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Paula Holmes

The Florida Aquarium

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 530 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
  • UP TO
    23
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    18
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    10
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    24
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill

Paula's actions

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Share My Actions

I will make my environmental actions visible by sharing about them on my social media networks and the Plastic Free Ecochallenge participant feed.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Kitchen

Go Strawless

I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own reusable straw.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Kitchen

Fill a Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 5 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Kitchen

Travel Eating

If traveling, I will bring my own snacks and meals in my own containers to avoid the waste of take-out containers.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Minimize Packaging

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Kitchen

Skip Plastic Bags

When possible, I will not use disposable bags when shopping, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Bathroom

Brush with Bamboo

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community
    Have you noticed a difference in how your community, friends, and family members use plastics since you've shared your own actions?

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    Paula Holmes 7/13/2023 7:18 AM
    I have friends and family that are curious about how they can reduce their plastic use. People want to know how Flaq as an institution came to be involved in plastic reduction.

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    Paula Holmes 7/05/2023 2:47 PM
    This is harder to remember on the weekends!! I can do better next time!!

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    Paula Holmes 7/01/2023 11:14 AM
    I feel like I am definitely more mind full of my plastic use.

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Kitchen
    Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.

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    Paula Holmes 7/01/2023 11:12 AM
    In smaller restaurants I have noticed I do not get served a straw in my drink as before. I have seen more people carry their own reusable straw.