Catherine Lyons

I will Practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

Only purchase the amount of food that will be consumed

I will avoid sending food waste to the landfill by composting my food scraps.

I will share one idea for making my organization more sustainable on our team's feed.

I forget to electronically journal and grab whatever paper is at hand - same with taking messages or talking to coworkers and keeping notes

I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.

I will schedule coffee breaks, lunches, and/or check-in meetings with 5 coworkers to promote connectivity in my workplace.

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

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 work from home 1 day(s) to avoid my commute's carbon output.

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.