isbel's Sustainability Impact
Country: United States
Joined: 2009-06-16
Sustainable Actions
isbel is 3% more sustainable than the average person because of positive actions! People of industrialized nations emit about 11 tons of CO2 per year on average.
How do CO2 and Cash savings accumulate on a profile?
* The values in the chart above will increase daily, based on what actions are in the profile at the time. The values are the running total since isbel joined YouSustain, broken down by month, up to the current day. The savings for an action only start to get counted from the day it was added.
| Sustainable Action | CO2 Savings per year |
Cash Savings per year |
|---|---|---|
| Manual transportation to work (25 miles/week for 9 months/year) | 298 kg | $129 |
| Estimated Savings per year | 298 kg | $129 |
| Estimated Savings per month | 25 kg | $11 |
| Estimated Savings per day | 1 kg | $0 |
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Carbon Footprint
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isbel's total estimated impact since joining YouSustain:
CO2 reduction: 964 kg
Cash savings: $1
YouSustain awards earned:
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Sustainability Challenges
isbel is part of the following sustainability challenges:
Eugene Mayors Carbon Challenge
Building a sustainable community in Eugene by working together
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Keep all unused lights off at home for one week
We leave many more lights on at home than we actually need.
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 50 kg, Cash savings: $5.
Times Completed: 0
Bring your own cup for coffee for one week
It's so easy and less wasteful to bring your own cup when getting coffee
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 5 kg, Cash savings: $1.
Times Completed: 0
Use reusable bags for one week
Keeping reusable bags on hand is easy plus saves waste and energy from plastic bags
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Cloth Napkins
Cloth instead of paper napkins.
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 0 kg, Cash savings: $33.
Times Completed: 0
Compost every scrap
Compost all organic waste produced in your home for a week
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1 kg, Cash savings: $0.5.
Times Completed: 0
Eat locally grown food
Buying local food drastically reduces the CO2 coming from transportation and helps the local farmers.
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 5 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Save paper
We use so much paper... and waste so much !
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 10 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Help the environment with your TV
Turn off the red or green lights on your TV or DVD player.
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 3 kg, Cash savings: $0.5.
Times Completed: 0
Reduce meat consumption by half for a week
Meat productoin has been found to have a significant environmental footprint, try reducing
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 15 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Walk to work
Walk to work for three days out of the work week.
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 25 kg, Cash savings: $35.
Times Completed: 0
Carbon Footprint Challenge
Commit to reducing your footprint to qualify for a Carbon Footpin
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 79 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Use no plastic or paper shopping bags for a month
Bring re-usable shopping bags when you go shopping
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1 kg, Cash savings: $0.35.
Times Completed: 0
Stop the Junk Mail
Start some simple steps to stop unsolicitated mail
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 8.5 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: 0
Computer Reuse
Reuse computers/don't buy new
In Progress. Started 2009-06-16
Approximate CO2 reduction: 112 kg, Cash savings: $670.
Times Completed: 0
Total estimated impact from completed challenges: 0 kg CO2 and $0. These are included in the total impact and chart.