Mary Cathrine

HP HRGS Environmentalists

"Your better choices are everyone's better world. "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,231 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

74

advocacy actions

completed
UP TO

1.0

donation

made
UP TO

212

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

hour

volunteered
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51

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
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145

minutes

spent learning
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181

minutes

spent outdoors
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181

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
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4.2

pounds

food waste prevented
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1.0

pound

waste avoided
UP TO

9.0

pounds of CO2

have been saved
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1.0

public official or leader

contacted
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1.0

water footprint

calculated
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25

zero-waste meals

consumed

Mary's actions

Enacting Equity

Support Low-Income Solar Initiatives

Whether by donating or volunteering, I will research the benefits of low-income solar and find out how I can support initiatives in my area.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Enacting Equity

Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!

I will shop at a small business owned or staffed by underrepresented members of my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cultivating Communities

Advocate for Greener Vehicles

I will assess the vehicles used by my company, college, or city and advocate for a purchasing policy focused on fuel-efficient vehicles.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Balancing Consumption

Track My Purchases

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

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Balancing Consumption

Repair a Broken Item

I will repair at least one item that is broken, but is repairable. This might be items like garden tools, sewing machine, small appliances, electronics, clothing, and more.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nourishing Food

Make Zero-Waste Meals

I will cook 4 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Nourishing Food

Eat Plant-Based Meals

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 2 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Regenerating Nature

Spend Time Outside

I will replace 15 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 22
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

Cultivating Communities

Share My Habits & Actions

Each day, I will make my sustainable habits or actions visible through a lawn sign, bumper sticker, pin, t-shirt, social media or other ways.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

Mary Cathrine 10/25/2022 12:05 PM

The earth is what we all have in common.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Enacting Equity Support Low-Income Solar Initiatives

Equitable access, environmental justice and creating employment opportunities are just a few advantages of low-income solar programs. Can you think of other benefits that could come from initiatives like this? Which advantages of low-income solar do you find the most compelling?

Mary Cathrine 10/25/2022 12:03 PM

By using natural source which is available in abundants, it will be cost effective too.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Enacting Equity Shop at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Women-Led Businesses!

In your community, how can you work to address systemic racism, sexism, ableism and additional forms of exclusion in the businesses?

Mary Cathrine 10/25/2022 12:02 PM

Creating awareness within community that all are equal and need to be treated the same irrespective of their race, sex and ableism.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Cultivating Communities Share My Habits & Actions

What was the most fun or joyful way you have seen others share their positive sustainability actions and habits?

Mary Cathrine 10/25/2022 11:59 AM

Sharing through Instagram reels on social media.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Regenerating Nature Spend Time Outside

What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time inside and on screens?

Mary Cathrine 10/23/2022 10:59 AM

Being indoor we miss natural and healthy atmosphere, like prefer fan and not fresh air.
Less physical activity or games, which have more impact to healthy body.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nourishing Food Eat Plant-Based Meals

What was the tastiest meatless or vegan meal you ever had or had recently? Did you make it? Can you share a recipe?

Mary Cathrine 10/23/2022 10:54 AM

Tastiest Vegan meal Soya chunk Palav and Paneer masala. Yummmy!

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Mary Cathrine 10/21/2022 12:12 PM

Zero-waste cooking can be initiated from home with the practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Reduce: One should not use ingredients that will not be used or are not required. Cook in smaller portions to prevent any situation of redundancy with leftovers.
Reuse: One can consider food scraps with the same purpose rather than putting them aside. One could have reusable containers to procure foods in bulk which will avoid wastage.
Recycle: The compost remaining food scraps. From food rescue organizations across the country, one can opt to procure food from there to make sure that farmed produce doesn’t go to waste.

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Mary Cathrine 10/21/2022 12:09 PM

Many people enjoy living and working in cultivated greenspaces, and most like having beautiful plants around. But is there more to it? Here are seven benefits science says indoor plants may provide.

1. Indoor plants may help reduce stress levels

2. Real plants may sharpen your attention

3. Working with plants can be therapeutic

4. Plants may help you recover from illness faster

5. Plants may boost your productivity

6. Plants may improve your whole outlook on work

7. Plants may improve the quality of indoor air

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nourishing Food Make Zero-Waste Meals

How did you incorporate using an entire vegetable (skins, peels, tops, and stalks) during one of your meal preps? What's something new you're going to try that is a zero-waste meal practice?

Mary Cathrine 10/21/2022 11:58 AM

I collect all the water used to wash or clean vegetables, rice, dal and give it to my plants as an extra care liquid, and the skin peel is also used for plants like banana peel for good growth, onion peel as repellent.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Balancing Consumption Track My Purchases

What have you noticed about your purchases? Where are you inclined to make shifts, if any?

Mary Cathrine 10/21/2022 11:51 AM

I have noticed stocking more products than required, hence i have limited the purchase so no product will be wasted.

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