Kevin Costello

SouthCoast Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
226 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

40

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

3.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Kevin's actions

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Energy

Heat and Cool Naturally

I will naturally heat and cool my house, office, or dorm room by opening or closing my windows, curtains, and blinds, and by using fans.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Adjust the Thermostat

I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 3
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 4 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Needs Vs. Wants

How is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?

Kevin Costello 10/24/2018 8:03 AM

Sometimes the simplest solution requires to think outside the box and creativity allows you to come up with unique simple solutions to problems.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Heat and Cool Naturally

What are other ways you could use the power of the sun to reduce your own environmental footprint?

Kevin Costello 10/24/2018 7:59 AM

Using solar powered electronics outside for path lights or spotlights helps reduce our own environmental footprint.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Adjust the Thermostat

Your utility company is able to tell you your average energy usage. Ask them how your energy usage compares to others in your zipcode, and in your state. What other steps can you take each day to reduce your electricity usage?

Kevin Costello 10/24/2018 7:58 AM

Turning off the lights when no one is there is essential to saving your electricity usage or if you are a person who sleeps with the tv on make sure you set the sleep timer so the tv is not on all night.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Zero-Waste Cooking

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?

Kevin Costello 10/24/2018 7:56 AM

Use the parts you usually don't eat and put it in soup or other broths to enhance the flavor.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Skip the Straw

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

Kevin Costello 10/22/2018 10:50 AM

One less straw, one less plastic bottle or bag can make the world a whole new place if we all did our parts to reuse old plastics, reduce new plastics you take or throw away, refuse new plastic bags, repair what you can to extend its life cycle and repurpose unconventional items to help you in your journey to reduce the number of plastics that end up in our oceans.

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