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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Jacob Colanero's avatar

Jacob Colanero

JFK Awesome Possums

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 110 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    25
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    50
    minutes
    spent exercising

Jacob's actions

Create Your Own Action

Bottle returns

Help the enviroment

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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

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a walk for 10 minutes each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Jacob Colanero's avatar
    Jacob Colanero 10/16/2019 7:05 AM
    I've been saving up bottles for bottle returns which helps, ive been using less water, I barley use plastic straws pretty much only metal, so my challenge is going good so far
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    • Susan Niver's avatar
      Susan Niver 10/19/2019 6:37 PM
      Keep recycling!
      Have you tried reusable beverage containers?
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  • Jacob Colanero's avatar
    Jacob Colanero 10/16/2019 7:01 AM
    I've been taking my dogs for a walk and its nice, I can't take them both at once or'll they'll never listen so i take 2 walks which is good for my health and theirs
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
    Jacob Colanero's avatar
    Jacob Colanero 10/16/2019 6:58 AM
    So I have not been using plastic straws for the past few weeks but my family has and i try to use metal straws when possible and make them use it instead of plastic. I'm also trying to recycle as much as possible and its not much help for the planet but it helps!
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    • Jacob Colanero's avatar
      Jacob Colanero 10/16/2019 7:07 AM
      didn't know it was asking me a question I thought i was just posting sorry
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