Debra HODGE

Multnomah County

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
281 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

68

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

690

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

180

minutes

spent learning

Debra's actions

Simplicity

Buy Used Clothes

I will spend 10 minutes learning about the perils of fast fashion and will buy my clothes at second-hand stores when I shop.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 4 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.

COMPLETED 17
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 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Debra HODGE 10/25/2018 8:25 AM
Wasn't able to meet it every day, but made me more aware to try!

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Debra HODGE 10/25/2018 8:24 AM
Learned I could take a few moments and appreciate our resources, Mother Nature and think more about the choices I make and how it affects it all!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Debra HODGE 10/03/2018 9:23 AM
Recently I've become more aware of 'disposables'.....I take my cup with me to Dutch Bros (shameless plug!) when I buy coffee, have started bringing my own bags for produce to the store besides my shopping bags, stopped disposable straws all together for whatever I am drinking (which is normally water or coffee, so who needs a straw for that) and am getting better about 'disposables' in general.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity

Do people with economic privilege have a responsibility to consume and own less? How can the concept of "reduce" be presented to those who may be struggling to have enough food, clothes, shelter?
Debra HODGE 10/03/2018 9:17 AM
While I don't feel it's a responsibility for those who are privileged to consume and own less, I do believe that those who have economical stability should share. If, to them, that means owning less by contributing to causes that's fine.
Showing those who are struggling for basics ways to reduce their waste (many "use and dispose" for convenience) would be the only way I could think of to present the concept to reduce. If they are struggling to have food, clothes and shelter, they would not have anything else to reduce in the first place!

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