Jung-wei Fan

Mayo Clinic - Kern Center

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participant impact

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Jung-wei's actions

Waste

Research Local Waste Sites

Do at Home

I will spend 20 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

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Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

Do at Home

I will spend 30 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Jung-wei Fan 10/10/2020 2:53 PM
Results from the self-assigned task of researching about local waste sites:
Landfill nearby (the Kalmar Landfill)
https://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/environmentalresources/garbagerecycling/landfill/Pages/default.aspx
Toxic waste collection (the Hazardous Waste Facility)
https://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/environmentalresources/garbagerecycling/hazardouswaste/Pages/default.aspx
However, there is little resource I can find about assessment of their impact to local communities.

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Jung-wei Fan 10/08/2020 7:13 PM
Results from my self-assigned task to learn about sustainable fashion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_fashion
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-the-planet.html
https://eco-age.com/magazine/real-leather-vs-faux-heres-what-you-need-know/
Share some good reads that satisfied my curiosity. I didn't know leather processing involves toxic heavy metals that can harm our environment!

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