Haiden Whitney

RIT Honors Crew - Fall 2023

POINTS TOTAL

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98 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

120

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning

Haiden's actions

Land Sinks

Explore My Area

Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 120 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Learn about Carbon Offsets

I will spend 30 minutes learning about carbon offsets, and why they are a necessary solution in combating a climate crisis.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Practice the 5 Rs

Recycling

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

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some attributes of an offset that you should consider before purchasing them?
Haiden Whitney 10/30/2023 2:39 PM
Firstly, it's important to make sure that the offset is real and verifiable - that you're actually supporting something that will offset your carbon emissions. It's also important to make sure that it is actually making a positive difference, and a permanent one. In other words, not just shifting the harm elsewhere or putting it off for a few years.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Haiden Whitney 10/25/2023 4:24 PM
How about "reheat"? Saving my leftovers for later instead of throwing them away so I don't waste food!

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- Mary Hanks 10/25/2023 4:47 PM
  Haiden, I think this is a great "R"! I like using leftovers so much that I plan my meals for the week to include ingredients that will play together nicely later in the week, like making extra rice when I cook lentils so I can make fried rice with that rice and any leftover vegetables (peas, carrots, corn, and so forth). My mother used to make the most delicious hashes, soups, and casseroles from leftovers, and I try to follow her example.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Sinks

How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place -- your deep knowledge of and appreciation for your surroundings?
Haiden Whitney 10/25/2023 4:16 PM
When I spend time outdoors, I find myself noticing the small things about my environment. Whenever I take the time to explore nature, I find something new that I hadn't noticed before. Especially now, in the fall, there is so much evidence of how the environment is constantly changing: from more obvious things, like the leaves, to more subtle things, like decaying stumps or the changing levels of a stream. It's a good reminder to keep paying attention to the environment - not only how it changes naturally, but how it's being changed as well.

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