Joanne Fazzari

I will prepare meals at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

I will spend 10 minutes learning about the costs of fast fashion and begin trying to practice sustainable fashion in my own life.

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA-approved reusable quart-sized bag.

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

I will swap out 5 prepackaged snacks a day for fresh fruits or veggies.

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community that follows the CDC’s current guidelines for prevention of disease transfer.

I will give up gum or choose gum made from chicle or other plastic-free gum bases.

I will only pack reusable cutlery, drinkware and tupperware-like containers in my children's lunches to reduce plastic waste.

I will give a shout-out on social media to a local company, coworker, friend or family member for their plastic free or green efforts.

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 20 minutes researching which materials are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community and recycle only those items.

I will replace my pet's shampoo with an eco-friendly shampoo bar or refillable shampoo option.

I will paint rooms in my home with low/no VOC or natural paints.

I will make my environmental actions visible by posting to my social media networks.

Throughout its life cycle, polystyrene (styrofoam) can harm people, communities, and the planet. I will refuse styrofoam whenever I can, making sure to kindly let people know why I'm asking for alternative packaging.