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Kaylee Patrenets

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 665 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    38
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    41
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    400
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Kaylee's actions

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 4 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

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

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Kaylee Patrenets's avatar
    Kaylee Patrenets 11/05/2024 8:58 AM
    The campus ecochallenge is going well for me!
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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?
    Kaylee Patrenets's avatar
    Kaylee Patrenets 10/28/2024 2:05 PM
    I prefer bottled water in a water bottle, but knowing that I'm helping the environment keeps me going.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water
    Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?
    Kaylee Patrenets's avatar
    Kaylee Patrenets 10/28/2024 2:04 PM
    Use less water as well as not littering, because it can blow into water streams.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Kaylee Patrenets 10/20/2024 6:51 PM
    Usually, I tend to use 2-3 straws a day because I don't like drinking out of cups that don't have straws but I started using a reusable straw that I can carry around and reuse consistently.
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