Jessica McShea

EarthSavers

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
620 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

57

disposable cups

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

advocacy action

completed
UP TO

170

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

10

hours

volunteered
UP TO

30

miles

traveled by foot
UP TO

40

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

30

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

63

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill

Jessica's actions

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

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

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 2 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to 1.61 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Track my Purchases

I will spend 10 minutes each day maintaining a record of all my purchases and learning about my spending habits.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 10 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

COMPLETED
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?

Jessica McShea 10/22/2019 10:18 AM

In an effort to reduce paper waste, I noticed at self check out at Harris Teeter, you can choose not to get a receipt before you put in your payment. Now if we could only do that for CVS and their 3 ft receipts.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle

While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?

Jessica McShea 10/18/2019 3:50 PM

places of business should be more receptive to allowing people to carrying reusable bottles with them, such as movie theaters, concert venues

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Walk Instead

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?

Jessica McShea 10/18/2019 3:48 PM

those short trips for me are primarily comprised of running errands: grocery shopping, health appointments. i make a conscious effort to group my errands together, so i am able to to check off all those errands with one trip, rather than multiple trips, this reducing the car travel.

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Jessica McShea 10/17/2019 7:28 AM

Have been researching ways to reduce my plastic consumption. I found this cleaning product called Blueland which provides a glass bottle for the cleaner and refills in pod form. https://www.blueland.com/pages/how-it-works

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