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June 14 - July 18, 2021

capstone summer 21

Portland State University

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 2,309
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    84
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    56
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    196
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    7.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    98
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    4.0
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    72
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    11
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    267
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    91
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    14,715
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    10
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    9.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    5.0
    neighbors
    met
  • UP TO
    2.0
    petitions
    signed
  • UP TO
    420
    minutes
    spent outdoors

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  • July 15 at 12:22 PM
    Another ecochallenge that I am taking on (for session 8) is using deck materials that have already been used to make a larger deck instead of keeping more lawn in my backyard. This will mean less water required for watering a lawn. 
  • July 15 at 10:01 AM
    I've been keeping track of my purchase, and I notice something. I had some periods of not spending at all, and then at some periods I would buy things here and there. I do notice how wasteful company deal with packaging. It's great that Amazon would offer option to receive everything in one package one day, but it results in a longer delay in...
  • July 14 at 1:16 PM
    Over this past month I have made efforts to eat mainly vegan or at the very least vegetarian. I have slipped up more than a few times, but generally I feel better when I eat like this. Last summer I ate vegan for the entire 3 months and I definitely saw the benefits of it. Unfortunately it takes more willpower and planning then I have had this...
  • July 14 at 9:05 AM
    I just moved to Eugene on Monday and my partner and I have been trying our best to buy local and support Eugene's many small businesses. Our biggest haul was from a company called "Marley's Monsters" who sell a lot of handmade reusable items (marleysmonsters.com). We ended up getting the reusable cloth "paper" towels,...
  • July 13 at 11:10 PM
    Under the "consumption and economy" tab I chose to not buy anything except items required for health and safety. This went quite well for me I believe. Since the start of this class, I have really been able to lower my ecological footprint by lowering my food waste, etc. and this next step helped even more. I used to shop quite a bit...
  • July 13 at 8:15 AM
    I am visiting family out of town this week which has presented a great opportunity to support local businesses I wouldn't otherwise be able to support. We have been buying coffee from local coffee shops and shopping from local jewelry and clothing boutiques. It has been really fun to do this while traveling instead of going to a mall and...
  • July 12 at 5:01 PM
    I went on a walk today downtown. I discovered a few parks that brought an interactive experience for community members. (It ties into my project so I will be adding it). One of the parks was Tanner Springs Park. It is a sustainable park that was a formerly a contaminated industrial site. It is now a sustainable natural park. It was like looking...
  • July 12 at 10:43 AM
    This week I watched the story of bottled water, it was interesting to hear,  I had no idea how much. bottled water we go through or that some brands of bottled water are really just filtered tap water. I think coming from Oregon we get kind of blessed with tap water that actually tastes good. This makes sense for me as whenever I go out of...
  • July 10 at 6:26 PM
    My bathroom has a leaky faucet AND the toilet recently started running non stop. I've been extra conscious about  about tightening the sink handle and jiggling the toilet handle to prevent wasting water, but I finally contacted my apartment neighbor who's in charge of building maintenance and we scheduled a plumber for this monday.
  • July 10 at 6:09 PM
    Hola! Class, I volunteer for a community activity once a week for 1-2 hours online chat for the aging with disabilities: they present with signs of memory loss and some in early stage Dementia. Families set up the online skype, Facetime, via desktop, laptop etc.,and I'll engage with each individual about topics specific to their life history....

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