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October 11 - October 25, 2017
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Tanya Starr

Port of Portland

"Live well, Love much, Laugh often"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 594 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    30
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Tanya's actions

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day for two weeks that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Car Share

I will sign up for a car-sharing service, or organize car sharing with my neighbors, to cut down on the number of vehicles on the road.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Online Energy Audit

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Go get a check up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Reduce Unwanted Mail

I will reduce the amount of unwanted mail I receive (catalogs, phone books, etc.).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will find out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Visit a Waste Management Facility

I will visit a local dump/transfer station, material recovery facility, and/or landfill to learn about the waste stream.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed


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    Tanya Starr 10/25/2017 7:42 PM
    Here we are at the end of the Challenge. The biggest learning was related to refined sugar -- it's everywhere! The impact on my life is that I'm more mindful of my choices.

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    Tanya Starr 10/25/2017 12:23 PM
    Hard to believe the challenge is at its end! Had a lovely nature walk today at the Macleay Park Watershed -- a great way to meet a challenge, enjoy the outdoors and spend time with my daughter on her class field trip!

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    Tanya Starr 10/23/2017 7:18 PM
    Woohoo -- kicked refined sugar to the curb today!

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    Tanya Starr 10/22/2017 8:24 PM
    Refined sugars are so prevalent in foods -- one must practice mindfulness and have willpower!

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    Tanya Starr 10/21/2017 3:14 PM
    Attending the GF expo made it impossible to avoid refined sugars today, but facilitated signing up for car share service!

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    Tanya Starr 10/20/2017 10:15 AM
    Looks like I have Potential Energy Savings of 16% for my home.

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    Tanya Starr 10/20/2017 10:04 AM
    Nice to find out that I have an Oregon E-Cycles collection site less than a mile from my home! They provide FREE recycling of computers, monitors, printers, televisions and peripherals (keyboards and mice) to anyone bringing seven or fewer items for recycling at one time.

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    Tanya Starr 10/13/2017 8:16 PM
    Finally was successful in avoiding refined sugar today! Yesterday missed it by having a piece of candy at the reception desk and the day before partaking in cookies at the team lunch...

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    Tanya Starr 10/10/2017 8:06 PM
    I'm surprised at the number of items I already do or have done, but plenty of others to choose and make an impact. Selected a variety of one-time and daily challenges in six different categories -- a holistic approach is important to me.