Victoria Cunningham

Students of Sheridan's Sustainability Class

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
378 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

40

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

3.6

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

40

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

8.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

12

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

360

minutes

spent outdoors

Victoria's actions

Transportation

Use Public Transit

Public Transit

I will use public transit 40 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Conduct Virtual Meetings

Telepresence

I will encourage my office to hold meetings virtually whenever possible instead of requiring travel.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics

I will avoid buying and using 5 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing & Renewal

Tend A Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Zero-waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Practice the 5 R's

Recycling

I will Practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Calculate the carbon footprint of my household

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing & Renewal

Explore My Area

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 60 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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?

Victoria Cunningham 11/06/2021 2:48 PM
So far so good, having fun in my mini garden and making extra cash recycling bottles and cans.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?
Victoria Cunningham 11/06/2021 2:46 PM
Benefits that we may gain from smaller portion sizes, smaller waist sizes as well as reduction in overeating. With eating smaller portions we should also be making sure our serving size (what we should be eating) is correct.
Regulating blood sugar can be assisted with smaller portions, as well as increasing satiety and this will control weight gain. Eating smaller portions often is healthier than eating large meals once or twice a day.
Lastly smaller portions and serving sizes help save money on groceries. As you are eating smaller sizes you need to go grocery shopping less often.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Victoria Cunningham 10/24/2021 12:01 PM
This week I spent a few dollars more which will pay for itself in the long run. I purchased glass and ceramic lunch containers instead of the single use and chemical based plastic lunch containers I usually use. This action is better for the environment, as I learned using the plastic containers is harmful especially as they breakdown and leak carcinogens.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

How can you ensure that your virtual meetings honor your values and your company's culture?
Victoria Cunningham 10/24/2021 11:58 AM
This week 3 of our staff meetings were conducting virtually. This action had a positive outcome on the environment and budget wise for my department. Staff was able to log on from home instead of traveling to the office which cut down on harmful emissions as well as a zero expense balance on mileage reimbursement.

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Victoria Cunningham 10/17/2021 8:04 AM
I have left a recycling bin in the breakroom with my goals. My co-workers have begun to toss their empty soda and bottle containers in my bin. So far I have recycled 123 water bottles and soda cans and raised $61.50 for our sunshine club. We purchase birthday treats and get well cards with our funds raised through recycling.

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Victoria Cunningham 10/17/2021 8:04 AM
I have left a recycling bin in the breakroom with my goals. My co-workers have begun to toss their empty soda and bottle containers in my bin. So far I have recycled 123 water bottles and soda cans and raised $61.50 for our sunshine club. We purchase birthday treats and get well cards with our funds raised through recycling.

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Victoria Cunningham 10/17/2021 8:04 AM
I have left a recycling bin in the breakroom with my goals. My co-workers have begun to toss their empty soda and bottle containers in my bin. So far I have recycled 123 water bottles and soda cans and raised $61.50 for our sunshine club. We purchase birthday treats and get well cards with our funds raised through recycling.

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Victoria Cunningham 10/17/2021 8:04 AM
I have left a recycling bin in the breakroom with my goals. My co-workers have begun to toss their empty soda and bottle containers in my bin. So far I have recycled 123 water bottles and soda cans and raised $61.50 for our sunshine club. We purchase birthday treats and get well cards with our funds raised through recycling.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

How has your access to various kinds of transportation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?
Victoria Cunningham 9/28/2021 3:30 PM
During my life I have rode buses, trains, car pooled, biked and drove. At this stage I enjoy riding the train to work- its less stressful than sitting in traffic. Driving to work takes 40 min one way the train is 15 minutes one way. This action saves on gas, less pollution and my mental health as I get to enjoy reading the newspaper or catching up on streaming shows.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some more "R's" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Victoria Cunningham 9/28/2021 3:19 PM
Reuse- I will commit to using my coffee thermos instead of using disposable cups at work
Recycle-When I do purchase a soft drink I will clean out the can/bottle and take it home with me to recycle at the supermarket for the .05 deposit return
Repurpose- My children have large plastic snack containers- we will use the empty containers to hold change and Lego pieces
Refuse- Grocery shopping I refuse bags at checkout and carry my own reusable cloth bags
Reduce- When ordering items online I choose to have them shipped together which may take 2 days longer, but it creates less packaging and delivery trucks stopping

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