Brianna Knight

SUNY New Paltz

Points Total

0 Today
0 This Week
206 Total

Participant Impact

up to

14

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
up to

16

zero-waste meals

consumed
up to

16

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
up to

240

minutes

spent exercising

Brianna's Actions

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 8
DAILY 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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

Completed
One-Time Action

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 40 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Feed

Reflection Question
Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Brianna Knight 4/18/2019 12:14 PM

I use straws and food containers once. I noticed whenever I get nachos, the workers give people aluminum foil containers. Instead of the foil containers they could provide plastic containers so students could wash them and reuse them, possibly bring them back so they could be filled up with food each time they come

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Reflection Question
Materials Go Paperless

What do you want to prioritize over material 'stuff' in your own life?

Brianna Knight 4/17/2019 9:30 PM

I haven’t been one to care about material things. I’ll hold onto papers with meaning like photographs old documents stuff that has sentimental value but I hate to waste paper. I’m not a fan of receipts because people can just email you stuff. If it’s homework or notes I’d rather type it up or submit a document. Material things don’t interest me as much as they used to. Even clothing I’m thinking of just thrifting instead of buying new things to decrease the amount of money I put into people mass producing new products that get thrown out as well as supporting indirect slave labor.

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Reflection Question
Food Reduce Animal Products

In your opinion, what contributes to people in North America eating more meat than any other countries? What does this say about North American values and ways of living?

Brianna Knight 4/17/2019 9:28 PM

Countries cultures as well as how much they create for one another. Our culture is centered around meat and cattle to the point we are willing to boost hormones into our meat.

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Reflection Question
Food Zero-waste Cooking

How are environmental issues like black carbon and other emissions from cooking fires or rudimentary cookstoves also human health and social justice issues? Why do these issues matter to you?

Brianna Knight 4/17/2019 9:26 PM

The way we treat the earth comes back to impact our health and both go hand in hand. The emissions from mass meat farms end up going into our water as well as promote radiation which impacts not only the food but people living near the water as well as this mass factory farms.

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Reflection Question
Buildings and Cities Go for a Daily Walk

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?

Brianna Knight 4/17/2019 9:25 PM

My walks have been very calming. I did construction work back in Dominica so I got to see how the roads were created and how to do cement pours. It truly matters how u do those things because it creates a safe environment . I also noticed the way buildings are created, they have some left over grass in the back or give room for some trees basically providing space for something green to grow so it’s not only buildings.

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Brianna Knight 4/17/2019 9:23 PM

Didn’t realize we had to log everyday!!! Promise I haven’t been slacking!!

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