Mark Swingle

VAQ vs SUP

"Tiny grains from stone ~ Micro bits from us ~ Sands of time"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,331 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

community event

hosted or attended
UP TO

48

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

5.0

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

19

conversations

with people
UP TO

735

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

5.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Mark's actions

Kitchen

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 1 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Study

Say No to Styrofoam

Throughout its life cycle, polystyrene (styrofoam) can harm people, communities, and the planet. I will refuse styrofoam whenever I can, making sure to kindly let people know why I'm asking for alternative packaging.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 10 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 31
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

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

Advocate For Better Food Packaging

I will advocate for alternatives to single use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, or work.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Mark Swingle 7/29/2023 7:18 PM
In the home stretch! Have definitely cleaned the state park of plastic debris on my daily walks. Looking forward to a great last few days. 👍👍

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- Allie Hobgood 7/31/2023 10:12 AM
  Woo hoo! Thanks for all of your contributions this month and always Mark!
  
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Mark Swingle 7/21/2023 9:09 PM
Traveled to Greensboro NC for a concert and grabbed some plastic trash on the trip. Awesome show and righteous vibes. Cheers

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Mark Swingle 7/11/2023 8:01 PM
Finally finished cleaning up pieces of water balloons from my street! What a mess following July 4th parade. Maybe we will do better next year.

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Mark Swingle 7/08/2023 6:24 AM
Picked up 200+ more water balloon pieces yesterday! This could go on for weeks!

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Mark Swingle 7/05/2023 8:50 AM
Cleaned up bits and pieces of water balloons after the July 4th parade. There must be thousands of them!

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Mark Swingle 7/02/2023 5:19 PM
Off on our fight with SUP! Had a good first two days and looking forward to the battle 👍

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