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Welcome to 2019 People's Ecochallenge!

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2019 People's Ecochallenge
October 2 - October 23, 2019
Tanique Lawrence's avatar

Tanique Lawrence

The Hartford Environmental Action Team (HEAT)

Tanique's points

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 192 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    50
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.0
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    33
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill

Tanique's 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 5 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY 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 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 3 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Tanique Lawrence's avatar
    Tanique Lawrence 10/03/2019 10:57 AM
    My Husband also decided to aid me in this challenge twice the efforts to reduce waste.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    Choosing two-sided printing can be an easy adjustment on your computer settings. How can you help others make this same switch? Can it be encouraged company wide?
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    Tanique Lawrence 10/02/2019 10:27 AM
    We really should not need to print with the amount of digital access available today! If you need to printing double sided can help you better organize and helps you carry around less paper.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reusable one, but it's just hard to make the switch. What stands in your way of making this a habit? By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?
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    Tanique Lawrence 10/02/2019 10:25 AM
    The main obstacle is remembering to bring a reusable cup. I often like to reduce the amount of items I carry around a daily basis to avoid looking like a bag lady. The environment is more important than how I look.
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