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Welcome to 2019 Spring Event!

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2019 Spring Event
February 27 - March 20, 2019
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February 27 - March 20, 2019

CMU Green Team

Carnegie Mellon University

Points Total

  • 0 Today
  • 0 This Week
  • 6,130
    Total

Team Impact

  • up to
    53
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • up to
    1.0
    outdoor meals
    consumed
  • up to
    41
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • up to
    1.0
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • up to
    43
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • up to
    9.0
    lightbulbs
    replaced
  • up to
    180
    minutes
    being mindful
  • up to
    825
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • up to
    6.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    0.2
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • up to
    152
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    10
    pounds
    waste composted
  • up to
    685
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • up to
    1,785
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • up to
    600
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • up to
    78
    more servings
    of fruits and vegetables
  • up to
    2.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • up to
    1,645
    minutes
    spent outdoors

Team Feed

Recent updates from this team
  • March 20 at 5:57 PM
    Went to a DSAC (Dining Services committee) meeting today. I brought up composting and they informed me that once their planned summer renovations are complete, at least two additional dining locations on campus will offer composting or compost-friendly bowls and utensils! I pushed a bit more on the subject, and they admitted that the biggest...
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  • March 19 at 6:18 PM
    Air travel day today. SAS gave us plastic bottles of water & juice. I failed on my composting, 5 minute outdoor walk and avoiding disposables objectives, but surprised the flight attendant by carrying off my empty plastic bottles for recycling.  Will email them to suggest that the airline should collect them separately for recycling, it'd...
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    Naomi Jarvis
  • March 19 at 7:28 AM
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    Barbara Kviz
  • March 18 at 5:17 PM
    I am Sustainable Pittsburgh is helping me to better declutter my life!
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    M Shernell Smith
  • March 18 at 11:58 AM
    Real (non-disposable) crockery & silverware at breakfast should be a selling point for hotels.  I would pay extra for it.  I so dislike styrofoam cups, yuk. 
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    Naomi Jarvis
  • March 18 at 7:23 AM
    Just got an email from Green Mountain Energy (my electricity supplier via Duquesne Electric): saved over 2000 pounds of CO2. Presumably this is since I made the switch about 1.5 years ago. 
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