Lindsay Burns

TIG Environmental - Seattle

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
828 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

240

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

17

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

2.0

documentaries

watched
UP TO

3.3

pounds of paper

have been saved
UP TO

570

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

180

minutes

spent learning

Lindsay's actions

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Core Values

Do at Home

We may find more meaning and joy in life when our actions are aligned with our personal values. I will determine what my top 3-5 core values are so that I can better align my actions with them.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

Do at Home

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

UNCOMPLETED
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 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Happiness

Do at Home

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Watch a Documentary about Racial Injustice

Do at Home

I will watch 2 documentary(ies) about systemic racism.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 20
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

Simplicity

Less Screen Time

Do at Home

I will replace 30 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

COMPLETED 8
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
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?

Lindsay Burns 10/28/2020 8:02 AM

I'm glad I finally took the time to watch 13th on Netflix. As a history student I was pretty informed of the history of oppression in this country; it was actually the time period from Reagan/Bush/Clinton presidencies (that I actually lived through but was too young to really remember or understand) where I learned the most. I was surprised to learn that some of our harshest laws (3 strikes, minimum sentencing) were enacted under Clinton, a democrat. Sustainability is, unfortunately, a privilege - by keeping POC in cycles of poverty through oppression (voter suppression, mass incarceration, etc.) we're hurting them as humans and our planet as a whole.

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Lindsay Burns 10/28/2020 7:55 AM

Last day! I'm really glad TIG decided to participate in eco-challenge because I completed a lot of actions I wouldn't have thought of, or in some cases, had put off doing. I think I've developed some good habits I can continue in the future.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Healing and Renewal Core Values

What are your top 3-5 core values? How did you narrow it down to those as being your core values?

Lindsay Burns 10/27/2020 9:29 AM

My top 5 values are self-respect, determination, security, knowledge, and involvement/belonging. I tried several of the activities from the resources and many of the things I found myself picking fell into these buckets. For example, for me, having self-respect means being able to sleep at night knowing I made good choices for myself and others. So when I chose other values like kindness, fairness, community, citizenship, honesty, I realized that by valuing self-respect I was really valuing all of those things.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Go Paperless

Reducing your paper mail can reduce mental clutter as well as physical waste -- by reducing what is coming in, you can reduce what is going into the recycling bin too. How does it make you feel? What is the next step you will take to reduce your waste?

Lindsay Burns 10/27/2020 8:55 AM

I've been doing paperless billing for as long as I can remember but I do get a lot of unwanted catalogs so I used the resource here to try to stop those. I used to subscribe to a ton of women's magazines too and I have cancelled/not renewed all of those subscriptions. I hate the clutter of seeing magazines and catalogs and mail piling up in my small space and it felt very freeing to get rid of that!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Less Screen Time

What did you notice in implementing this challenge? Was it hard to choose other activities over screen time? How did you decide to spend your time?

Lindsay Burns 10/25/2020 4:33 PM

The biggest thing I noticed with less screen time was that I was getting less frequent headaches. I mostly spent time listening to podcasts instead of watching TV or YouTube. Saturday I needed to do some car maintenance so afterward I went for a long drive out to the mountains and enjoyed the sun, the beautiful fall colors, and some good music in the car.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Skip the Straw

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?

Lindsay Burns 10/16/2020 5:15 PM

Working from home this year made me really think about habits I had that I don't know that I'll ever go back to even if working in the office becomes viable again. I no longer buy a daily Starbucks (or two), so that's 1 or 2 fewer disposable cups going into the trash every single day. I also don't really feel the need to buy lots of clothes anymore. Once I clean out and donate what I no longer wear, I want to focus on buying fewer things overall (reduce), and shopping more sustainably when I do (reuse/repair).

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