Shalom Wittenberg

West Campus Green Team

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POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
628 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

200

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

510

minutes

of additional sleep
UP TO

660

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

25

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

10

pounds of paper

have been saved

Shalom's actions

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

Do at Home

I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Calculate the Carbon Footprint of my Household

Do at Home

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Do at Home

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

Do at Home

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper per day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided when I have to print documents.

COMPLETED 10
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 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Healthy Sleep

Do at Home

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 30 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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
Energy Calculate the Carbon Footprint of my Household

After you determined your carbon footprint, did you see what different choices you can make in order to reduce it?

Shalom Wittenberg 10/21/2020 6:53 PM

After I determined my carbon footprint, I realized how much you can reduce your footprint just by using better forms of transportation. I will try to walk or bike places when I can, instead of driving!:)

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Choose Two-Sided Printing

Choosing two-sided printing can be an easy adjustment on your computer settings. How can you help others make this same switch? Can it be encouraged company wide?

Shalom Wittenberg 10/12/2020 2:48 PM

Two-sided printing is super easy, and helps save paper in the process. Even though most of our work is online now, anything that needs to be printed can easily be switched to double sided.

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Shalom Wittenberg 10/12/2020 12:57 PM

I just started the people's ecochallenge, but so far it's going well!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Healthy Sleep

Consider how many hours of sleep you get now. How would you like to shift your sleep patterns? What are you finding works for you to be successful in this action?

Shalom Wittenberg 10/12/2020 11:56 AM

I really have been working to fix my sleep schedule because i’ve realized how much happier and healthier I feel when I sleep as long as I need to. I’ve found that reading before I go to bed and putting my phone away helps me a lot.

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