Fatou Leye is participating in the Campus Ecochallenge!

Fatou's points

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696 TOTAL

participant impact

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46

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill

Fatou's actions

Energy

Invite a Friend to Calculate Their Footprint

Individual actions are important, but people and organizations working together can make a real impact. I will share a carbon or energy calculator with a friend and invite them to calculate the carbon footprint of their living space.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Advocate for More Food Options

Access to affordable, nutritious food is a food justice issue. I will advocate for local or organic food options at work, on campus, or in the spaces I frequent.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

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

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?
Fatou Leye 3/30/2026 6:54 PM

Some people are skeptical of using tap water because they believe it might not be as clean or safe or it sometimes just a habit that people have because its convenient to use water bottles. You can put it in a reusable water bottle in a place where its visible so you dont forget to take it with you or just stop buying water bottles so that you have tonuse your reusable one.

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