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April 1 - April 21, 2020

York College Spartans for Sustainability

York College of Pennsylvania

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 6,164
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    20
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    8.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    1,180
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    273
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    21
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    16
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    4,115
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    390
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    2,025
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    1,620
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    110
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    114
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    48
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    10
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    328
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    11
    more servings
    of fruits and vegetables
  • UP TO
    108
    whole food meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    61
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Team Feed

Recent updates from this team
  • April 15 at 6:05 AM
    My challenge is going pretty well. I have been spending time working out in my back yard 
  • April 12 at 2:49 PM
    I've been struggling with lower back pain. Getting out walking for an hour each day is a chore but it helps to loosen my back. Distance learning is not conducive to keeping my back in tact.
  • April 10 at 6:57 AM
    My initial challenge for today was use of reusable bags.  I failed at that challenge due ot COVID19.  My son-in-law  embarked on a weekly shopping run for his family and me this morning.  Because we live in an emerging red zone (DC region), we collectively made a decision to bag lall groceries in disposable plastic bags and discard these...
  • April 9 at 6:55 PM
    collecting the water from the sink while waiting for the water to get warm/hot
  • April 8 at 1:40 PM
    Ask friends to go out for a jog, or take them to the gym, or go hiking, or walk at a park with my dog. 
  • April 8 at 1:39 PM
    Richer countries can afford the expensive meats, and enjoy them as delicacy, poor countries rely on more on veggies and rice and beans that can be grown in bulk without additional care and expenses that animals require. Eating animal products especially beef products release tons of greenhouses gases into the atmosphere.  
  • April 8 at 1:35 PM
    Unplug other small devices such as toasters, blenders, chargers to eliminate excess power draw.
  • April 8 at 1:34 PM
    I personally have a solar powered house, so I am not impacting anyone. But the neighborhood gets their electricity from biomass facilities. 
  • April 8 at 1:32 PM
    I plan on saving this money to pay off bills, and loans from college. 
  • April 8 at 1:30 PM
    We need to look for renewable resources if were going to sustain Earth's growing population. That's why I personally have a solar powered house, and spread the awareness of benefits solar power and other sources of sustainable energy can provides us.  

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