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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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed by this bottling process?

    Lanie Menk's avatar
    Lanie Menk 7/31/2022 9:48 PM
    Lobbying legislators and companies would be a good way to start—maybe start small with emails and see where that goes. 

  • Ana Casanova's avatar
    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 8:50 PM
    One of the things I learned from this that I will carry over is the eco paint information. I recently purchased a home and looking into redoing the paint in certain areas. This lead me to a paint recycle program (PaintCare)we can implement or partner with in my profession as well. 

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    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 8:20 PM
    I was surprised that Starbucks gave me a reusable cup. I was expecting. A disposable like always. I hadn’t planned to stop so I didn’t have my own cup with me. Now I keep this in my cars glove box for future use. Idk if this is at all Starbucks or just this location. 

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    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 7:49 PM
    Lint roller alternative! I recently adopted another dog and was going through lint roll refills like crazy. I finally found something I don’t have to buy single use sheets for. I found it at a warehouse type thrift shop. 

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    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 7:42 PM
    These are the safety razor blades we’ve been using for years and still haven’t made a dent in the box. Astra blades.

  • Lauren Potak's avatar
    Lauren Potak 7/31/2022 7:37 PM
    See ya’ll on the next challenge ! Fantastic job 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Personal Care
    Take a moment to estimate how many disposable daily contacts you may have used over the years. What would be your impact now of switching to a contact brand with a longer lifespan?

    Ana Casanova's avatar
    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 7:36 PM
    I’ve been collecting my lenses for a while. I was on weekly lenses, but will ask for monthly pairs on my next visit. I try to keep my lens use because of the waste they create, both the lens and supplies needed to care for them. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Lifestyle
    What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.

    Sydney Taft Cole's avatar
    Sydney Taft Cole 7/31/2022 7:20 PM
    It is hard to say what concerns me the most but I realize that I am very concerned about the oceans (plastic pollution and warming oceans). If the oceans keep getting warmer and coastlines keep inching further and further inland each year, theoretically we could be fully ocean eventually with no land at all. As we know, already there are islands like Tuvalu in the Pacific that are getting smaller and smaller each year. I am also very concerned about the ocean creatures. Some of these creatures have been around for hundreds of millions of years and it saddens and angers me to know that they are going extinct every day. So I guess what concerns me the most would be our reliance and use of fossil fuels. Plastics and global warming in particular are very concerning to me. 

  • Ana Casanova's avatar
    Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 7:15 PM
    Recently purchased glass bottles to make my own cleaners! Love these from Big Bee Little Bee! they have a protective silicone sleeve.

  • Lauren Potak's avatar
    Lauren Potak 7/31/2022 7:14 PM

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      Lauren Potak 7/31/2022 7:19 PM
      Thanks Ana! 
      Yeah it must’ve- it loaded and then nothing ended up posting 

    • Ana Casanova's avatar
      Ana Casanova 7/31/2022 7:17 PM
      I think the program glitchy with photos. I noticed that a few days ago. It doesn’t always load the images :/