Pooja Kashyap

Hennebery Eddy Architects

"If everyone did what you did, would the world be a better or worse place?"

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Pooja's actions

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

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Buildings and Cities

Explore Other Buildings and Cities Solutions

All Buildings and Cities Solutions

I will spend at least 15 minutes researching other Drawdown Buildings and Cities Solutions.

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Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 15 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

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Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

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Electricity Generation

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

#29 Wave and Tidal

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of wave and tidal energy.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Forest-Friendly Foods 1

How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?

Pooja Kashyap 4/25/2018 8:54 AM

I drink a cup (or more) of coffee every day. I'm now going to look for the shade-grown or rainforest alliance certification on the coffee I buy. I'm still unclear about where Stumptown stands on all of this...

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Now that you know the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates, how will you view expiration dates differently?

Pooja Kashyap 4/25/2018 8:53 AM

Every week when we get groceries, I write the use by, sell by, and freeze by dates on the refrigerator white board. This has helped us reduce food waste.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

What did you learn about wave and tidal energy? Were you surprised by the information you found?

Pooja Kashyap 4/25/2018 8:52 AM

"The United States receives 2,100 terawatt-hours of incident wave energy along its coastlines each year, and tapping just one quarter of this potential could produce as much energy as the entire U.S. hydropower system. Oregon and Washington have the strongest wave energy resource in the lower 48 states and could eventually generate several thousand megawatts of electricity using wave resources. Several sites in Washington’s Puget Sound with excellent tidal resources could be developed, potentially yielding several hundred megawatts of tidal power."

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities Explore Other Buildings and Cities Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Pooja Kashyap 4/25/2018 8:49 AM

Out of the 10 building solutions identified, we do almost all of these! The list was building automation, green roofs, heat pumps, insulation, LED lighting, net-zero buildings, retrofitting, smart glass, smart thermostats, and solar hot water.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Pooja Kashyap 4/25/2018 8:40 AM

We switched out our plastic vegetable bags for washable mesh ones- we found them in the fresh produce area at Fred Meyer.

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Pooja Kashyap 4/13/2018 10:38 AM

Halfway through!

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Pooja Kashyap 4/06/2018 12:52 PM

I just learned that the coffee we have at our office is Shade Grown Certified- that means it isn't contributing to deforestation!

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- Amber Nobe 4/07/2018 10:10 PM
  
  Awesome! ☕️
  
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Pooja Kashyap 4/04/2018 1:57 PM

I didn't realize my daily coffee could be contributing to deforestation! Now I know what to look for on labels- Rainforest Alliance Certified and "shade-grown."

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Pooja Kashyap 4/02/2018 5:10 PM

This is shaping up to be a really great team! Thanks to all who have joined!

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