Darlene Clark

Penn State College of Nursing Sustainability Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
565 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

20

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

5.0

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

20

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Darlene's actions

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Choose Recycled Paper

#70 Recycled Paper

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

#30 Methane Digesters (large), #64 Methane Digesters (small)

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Purchase a Carbon Offset

#43 Airplanes

If I buy a plane ticket, I will purchase a carbon offset.

UNCOMPLETED
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?

Darlene Clark 4/17/2019 6:12 PM

i have ridden my bike to work twice in the past week----finally!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?

Darlene Clark 4/12/2019 4:42 AM

I think that sustainability using "baby steps" is the best way to elicit behavior change. Even mentioning each time we shop in the grocery store, the need to discontinue the use of plastic bags helps--if enough people keep saying it, perhaps management of the store would change their policy.

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Darlene Clark 4/05/2019 12:56 PM

I watched a video from Michigan on methane digestors

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Darlene Clark 2/19/2019 11:46 AM

I will try to learn more about biodigesters

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