Amanda Taylor

I will spend 15 minutes researching cattle feed and manure management, or visiting a dairy farm to learn about their farming practices.

Using the Seafood Watch guide, I will feature a sustainable seafood ingredient in a new recipe.

I will avoid buying and using 1 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

I will source 25 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 3.3lbs (1.6kg) a month by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions, and opting out of junk mail.

I will practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulbs with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.