Ben Jamin

South Carolina Aquarium

"Clean Water"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
540 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted

Ben's actions

Bedroom

Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 15 minutes learning about the costs of fast fashion and begin trying to practice sustainable fashion in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Study

Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Study

Estimate Your Ecological Footprint

I will calculate my ecological footprint, and from the results brainstorm and take action on ways I can reduce my annual footprint.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Study

Buy Only What I Need

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Bathroom

Brush with Bamboo

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Cook a Plastic Free Meal

I will prepare meals at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Ben Jamin 7/31/2023 4:40 PM
Need to make this a year around app! Challenge forsure!

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Ben Jamin 7/27/2023 5:16 PM
No excess here. Reduce reuse recycle! 🇺🇸

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Study

What did you learn about your ecological footprint by using the calculator? What did or didn't surprise you? What are some ways you will take action to reduce your footprint?
Ben Jamin 7/27/2023 5:15 PM
Take out pizza in a cardboard box 🍕

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Study

As you have reduced your spending, what have you noticed about your 'health and safety' purchasing habits? How might this change your longer term purchasing decisions?
Ben Jamin 7/26/2023 7:09 PM
Reduce, reuse, recycle, and buy in bulk actually helps save money on grocery expenses and environmental footprint

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Ben Jamin 7/26/2023 7:07 PM
Cardboard box pasta, glass jar sauce. 🍝

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Kitchen

Do an inventory of your kitchen to see how many single-use plastics you've used in the past. What are some resuable alternatives to these commonly used products? What would your impact be if you switched all the single-use products from your inventory to reusable?
Ben Jamin 7/22/2023 3:07 PM
Leftovers for the win 🥘 In general, to-go and food delivery has a large environmental impact and carbon footprint. Eating in more often reduces single use plastic and carbon emissions.

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Ben Jamin 7/22/2023 3:04 PM
Litter sweep today! Downtown Charleston 🏡 ! SC Aquarium 🐢 Library 📚

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