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Sue Kane

Salvar las abejas (Save the Bees)

"Attitude is Everything!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 348 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    28
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    280
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    9.7
    pounds
    waste composted

Sue's actions

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Compost Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

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

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers for my lunches at work or school.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Heat and Cool Naturally

I will naturally heat and cool my house, office, or dorm room by opening or closing my windows, curtains, and blinds, and by using fans.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

MEET YOUR DRIVER

I will introduce myself to my Waste Management driver.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A RECYCLING FACILITY

I will take a virtual tour of the Greater Wenatchee Regional Landfill. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Energy

CHECK OUT THE CHELAN PUD WEBSITE

I will spend 10 minutes checking out all the energy-saving opportunities on Chelan PUD's web page, ConservationMakesCents.org. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Transportation

INCREASE AWARENESS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

I will visit Link Transit's website at linktransit.com to learn what route(s) I can utilize for my most common travel. Action Resource > >

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Support pollution reduction

I will learn about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Practice fuel efficient driving

I will maintain a steady highway speed on the highway, accelerate and decelerate gently, not idle my car for more than 2 minutes, and make sure my tires are inflated.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of C02 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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    Sue Kane 5/26/2017 7:32 PM
    I hope everyone enjoyed being challenged!

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    Sue Kane 5/23/2017 9:02 PM
    I did the Link survey today.  Have you done that one?

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    Sue Kane 5/21/2017 8:41 PM
    Yea Bees! Someone from our team won a prize.  Who was it?

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    Sue Kane 5/20/2017 7:05 PM
    If you didn't know the answer to Kevin's quiz, it's bee-balm.  (He told me, I'd never heard of it.)

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    Sue Kane 5/17/2017 8:55 PM
    Have you done the virtual tour of the recycling plant?  It was really quite interesting.  I've wondered how single stream recycling works.  It's  pretty cool.

    • Tonya  Vaughan 's avatar
      Tonya Vaughan 5/17/2017 9:26 PM
      Cool where did you find that?  I would love to share that & see it myself.


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    Sue Kane 5/13/2017 5:31 PM
    Thank you Kevin for being our team leader!

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    Sue Kane 5/06/2017 7:14 PM
    I'm ready to get started, please join us!