Chris Dunlap

PSU Brandywine Earth 100

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
511 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

692

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

8.0

lightbulbs

replaced
UP TO

8.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

14

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

3.3

pounds of paper

have been saved

Chris's actions

Water

Conserve Toilet Water

Do at Home

I will save up to 12 gallons (45 L) of water a day by flushing only when necessary.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

Do at Home

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Go Paperless

Do at Home

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

Power Down the Computer

Do at Home

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Choose LED Bulbs

Do at Home

I will replace 8 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Skip the Straw

Do at Home

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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Chris Dunlap 10/26/2020 1:31 PM

I’ve found that taking 5-minute showers isn’t too hard to do and I’ve decided that I will keep this up for the foreseeable future. At first, I thought that I would be rushing to get done in 5 minutes but I noticed that I was getting out of the shower right as the alarm on my phone went off, so it was pretty easy.

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Chris Dunlap 10/25/2020 6:25 PM

I never realized how much extra paper that I was throwing away when I was receiving paper bills in the mail. I’ve switched all my bills over to e-bills and now I’ve noticed that the amount of mail that I get has dropped by about half! E-bills are so much easier anyway and I don’t have to worry about a bill getting “lost” in the mail now.

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Chris Dunlap 10/25/2020 6:18 PM

I’m glad that I made the decision to upgrade some light bulbs in my home to LED bulbs. These bulbs can be expensive to buy, around $10 per bulb, but they use a fraction of the electricity of regular light bulbs and they are supposed to last up to 13 years before needing replaced.

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