Courtney Tubbs

Students of Sheridan's Sustainability Class

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Courtney's 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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing & Renewal

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.

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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.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity

Choose LED Bulbs

LED Lighting

I will replace 10 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

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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
Industry

What are some more "R's" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Courtney Tubbs 4/07/2021 4:05 PM
One R I could add to my daily practice is repair. Instead of tossing items that are damaged or broken, I can try to repair them instead of just buying a new product. This would allow the same product to continue to be used without making more waste by throwing it out. Another R that could be added is rot. Otherwise known as composting, rot would reduce food waste and create nutrient-rich soil that can be used to plant other foods, herbs, and more.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Healing & Renewal

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?
Courtney Tubbs 4/07/2021 4:01 PM
On my daily walks, I have noticed multiple interesting aspects. I have been walking on my local rail trail that is about 20 minutes from my house. I enjoy that the trail is blacktopped and smooth, making walking on it easy and not too overwhelming when I don't necessarily feel like going on a hike-type walk. I also like that dogs are allowed on the trail as I love walking with my pets. The main thing I believe would make walks on this trail more possible for everyone would be changing the entrance. As of right now, the entrance is a steep swerving path down to the trail. This entrance makes it nearly impossible for handicapped, especially wheelchair-bound people, to go and enjoy the trail. The path is very curvy, making it hard for a wheelchair to maneuver, and very steep, meaning coming back out of the trail would be extremely difficult to wheel up. Other than the inaccessibility to the handicapped, walking on these trails are very enjoyable.

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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?
Courtney Tubbs 2/21/2021 10:29 AM
Aside from environmental benefits, there are multiple cost and health benefits as well. Eating less food means that less food is being bought as it's not needed. Smaller portions also help with overall health as people are not eating more than they really need to. This would lead to a reduction in weight gain as well as potential benefits to the digestive system and other bodily systems.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity

Changing lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! What's next for you?
Courtney Tubbs 2/21/2021 10:26 AM
Beyond changing lightbulbs, my next step would be focusing on energy use through outlets and random appliances. Vampire power, or power drained from appliances that are turned off but still plugged in, uses more power than we may expect. Unplugging appliances such as toasters, blenders, Air-fryers, and more when they're not in use will save money on electric bills and save energy from vampire power.

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