Ruth Griswold

Community Team

Points Total

0 Today
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227 Total

Participant Impact

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2

documentaries

watched
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14

organic meals

consumed
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70

minutes

spent outdoors
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14

zero-waste meals

consumed

Ruth's Actions

Consumption and Economy

Learn About Alternatives to the GDP

I will research alternatives (like Gross National Happiness) to measuring economic livelihood and the health of a nation.

Uncompleted
One-Time Action

Consumption and Economy

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

Completed
One-Time Action

Consumption and Economy

Visit a Waste Management Facility

I will visit a local dump/transfer station, material recovery facility, and/or landfill to learn about the waste stream.

Uncompleted
One-Time Action

Consumption and Economy

Watch a Documentary

I will watch one of the films suggested in the additional resources and discuss it with friends or family.

Completed
One-Time Action

Visions of Sustainability

Eco-friendly Gardening

I will plant native species, landscape with water-efficient plants, and use eco-friendly fertilizers.

Completed
One-Time Action

Food

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about food with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

Completed
One-Time Action

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

Completed
One-Time Action

Ecological Principles

Practice Gratitude for Earth

This week, I will spend 10 minute(s) each day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and the nature surrounding me.

Completed
One-Time Action

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero waste each day this week.

Completed
One-Time Action

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day this week.

Completed
One-Time Action

A Call to Sustainability

Pay Attention to Current Events

I will watch or read the news each day this week with a specific focus on sustainability issues and happenings.

Completed
One-Time Action

Feed

Ruth Griswold 8/25/2021 8:14 AM

One of most significant ongoing life changes to support sustainability is using dish cloths instead of paper towels for 99% of kitchen and household clean up. The cloths are cheap, I have about 30, and instead of reaching of for a paper towel - reach for a cloth. if it is just wet, hang it on a hook, it will dry. If it is truly dirty, put in the its laundry bin. These are the only items I wash in hot water (with steam) to sanitize each week. I have not purchased paper towels in over a year. There are some nasty things that will cause me to use paper, but they are rare indeed.

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