ALEXANDRA GONZALEZ

Students of Sheridan's Sustainability Class

"Saving the turtles and refusing one plastic straw at a time"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
789 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

871

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

150

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

6.0

lightbulbs

replaced

ALEXANDRA's actions

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 17
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 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Smart Seafood Choices

Ocean Farming

I will visit seafoodwatch.org or download the app and commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Learn about 'Green Gentrification'

Multiple Solutions

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning about green gentrification and how it relates to city planning for climate action.

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?
ALEXANDRA GONZALEZ 10/11/2020 3:59 PM
Since joining this challenge, and since having my daughter, going for walks around the neighborhood have been a treat. Growing up in New York City, walks in and around neighborhoods, unless there was a park near by, are not enjoyable. I currently reside in NJ and have a park about a mile away. If I can't get to the park based on time, then I like to walk in and out of side blocks, looking at homes and plenty of construction. That has been my largest take a way, the construction. There are more and more high risers (5-6 floor) residential modern or "luxury" buildings in the neighborhood. If there weren't so many, which then close off some sidewalks it would make my walks more enjoyable.

There are many different entry points to the park near us yet only one statue of James Braddock, boxer. There is a beautiful pond, with turtles and trout where you can find people fishing, catch and release. Living in this neighborhood for now over 2 years and only until this year have we've been able to truly enjoy our walks in the neighborhood. What I've also noticed on my walks are wherever there's a trash can, there's a recycling bin, which I can appreciate 100 times more.

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- Simmone Gibbs 3/19/2021 5:13 PM
  Brooklyn has now become synonomous with the magnanimous spikes in construction as a result of gentrification. Condominium complexes are popping up on every other block. However, what baffles me is even though buildings are going up fast, trash cans and recycling bins have been slow to install.
  
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ALEXANDRA GONZALEZ 9/13/2020 12:33 PM
I am excited to get some of these challenges in place. So far I've selected a daily challenge that focuses on smaller portions of food to eliminate food waste. I look forward to sharing some success and challenges with you all!

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