Tracy Stimac

Comerica Bank

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
408 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

16

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

240

minutes

spent exercising

Tracy's 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

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 16
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 18
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 14
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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

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).

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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Tracy Stimac 4/21/2019 4:52 PM

Beautiful day, beautiful walk today!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Recycle Everything I Can

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle? How does considering implementing these "R's" make you feel?

Tracy Stimac 4/21/2019 4:51 PM

I've been increasing my recycling for the last 3 years. Now that I've been recycling I need to start focusing on reducing what I buy that needs recycling. Some weeks I can't believe how much recycling we are taking out to the curb. Need to reduce plastic!

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Tracy Stimac 4/20/2019 6:40 AM

Keeping track of food waste is definitely impacting my food shopping and food preparation. If you haven't done it, give it a try.

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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?

Tracy Stimac 4/15/2019 1:54 PM

My community has made a strong commitment to making the entire community walkable. We have side walks that connect a very large part of the community and more planned over the coming years. It's a large community and would take a lot of time to really walk all of it but I have several 4-5 mile routes that can be covered in a hour or so. I'm very lucky to live where I do.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Keep Track of Wasted Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?

Tracy Stimac 4/15/2019 1:50 PM

There are so many things that this $ could be better spent, offsetting sports team costs, vacations, etc... Keeping this log is helping to raise more visibility to the waste my family has and how we need to be better at buying only what we'll use.

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Tracy Stimac 4/15/2019 1:46 PM

Getting close to the last week of the challenge, need to focus on doing my one-time challenges.

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Tracy Stimac 4/13/2019 4:36 PM

Beautiful spring day for walking!

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Tracy Stimac 4/11/2019 7:44 AM

It's tough to get out and walk after work. I need to shift on those days that schedules are tight and do some walking in the building during the day.

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Tracy Stimac 4/07/2019 8:53 AM

Day one of walking on Saturday has already blistered my foot. Should have been doing this regularly all along and not needed the challenge to do it but glad the challenge is getting me out there again.

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Tracy Stimac 4/07/2019 8:51 AM

New fire drill work request that took up Thursday and Friday had a derailing affect on me and I did not achieve all of my daily activities. Back to working them into my daily schedule for the weekend.

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