Shannon McWeeny

Team Ramblers

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
192 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

2.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

61

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Shannon's actions

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 3
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 2 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?
Shannon McWeeny 10/10/2018 8:43 AM
I don't necessarily save any money from this action, as I just use my apartment buildings washing machine. However, I didn't realize this small change (washing my clothes in cold water instead of warm/hot) would save so much energy! This was such a small change for me to make, and it made no difference to how my clothes felt or how clean they were, so I feel like this is a super easy change for everyone to make every time they do laundry

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

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?
Shannon McWeeny 10/03/2018 3:18 PM
I usually do most of my shopping at Aldi which really promotes the use of reusable bags, so it's not out of the ordinary for me to choose a reusable bag over a plastic, disposable one. Whenever I am out and need to go shopping but I dont have one on me, i usually just purchase one at whatever store Im at (they're only like $2 at Aldi!) that way at least I'll have an extra one around the house for the future. However, I usually at least have a backpack with me, so if I just have a few items, I am able to put them in there and avoid a bag altogether

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