Tom Snyder

NW Natural

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
615 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

56

donations

made
UP TO

844

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

1,453

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

1,453

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

11

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

23

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

water footprint

calculated
UP TO

26

zero-waste meals

consumed

Tom's actions

Balancing Consumption

NW Natural Energy Team and Strategic Energy Management

Did you know that NW Natural has our own Energy Team? Check out the Strategic Energy Management (SEM) page on the Hub and provide one energy saving suggestion in the reflection question section of this action. (Note: The SEM information is on a tab on the SEEC page. )

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Enacting Equity

NW Natural's Be the Change Challenge

Check out the Be The Change Challenge in Virgin Pulse and share one thing you learned in the reflection question section of this action.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cultivating Communities

Pull Together Items to Donate

Each day, I will find one or more items I can donate to a local thrift or resale shop.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Take Shorter Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute or less showers. Tip: Use a timer to practice or count to 60 a few times.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 60 minute(s) per day typically spent inside and often with electronics with quality time outside walking, exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, observing nature, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Calculate My Water Footprint

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nourishing Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste, excess carbon and save money by planning my daily and weekly menus so that I only purchase the ingredients needed.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Nourishing Food

Make Zero-Waste Meals

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Balancing Consumption NW Natural Energy Team and Strategic Energy Management

How can NW Natural save energy in our buildings and facilities?

Tom Snyder 10/06/2022 10:45 AM

Keep doors closed, specifically bay doors at Sherwood, closed so as not to over work the heat or air conditioning to maintain temperature in the building.

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- Riley Whittaker 10/06/2022 3:04 PM
  
  Make sure lights are off if nobody is using rooms. Many times I have seen offices with lights on even sometimes on floors where nobody is. Also when security walks the floor the motion sensors will turn on dozens and dozens of lights each time they walk a floor, multiplied by many different floors, many times a day.
  
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