Cay Bessey

CSUMB Green Team SP24

"This beautiful world is worth saving. "

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Cay's actions

Buildings

Research Heat Pumps

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps

I will spend at least 20 minutes researching heat pumps to see if installing one makes sense for my home/building.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Smart Seafood Choices

Ocean Farming

I will visit seafoodwatch.org and download the app to commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Plastics Audit

Reduced Plastics

I will complete a plastics audit to see where plastics show up in my life and determine how I can reduce the use of single-use plastics.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 4 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

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

REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings Research Heat Pumps

Why is taking action on climate change important to you? Why do you care?

Cay Bessey 3/21/2024 1:09 PM

Because I love this planet and it deserves to be healthy.

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Cay Bessey 3/18/2024 11:34 AM

Plastic is nearly impossible to fully avoid but I am thinking about steps that I can take ahead of time to avoid cumilating unnecessary plastic.

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Cay Bessey 3/18/2024 11:34 AM

I found this site a bit a hard to navigate. I do think it would be helpful if they changed the interface but overall it was helpful for me.

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Cay Bessey 3/18/2024 11:33 AM

I am currently renting a room in a beautiful to two individuals who are environmentally conscious. I reached out to them with further information on heat pumps! They seem like a no brainer to install and if I had my own house I would be on board

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Plastics Audit

What was the hardest item to reduce using or cut out that is plastic? Did you find a way to do it?

Cay Bessey 3/08/2024 7:28 PM

Food and drinks! I am doing my best to not purchase things that are individually wrapped, I try my best to stick to glass, but overall this is challenging considering that everything is wrapped in plastic.

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- Suzanne Worcester 3/20/2024 5:05 PM
  
  One thing that has helped me to reduce plastic is to bring my own bags (bread, tortilla, etc. bags) to the Farmer's market (or even a grocery store) and fill them. At the Farmer's market in Monterey (the Del Monte Mall) on Friday mornings you can get bread, fish, pastries, nuts, refillable olive oil bottles, flowers, and of course tons of fruits and veggies. Almost everything you can put in your own bags (and they have meats and salami too for carnivores-- those are packaged)-- and I forgot the goat cheeses and raw milk cheeses.
  
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Cay Bessey 3/07/2024 12:16 PM

Going well! I am doing plastic audit on my daily life and realizing that there are smaller choices that I can make everyday to minimize the amount of plastics that I am using. I don't see the possibility of getting rid of it entirely but I do see where I can make the improvements.

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