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Welcome to Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2023!

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Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums
Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2023
July 1 - July 31, 2023
Jessica Taylor's avatar

Jessica Taylor

Adventure Aquarium

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 516 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning

Jessica's actions

Bathroom

Green Beauty

When it's time to buy more, I will replace my beauty products with refillable, sustainable, and/or DIY options.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Bathroom

That Was a Close Shave

I will replace my disposable razors with steel razors.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Bedroom

Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 20 minutes learning about the costs of fast fashion and begin trying to practice sustainable fashion in my own life.

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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.

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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.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Try a New Recipe

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Kitchen
    How do you feel about being more involved in the food preparation process? Joyful, overwhelmed, engaged, empowered? What are the benefits of choosing to process or produce your own food instead of buying it pre-processed?
    Jessica Taylor's avatar
    Jessica Taylor 7/16/2023 12:52 PM
    man i hate cooking the most.
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    • Alicia Longo's avatar
      Alicia Longo 7/21/2023 8:04 AM
      COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THIS ONE! Figuring out dinner after getting home from work is NOT my favorite thing. Sooooo far from my favorite thing! Resisting the urge to order out is a struggle! When I do, I do my best to choose eco-conscious businesses or refuse single use plastics.

      Hope you enjoyed trying a new recipe that used little to no plastic packaging!
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    Jessica Taylor 7/06/2023 4:06 PM
    i am already pretty much entirely plastic free. or at least, single use plastics. pretty much everything i use is reuseable or recyclable. i can't afford otherwise haha.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Bathroom
    What have you noticed about the economic and social impact of switching to steel razors? Was there ever really a need for disposable razors, or do you think it was just a way to sell more things?
    Jessica Taylor's avatar
    Jessica Taylor 7/06/2023 4:03 PM
    reuseable razors are better quality than disposable anyways. just a learning curve
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