Katie Minnehan

The Sustainable Loggers

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
162 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

7.0

organic meals

consumed
UP TO

21

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

35

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

conversation

with a person

Katie's actions

Consumption and Economy

Carry my Trash

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Water

Use Reusable Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 5 disposable plastic bottle(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Ecological Principles

Recycle Everything I Can

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community this week.

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

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day this week.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

A Call to Sustainability

Talk To Others

I will tell 1 people why sustainability is important to me and what my vision for a sustainable world is.

COMPLETED
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?

Katie Minnehan 5/04/2021 8:32 PM

I also was looking at the actions for the economy section and remember doing the trash exercise in high school. My AP Environmental Science teacher made us carry around our trash all day to make us realize how much waste we produced. She even had us tracking how many sheets of toilet paper we used 🤭.

I definitely want to try compost more in my house next year. I do at home and it not only creates more space in the trash can but is also more sustainable!

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Katie Minnehan 5/04/2021 8:30 PM

I forgot to mention a few things that I wanted to post on here. First, I went grocery shopping yesterday and I tried to buy local or organic when I could. I love shopping at Trader Joes for this reason because I think they really pride themselves on trying to support local and sustainable food options.

Another thing is about the transportation; my wifi prevented me from enjoying the second half of class, but I will continue to try to walk to campus when I can. It is too short a walk and the weather is too good (most of the time) for me to make up excuses as to why I couldn't!

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Katie Minnehan 4/26/2021 2:27 PM

The water discussion encouraged me to make more sustainable decisions at home. I had a conversation with my roommate and we have already implemented some policies to cut our water usage! I have found it difficult to make sustainable efforts as college students, but every little effort counts.

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Katie Minnehan 4/09/2021 10:10 AM

It was beneficial to me as an environmental policy major to get to participate in a zoom with one of Washington's congressmen.

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