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2018 People's Ecochallenge

October 3 - October 24, 2018

Samantha Piers-VanderPloeg

Sustainable Saints

Points Total

0 Today
0 This Week
454 Total

Participant Impact

up to

15

pounds of paper

have been saved
up to

18

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
up to

630

minutes

spent exercising

Samantha's Actions

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Feed

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?

Samantha Piers-VanderPloeg 10/05/2018 10:41 AM

I try my best to encourage co-workers to walk with me at lunch. In addition, I spend one weekend day outside with my family, on a hike, farmers market, park or in our backyard in order to instill in my children a love and respect of nature and what it offers us.

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Reflection Question
Food Weekly Meal Planning

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?

Samantha Piers-VanderPloeg 10/05/2018 10:32 AM

This does not surprise me at all. I know I throw out food that has gone bad due to the kids refusing to eat or forgetting my lunch at home for the day. I think that we all allow convenience to rule over frugality and sustainability at times. I would love to be able to put that money into saving for my retirement; to protect my kids from elderly care costs.

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