James Black

SU Sustainability Warriors

"I will live richly but inexpensively and sustainably. "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
600 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

380

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

57

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

95

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

57

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill

James's actions

Simplicity

Meditate

I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 5 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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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
Water Say No to Plastic Straws

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

James Black 10/18/2019 9:22 AM

I typically don't take straws and have a reusable cup when I buy coffee or tea. I do use plastic vegetable bags at the grocery story when I buy broccoli but not for most other produce. I could reuse plastic grocery bags for this purpose or a fabric bag. I use plastic garbage bags, but because we recycle, that's only one bag a week, although I'd love to have a different solution.

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James Black 10/18/2019 9:17 AM

The challenge is going steadily for me this year.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Needs Vs. Wants

How is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?

James Black 10/16/2019 8:19 AM

Options that seem to be the simplest are usually marketed as such and have hidden complications. For example, highly processed foods are easy to prepare but usually full of ingredients we don't even think about. Simplicity requires time to learn about many options so we can use creativity to come up with solutions we want and understand.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Five minute showers are an impressive step toward reducing your water footprint. What is the next step you can take?

James Black 10/11/2019 2:07 PM

It's fortunate that I don't like to take long showers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Meditate

What would you like to invest more time in reflecting on?

James Black 10/10/2019 7:26 AM

How to keep negative thoughts from undermining my confidence.

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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?

James Black 10/09/2019 8:24 AM

I would guess that people in richer countries eat more meat because the process is expensive, so only wealthy countries can afford to set up the necessary infrastructure to produce and process meat. Eating meat supports a sector that exploits/destroys more and more natural resources in the short term, and in the long term, our planet will not be able to sustain us.

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