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April 1 - April 30, 2020
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Heather Nelson

The Hartford Environmental Action Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 132 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.8
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.8
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    2.0
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    42
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Heather's actions

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by prepping for 2 meal(s) each day, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Fresh Water

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 2 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Weekly Meal Planning
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?

    Heather Nelson's avatar
    Heather Nelson 4/20/2020 5:00 AM
    This does not surprise me. Food is often bought without a plan on how to use it. Even with a plan, things change and food rots and is thrown out. 

    Composting is always a good alternative to throwing out bad food. If possible, making shopping trips smaller, and getting only what you need for a few days and combining other trips is helpful to reduce waste. During the pandemic, this is obviously not ideal, but when shopping can resume to normal, it would help.

    If I had an extra $1500 a year, I would save it for a vacation.