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Henry Markison

FIT Academy Charter School

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 176 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    49
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    63
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    42
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Henry's actions

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 7 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 9 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 6 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
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
    Waste Skip the Straw
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

    Henry Markison's avatar
    Henry Markison 4/09/2019 6:50 AM
         

    • Grace York's avatar
      Grace York 4/09/2019 6:39 PM
      Really?!? Why won't you take this seriously and TRY to answer the questions.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Mug
    Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reuseable one but it's just hard to make the switch. Think about what stands in your way of making this a habit. By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?

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    Henry Markison 4/09/2019 6:49 AM
                                      
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use Reusable Bags
    What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reuseable one with you? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to establish this a successful habit?

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    Henry Markison 4/09/2019 6:49 AM
                                                                               
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle
    While water bottles serve an important role in places for health and safety, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. Can you identify the barriers in making this a new habit? How can you set yourself up for success in making this a permanent change?

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    Henry Markison 4/09/2019 6:47 AM
                                          


    • Grace York's avatar
      Grace York 4/09/2019 6:37 PM
      Well, since you didn't answer this, I might as well. One barrier would be for example if you had been doing this for a long time, like every day for 3 weeks, then it would be really hard to go back to using reusable cups. You could set up yourself for success by maybe putting reusable cups where your non-reusable cups were. That might tell you: You need to start using these instead. :)