Ryan Lamers

Remsburg La Crosse Fall 2023

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
144 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

131

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted
UP TO

3.0

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

20

gallons of water

have been saved

Ryan's actions

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 133 lbs of CO2 a month and 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 4 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Energy

Adjust the Thermostat

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Water

5-Minute Showers

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?
Ryan Lamers 11/21/2023 11:48 AM
One of the barrier that I was I had times when I forgot my reusable water bottle is I forgot it home a few time and the conveniences of just getting a bottle water during lunch was to easy and made the rest of the better because I had water with me. One way I overcame this is Id make sure I have my water bottle in my bag at night before bed so I make sure I would have it during the next day. The way I could make this a permanent habit is just make it into my night routine to make sure my reusable water bottle is in my bag at night.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy

Your utility company is able to tell you your average energy usage. Ask them how your energy usage compares to others in your ZIP code, region, and/or state. What other steps can you take each day to reduce your electricity usage?
Ryan Lamers 11/15/2023 8:52 AM
On average in La-crosse county the average electric bill is $168 a month last month my apartment electric bill was around $60. This is because my apartment has a emphasis of not turning on the heat as we are a centrally located apartment so get heat from apartments. We also do the best we can to turn lights off and every light bulb in our apartment we changed to LED. Some other thing we can to reduce our electricity usage is shorter hot showers to reduce the amount of water that needs to be heated as well as we could make sure to unplug things that we are not using.

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Ryan Lamers 10/29/2023 12:08 PM
For my Eco Challenge my challenges are to Save water by taking 5 mins showers daily, only using a reusable water bottle, washing my clothes in cold water. Overall the challenges has been going well. In fact with the shorter shower times I find myself having a lot of extra time in the morning to get ready. Then with the cold wash for my clothing I have noticed no difference compared to cold water. The only thing that I have been with struggling surprising only use a reusable water bottle. This is because every location to eat in the union gives you a drink with your meal and I normally always just get the water bottle . I have not gotten into the habit yet of just asking for no drink with thoses meal and just use my water bottle.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy

What do you plan to do with the money you save from making more energy efficient choices?
Ryan Lamers 10/29/2023 7:12 AM
With the extra money that I save from making more energy efficient choices I will use that money for buying my groceries

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