"To educate, promote and inspire more sustainable choices in everyone I meet"
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682
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participant impact
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76
gallons of water
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locally sourced meals
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64
miles
not traveled by car
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64
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traveled by foot
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240
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food waste prevented
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58
pounds of CO2
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waste audit
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zero-waste meals
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Peggy's actions
Waste
Personal Waste Audit
I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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
Buy From a Farmers Market
I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Simplicity
De-Clutter My Home
I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Transportation
Walk Instead
I will walk 8 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to 6.89 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.
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Health
Happiness
I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.
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Food
Locally-Sourced Meals
I will source 1 meal(s) each day from local producers.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Nature
Explore My Area
I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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
WastePersonal Waste Audit
Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?
Probably bananas. Generally speaking we eat what`s in season. The exceptions are bananas, cucumbers and eggplant. It helps that apples can be kept in cold storage because we eat those a lot through most of the year.
I just made laundry detergent from horse chestnuts and it seems to have worked pretty well. Here’s the recipe:
Got horse chestnut trees around you? There are tons of these in PDX. It’s that time of year when they drop these wooden nuggets. Did you know you can make a very effective and completely zero-waste (and free!) laundry soap from them? Yup! Chop them in quarters while they’re still soft, or pound them with a hammer when they get tougher to expose the waxy nut inside - this has high saponin - the cleaning agent in soaps and detergents. Soak a big handful (shells are fine) in hot water for a few hours or overnight. It’s not exact science - maybe 3-5 chestnuts per cup - then strain. Use a 1/2 c-1 c of the liquid per load depending on size. Add a few drops of essential oil if you’d like! Cloths come out clean and soft. If you make a big batch all at once, keep the soap liquid in your fridge. 🌰🌰🌰
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?
A few years ago I discovered a recipe to make tomato sauce out of tomato skins. So now when I harvest all of my tomatoes and freeze them, I freeze the skins separately. I sometimes save carrot tops and other veggies for chicken stock, but our neighbors just got rabbits, so lately I`ve been saving them for her rabbits.
You can also save all your vegetables and fruit waste for composting. It's a great way to keep your plants healthy without buying chemical fertilizers. All you need is to add some apple cider vinegar with the mother, water and some sugar. that will kick start the composting effectively.
If you`re on FB, I recommend joining your local Buy Nothing Group. It`s a great way to get to know your neighbors, share items that you`re no longer using and receive goods that are new-to-you. Last weekend I picked up Columbia ski jacket & pants for my 13 year old who`s grown 3 inches in less than a year!
Showing and expressing gratitude, for me, fills my heart and just makes me happier. It`s really true that when you do or say something nice to others, you end up feeling better. That certainly motivates me to continue to spread good cheer and nothing bad can come of that.
Each time I think about buying something I try to stop myself and really think about whether or not I need it and/or truly LOVE it. Or am I just buying it because I have money in my pocket. More than half the time, I do pretty well, but I'd like to be more consistent.
If you check in every day during the first week (October 2-8) you`ll be entered in a drawing to win this reusable storage bag. If you missed a day, you can go back & record your activities for the previous day!
Half of all trips made in the US are three miles or less; 72% of them are driven. Do you feel that this fact applies to you? If so, how might you incorporate more muscle-powered transportation in your daily life?
Most of my trips are under 4 miles and 75% of those are done via walking, biking or bus. I tend to drive when the weather is really bad or when I work early. Need to get creative & figure out how I can continue using alternatives during those times.
Kimberly Tan 10/07/2019 8:35 PMYou can also save all your vegetables and fruit waste for composting. It's a great way to keep your plants healthy without buying chemical fertilizers. All you need is to add some apple cider vinegar with the mother, water and some sugar. that will kick start the composting effectively.
