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April 1 - April 30, 2020
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April 1 - April 30, 2020

SIUE Reducers

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

To support SIUE staff, students, faculty, and administrators as they develop new and refine old sustainability behaviors and skills.

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 722
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    68
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    130
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    3.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.4
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    3.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    2.9
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

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  • April 8 at 3:02 PM
    It's April already? I'm off to a slow start but here I am. I'll try to do better. That's what this is all about anyway, right? 
  • April 8 at 2:52 PM
    I started composting about 7 years ago, but not consistently. I'm ready to get back in the habit! 
  • April 7 at 11:26 AM
    What is your household size and how many trash bags do you go through each week?  We are a family of 4, 2 adults, 2 kids, 14 and 7 with 1 dog and 4 cats.  We fill one trash bag weekly and recycle and compost all we can as well.
  • April 7 at 11:23 AM
    Things are going well considering how little I am actually traveling out given the COVID-19 situation.  Our weekly trash remains at 1 bag/week with the remaining items going to compost (egg shells, coffee grounds), worm bin, my Slim Shady dog, recycling, and finally trash.  My boyfriend is a plastics recycling specialist and insists we recycle...
  • March 18 at 2:59 PM
    Ok folks. This is the STL U.S. Green Building Council group team:  usgbc-missouri-gateway-chapter.  Let's keep an eye on these folks and perhaps we can bring in and on a challenge! ;-)
  • March 18 at 2:53 PM
    Wow!  Just went through and edited my actions on my laptop and not using my phone.  Here's the breakdown!  20 actions (some I already do) total.  HM,,,, should I do the carbon footprint and water footprint calculators BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the Earth Day EcoChallenge?!  I think so.  Link to come in a future post! I think the most important...
  • March 11 at 7:45 PM
    I do always require a drink in hand.  When I used to work at QT I went through several straws a day. Since I left, I purchased stainless steel straws, I primarily buy soda in aluminum cans and have a reusable stainless steel to for coffee mug ☕️ 

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