags
    What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reuseable one with you? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to establish this a successful habit?

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    Scott Bruzik 10/02/2018 5:22 AM
    I always have extra bags, if not, I have been just purchasing additional ones when I go to the store to save from using plastic bags