Rose Tucker

capstone summer 25

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
125 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.0

organic meals

consumed
UP TO

6.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

plastic bottle

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

disposable cup

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

plastic straw

not sent to the landfill

Rose's actions

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Skip the Straw

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 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 3 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Choose Organic Ingredients

I will enjoy 3 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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?

Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 3:51 PM
I started this mission with goals that were low hanging fruit because I already partially or totally commit to these goals on a daily basis. It is important, when you are dipping your toes into the water to try to keep it simple.
I will expand a little bit about Veganism in my life:
I am vegan. Every person's relationship with food can vary over the course of their lives. Some people live their lives addicted to junk food. Others are afraid to eat.
My relationship with food has been a progression towards what I consider to be a healthier lifestyle that balances my needs.
My mom was a strong woman. She was plagued her entire life by anorexia. This anorexia was driven by cultural values combined with mental health disorders. She suffers from anxiety and depression.
I was exposed to this throughout my youth. By the time i moved out i had a blossoming mix of bulimia and anorexia perpetuated by culture and inherited mental health disorders.
It took years of introspective analysis to convince myself that weight was not an issue for me.
I dont fill my body with junk, i excercise daily, and i dont have any health issues that cause me to gain weight.
I cant own a scale. it will trigger that obsession.
I have done stints with vegetarianism, not for health, not for animal rights, but as a form of self control. i enjoyed depriving myself.
as i aged i tried to repair the relationship i have with both myself and food.
Currently im vegan for animal rights, environmental reasons, and because i hate when people tell me what to put into my body. I have been vegan for 1 year and 3 months.

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- Preston Eberth 6/24/2025 1:02 PM
  Wow thank you for sharing!
  I fluctuate on my diet but always feel so much better when I'm on a vegetarian or vegan swing but its always the first thing that gets put on the backburner when I get busy since the culture is so dominated with meat centered meals. I would love to get some cooking tips!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Many people say that “you can’t feed the world with just organic food.” How would you respond to that statement?
Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 3:33 PM
that is an idea that has been sold to us largely due to colonialism culture. These ideas of how to farm have been passed down through generations, tilling the land and planting monocrops on a large scale. it is out of balance. That method leaches the land of its nutrients, and somewhere along the lines the introduction of pesticides were another way that colonialism culture poisoned the land. you can increase yields using methods such as no till and companion planting. but those methods are not supported in mainstream society. farmers trying to incorporate those methods, the last time i looked into it, were pushed down by large scale market tactics both within consumerist culture and within the bureaucratic system.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?
Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 3:26 PM
More meat is available to us, and it is also culturally marketed to people.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 1:31 PM
Making life style changes, such as supporting the local bakery, and purchasing fresh bread every day is better for the health of my body, the health of the surrounding community, and the health of the planet. finding solutions like this takes communicating with those around me, and putting the energy into thinking of solutions.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reusable one, but it's just hard to make the switch. What stands in your way of making this a habit? By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?
Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 1:28 PM
Setting the time aside to enjoy coffee out of a mug becomes the potential barrier. The difference i make feels arbitrary when i think of each individual choosing to ignore the needs of our planet and other individuals.

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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?
Rose Tucker 6/16/2025 1:26 PM
Barriers are Prevalence of old infrastructure in Portland that induce possible lead exposure.

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