Melissa Eusden

Green Bees

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687 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
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314

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

41

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
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925

minutes

spent exercising
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90

minutes

spent learning
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40

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
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6.3

pounds

food waste prevented
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13

pounds of CO2

have been saved
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37

zero-waste meals

consumed

Melissa 's actions

Health

Exercise Daily

Do at Home

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Do at Home

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate. I will keep 5 container(s) out of the landfill each day.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

Do at Home

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about systemic racism.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

Do at Home

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

Do at Home

I will avoid buying toxic plastics - including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl - and instead replace them with durable non-plastic options.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

Do at Home

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

Do at Home

I will advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, at work, or on campus to reduce pollution in the environment and in local communities.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Exercise Daily

How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

Melissa Eusden 10/28/2020 2:03 PM

I started running outside recently which gives a chance to spend time in nature and have also been hiking a lot more. It's tough spending so much time at home due to Covid so it's good to spend time outside as much as possible.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

What concerns you the most about how we are affecting the planet? Consider both local and global actions.

Melissa Eusden 10/28/2020 2:02 PM

We are past the point of no return when it comes to climate change, we can only mitigate the impacts but we need the political will to do so. The more people that act locally to improve the planet, the bigger the impact will be globally so I try to do my part as much as possible in my community.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

What did you learn about racial injustice in the documentary(ies) you watched? How does what you learned connect to your understanding of sustainability?

Melissa Eusden 10/28/2020 2:00 PM

I learned about how messed up the criminal justice system is in this country and how targeted black people are because of policy that was put in place decades ago. This is related to environmental justice issues where we see black people who are disproportionately impacted by pollution and other environmental issues. The deck is stacked against them in many ways.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?

Melissa Eusden 10/26/2020 5:06 AM

Richer countries have more access to cheap meat because the farm industry is highly subsidized. The more meat, especially from cows, increases the methane in the atmosphere which is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 causing more climate change impacts.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Reduce Single-Use Disposables

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What did you substitute or could be substituted instead?

Melissa Eusden 10/12/2020 3:38 PM

None! I have my own metal straw or opt not to use a straw, I bring my own coffee cup, produce and shopping bags to stores. The one thing that’s hard is getting takeout food and they put ketchup packets or plastic cutlery in the bag. I try to tell them in the order to not do that but it happens unfortunately.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Zero-Waste Cooking

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for using every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable (including the skins, tops, stalks, etc.) during your next meal prep?

Melissa Eusden 10/09/2020 9:14 AM

You can use parts of the vegetable that aren't included in the meal you're making by saving to make stock soup later or composting it.

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