Evelyn Wright

BUS324 24 S

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participant impact

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799

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being mindful

Evelyn's actions

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Cook With Seaweed

Seaweed Farming

I will use seaweed in a new recipe.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

Reduced Food Waste

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Practice the 5 Rs

Recycling

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

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

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 18
DAILY ACTIONS

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
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks Cook With Seaweed

What recipe did you make and how did it turn out? Will you cook with seaweed again?

Evelyn Wright 4/16/2024 12:36 PM

I decided to make sushi as my recipe that contained seaweed. I went to Adam's and got all the ingredients (sushi rice, seaweed sheets, cucumbers, mangoes, avocados, salmon, canned crab). We made many plates of sushi for his parents and us for dinner. It was a little difficult to make the rolls in the beginning but in the end we started to get the hang of it. We will in the future make more sushi rolls because we had a fun time making them and they turned out really yummy.

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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?

Evelyn Wright 3/12/2024 3:48 PM

One of the hardest items to reduce was water bottles. It was so convenient when I was out to buy a plastic water bottle out of vending machines or grab one at work. I instead started using my reusable water bottle more which saved me from using a lot of plastic water bottles that are not reusable. I also switched to a electronic toothbrush which is cutting my plastic usage down to just the heads of the toothbrush. In the future I could also invest in a bamboo toothbrush instead to save more on plastic usage.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Practice the 5 Rs

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?

Evelyn Wright 3/12/2024 3:43 PM

The 5 "Rs" for this challenge are refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle. One R that I can add to my daily practice is recycle. I try to recycle as many products that I can throughout my day between school, work, and home. Another R that I can add to my daily practice is reuse. I have a reusable water bottle that I use everyday for school. My family as repurposes mason jars or other containers to hold leftover food so it doesn't go to waste. I can reduce my plastic usage and buy better sustainable products.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Reduce Food Waste

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. Where would you rather use this money?

Evelyn Wright 2/27/2024 7:23 AM

240 Ibs of food for one American a year is a crazy amount of food wastage. That food could be used to feed so many people. I am shocked about how much an average family of four spends on food that they throw away. There is so many other ways to use $1,500 rather than something that has no gain to us or the environment. My family could use that money to pay bills like to pay our cars, heating, etc. We could even use it to by more food in the future that we need.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Eat Mindfully

Mindful eating is healthier for us than eating with distractions. How does your eating experience differ when practicing mindfulness?

Evelyn Wright 2/27/2024 7:18 AM

I usually like to watch Netflix when eating my lunch or once in a while my family will leave the TV on as we eat dinner. My eating experience differs greatly when practicing mindfulness. Emotionally I feel more calm, I eat at a slower pace, and if I am eating with someone I am more present in our conversations. I have also realized that I eat less food because I am more present in how much my body needs and how much I am eating.

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