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Instagram challenge: 7 days of Sustainability @ Home
鈥淚t鈥檚 about people making small changes in what they think and do."听鈥擪elsey Smith, Pacific鈥檚 sustainability coordinator.
Sustainability @ Home is an Instagram challenge to promote sustainable living while 糖心vlog is in a distance learning environment.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about people making small changes in what they think and do. Just find one thing you can change and continue changing, not just for this week but as a lifestyle change,鈥� said Kelsey Smith, Pacific鈥檚 sustainability coordinator.
The challenge will be held Oct. 19鈥�25. To participate, follow @sustainingpacific16 on Instagram.
For each daily challenge, post pictures and tag @sustainingpacific16. Every post counts as an entry for a raffle to win prizes, including a Hydroflask. If you complete all seven days of the challenge, you will receive seven additional raffle entries.
Students, faculty and staff on all three Pacific campuses can participate.听
Smith said social media channels such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube provide examples of what you can do for sustainability at home. The impact grows when users 鈥渟hare what you learn with your friends. Let people know what you鈥檙e doing and try to get others to do the same,鈥� Smith said.
Smith further emphasized the importance of a focus on sustainability amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
鈥淲e all have to be in this together. Despite the fact that the pandemic has reduced travel around the world, we鈥檙e still creating emissions every day that cause climate change and we need to be doing everything we can to fight that,鈥� Smith said.
The current virtual learning environment has inspired Smith to focus on improving the sustainability of the Pacific community鈥檚 home lives.
鈥淲e want people to be able to have fun and do something so that they鈥檙e thinking a little more about the sustainability of their own lives rather than just the sustainability of Pacific,鈥� Smith said.
The suspension of in-person events on campus has shifted the Sustainability Department鈥檚 focus to preparing materials such as digital sustainable living guides and waste management training videos.
Check out other upcoming sustainability event:
路听听听听听听 with Nick Tamayo on Oct. 22
