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Madeline Winans

Plastic Free July Planning Team

""It's actually far more rich and creative and exciting a world to preserve these things, than it is even in what we produce by exploiting them." -David Harbour"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 345 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    5.0
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    25
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    16
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    14
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Madeline's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 5 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 2.82 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 5 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Use Muscle Power

#49 Cars

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use
    How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?

    Madeline Winans's avatar
    Madeline Winans 4/05/2018 1:05 PM
    The coffee I make at my house is not certified by the Rainforest Alliance. I want to find a brand that has less of a negative impact on the environment, but I also want to support a Fair Trade Certified brand. I haven't yet been able to find a brand that has both certifications, but I'm still looking!

    • Krystina Jarvis's avatar
      Krystina Jarvis 4/06/2018 1:59 PM
      Please keep us posted if you find something!  I should look into the coffee I make at home too.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

    Madeline Winans's avatar
    Madeline Winans 4/05/2018 12:55 PM
    Walking, riding public transportation, and driving, (the three means of transport I typically use) all provide varied types of community engagement for me. When walking, I feel most engaged with my surroundings, and I am more likely to pay more attention to the community around me and have a greater appreciation for it. Public transportation sometimes allows for engagement with my fellow community members, but driving offers very limited options for this type of engagement with my surroundings. I would say from this perspective, walking is the most rewarding means of transport.