Carol White

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine

""The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." Robert Swan, OBE"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
896 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

21

donations

made
UP TO

187

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

203

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

3.7

pounds

food waste prevented
UP TO

1.0

pound

waste composted
UP TO

196

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Carol's actions

Balancing Consumption

Track My Purchases

I will maintain a record of all my purchases and identify my spending habits.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Nourishing Food

Compost Food Scraps

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill per day by composting my food.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Complete an Energy Audit

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, work, or other shared space to identify the next steps for saving energy.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cultivating Communities

Drive Less

Each day, I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips.

COMPLETED 15
DAILY ACTIONS

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 9
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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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Carol White 10/22/2022 12:29 PM

Okay, I just read that we're running low on Helium, a nonrenewable element that is essential to keep MRI machines running. But we've made sure that we can fill balloons that are sooo good for the environment. What kind of 'special stupid' are we as humans? There are just days when I know we are reaping exactly what we deserve for our asinine behavior.

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- Mary Hanks 10/23/2022 2:31 PM
  
  Carol, I've been concerned about the helium supply myself for years. I recently read that Harvard University had to shut down equipment and curtail experiments due to lack of availability of helium. I know that there have been problems at a helium enrichment plant in Texas and the Amur plant in Russia. I have to agree that it's not smart to use this resource flippantly--especially when all too often the helium-filled balloons are released to pollute the environment and harm animals.
  
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Carol White 10/09/2022 12:00 PM

Just looking around on the internet to find the best time to buy a new electric lawn mower and discovered there are actually electric snow blowers as well. I've seen the little ones that you can pick up with one hand and don't move much snow, but these are full size blowers. Maybe if I get into shape mowing next summer, I can manage to move the snow next winter. Something to work toward.

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Carol White 10/08/2022 11:12 AM

I had an opportunity to buy a fountain pen the other day when I ordered next year's planner. I haven't used one for decades but I've always liked the way they write. The good news is that it isn't a disposable, but it has cartridge refills.

What does this have to do with an Ecochallenge? I did some digging and actually found refillable, non-cartridge fountain pens--didn't think they still made them. So I can have the best of both; a fountain pen and refilling that doesn't create more plastic waste.

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Carol White 10/07/2022 6:48 AM

So did you see the story about United Airlines wanting to have electric planes by 2030? The plane will be nothing but batteries--there won't be any space for people or cargo. {:p

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Carol White 10/06/2022 11:24 AM

I'm doing some research into getting an electric mower. I've had a service for a few years because of my age but I think I could handle one of the battery-powered models. And, I always hated having to deal with the gas and had a really hard time with the starter pull.

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Carol White 10/05/2022 9:42 AM

One of the positives that came out of the Covid pandemic is that my organization is more open to people working from home--either full time or hybrid. So I've worked from home 3 times this week saving about 50 miles driving to work and running errands. I can't do that every week, but I can save mileage several times a month.

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Carol White 10/03/2022 6:39 AM

Here I was all ready to start today, but we don't officially start until the 5th. Oh, well, I'll start anyway.

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