Sean Yetter

Cleveland Clinic Sustainability

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
247 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

2.0

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

22

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

2.0

conversations

with people
UP TO

20

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

16

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

3.0

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Sean's actions

Community

Say No to Styrofoam

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.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Travel Toiletries

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Choose Reusable Food Storage

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Fill a Water Bottle

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

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip Plastic Bags

When possible, I will not use disposable bags when shopping, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Swap the Snacks

I will swap out 3 prepackaged snacks a day for fresh fruits or veggies.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 20 minutes learning about the costs of fast fashion and begin trying to practice sustainable fashion in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Family

Plastic Free Lunch Boxes

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Sean Yetter 7/07/2022 8:11 AM
Things are really going great, and I am feeling really good about my reduced carbon footprint

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle

What is the benefit of using bar soaps or refilling your travel sized containers? Is this an action you think you will keep in your life?
Sean Yetter 7/06/2022 9:30 AM
This is an action that will be very easy to maintain and keep in my life. It also makes it much easier to refill travel toiletries with my existing bathroom supply rather than buy new ones each time wasting the plastic.

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Sean Yetter 7/06/2022 9:22 AM
I would say the challenge is going very well so far. I have gotten into a good habit of bringing reusable bags to the grocery store. This weekend having been the Fourth of July would have been an easy time to fall back into wasteful habits, but it was easy and rewarding to be conscientious of my environmental choices.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Family

How does swapping out prepackaged snacks for fresh fruit or veggies benefit your family?
Sean Yetter 7/06/2022 9:20 AM
Performing this task helped both eliminate plastic waste and make my food choices healthier.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Sean Yetter 7/01/2022 9:38 AM
This challenge was difficult in that I had to make a conscientious effort to cut out plastic bags, planning my grocery store trip ahead of time and bringing reusable bags. What made this easy, however, was getting into the routine. I grab the bags with my keys, so easy.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?
Sean Yetter 7/01/2022 9:36 AM
With recycling also comes reusing. Many single-use plastics do not get that dirty and can be properly cleaned and reused. This allows us to decrease the number of disposables we go through while eating.

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Sean Yetter 7/01/2022 9:33 AM
This ecochallenge has really made me reevaluate the way I employ reusable and nonreusable materials in my every day life. By packing my lunch in a reusable container and a reusable bag, I avoid having to add to landfills and polluting even more. I feel like this consideration has greatly decreased the carbon footprint I am leaving behind.

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