Sarah Harper

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for every day.

Hand washing dishes can use more energy and hot water than running a full dishwasher. To save water, I will scrape instead of rinsing dishes before loading them into the dishwasher, and only run it when it is full.

Lighting makes up approximately 10% of hospitals' energy use on average. I will save energy by turning off unnecessary lights when not in use and when I am the last one to leave a space.

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 15 minutes learning about which items are recyclable both at my workplace and at home since they may be different, and recycle only those items.

I will replace 60 minute(s) of screen time per day with other activities, and limit my social media use to once per day.

I will volunteer 2 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

I will promote a positive environment and uplift others by performing 1 random act(s) of kindness.

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I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

I will turn my computer monitor(s) off at my work station when not in use to save energy (I will follow my organization's IT instructions for keeping on, turning off, or restarting computers).