Ruby Ly

Winooski Spartans Climate & Energy

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
350 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

120

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

9.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

100

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

tree

planted

Ruby's actions

Land Use

Plant Trees

#15 Afforestation

I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Stay on the Ground

#43 Airplanes, #63 Telepresence

Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. telepresence, vacation locally).

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Plant Trees

How is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?

Ruby Ly 4/05/2019 9:56 AM

Planting in general is good for the environment. Let's say you plant some fruit in a garden. You wouldn't have to go to the store to buy fruits and you would have access to it with driving a car to the store AND you wouldn't need to use plastic bags to contain the fruit. If you don't use a car to get to the store, you can prevent CO2 from going into the atmosphere, which could possibly make the greenhouse effect stronger. If you don't use plastic bags to contain the fruit, you would save the ocean because the plastic wouldn't become pollution and marine life would not get harmed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Smaller Portions

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of eating smaller portions?

Ruby Ly 4/05/2019 9:25 AM

When you eat less food, there is more food left to share with other people who might need it. We can also make smaller portions, and we would use less ingredients. With the ingredients we don't use, we can give it away to others.

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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?

Ruby Ly 4/03/2019 9:39 AM

What I enjoyed about the walks was that I could get fresh air and could enjoy the nice scenery around the city.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Composting

Producing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?

Ruby Ly 4/03/2019 9:36 AM

Fertilizer motivates me to change my behavior because if I compost, I can make more fertilizer, and then I can use it to grow more plants and vegetables for my family.

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- Mr McNally 4/03/2019 4:33 PM
  
  Do you compost at home? We are trying to get more composting done at the school as well. Maybe you can help us organize this better?
  
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