Anna Belardo

SAGE EcoLogicals

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
572 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

60

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

8.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

120

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

120

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1.2

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

3.0

pounds

waste composted
UP TO

2.5

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

7.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Anna's actions

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 30-minute walk outside each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

High Impact Action Track

Zero-Waste Cooking

Food

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Create Your Own Action

DIY Home

When I finish a product that i use, i do not want to buy it again but rather make it myself with natural ingredients. i have done this with my cleaning products and next is my bathroom supplies. I made my own DEODORANT today and my next one is my own toothpaste.

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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
Food Reduce Animal Products

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?

Anna Belardo 10/14/2019 10:46 AM

Certain meats can be seen as higher status. The more meat consumed, the more CO2 released from cattle farming. Not everyone has to become vegetarian or vegan but reducing your personal meat consumption, starting with small weekly goals, can make a big difference in meat demand and with our happiness.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Go for a Daily Walk

How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?

Anna Belardo 10/14/2019 10:44 AM

I am able to hear the crunching of leaves, the dropping of acorns, my footsteps, birds, and the wind.

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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? How will you use your compost once it is ready?

Anna Belardo 10/10/2019 6:34 AM

Most of my actual trash is now food packaging which I try to avoid. My compost is doing very well and my critters love all the food! I use my compost to feed my tomato plants and flowers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
High Impact Action Track 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?

Anna Belardo 10/10/2019 6:32 AM

Making a vegetable broth

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- Louisa Lubiak 10/18/2019 5:48 AM
  
  Hi Anna! I love your comment about making a vegetable broth from the vegetable scraps. It didn't occur to me to use the "throwaway" parts of the veggies for making broth! :-)
  
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Anna Belardo 10/08/2019 6:20 AM

The NJ Climate Data is a great way to feel the individual impact of greenhouse gases since it is NJ specific. The whole theory of global climate change is daunting and an overwhelming thought. To narrow it down to our state, can make one feel that they can make a difference. Trying to change personal things to reduce the effects of climate change for the WORLD seems like an unreachable goal. But to help out your own state, now that is more feasible.

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