Jamie Damato

The Hartford - HEAT Team

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680 TOTAL

participant impact

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1,385

minutes

spent outdoors
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1,665

minutes

spent learning
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3.0

hours

volunteered
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1,385

minutes

not spent in front of a screen

Jamie's actions

Education & Livelihood

Work-Life Balance

SDG #8 Work & Economy

During the workday, I will schedule time for daily rest during work days to practice work-life balance.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

Mend Clothing

SDG #9 Industry & Infrastructure

I will mend a piece of clothing for myself, family or friends.

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Basic Needs & Security

Calculate Your Water Footprint

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

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Basic Needs & Security

Learn About the Basic Needs & Security SDGs

SDG #1, 2 & 6

I will spend 30 minutes learning about these SDGs.

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Health & Equity

Learn About Gender Diversity

SDG #5 Gender

I will spend 60 minutes learning about gender diversity.

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Economy & Communities

Create A Readiness Plan

SDG #9 Industry & Infrastructure

I will develop a readiness plan for my household in the event of an emergency.

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Health & Equity

Cleaning Product Ingredients

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will spend 20 minutes each day studying the toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies, personal care, and pet products around my home.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will replace 30 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Reduce Single-Use Plastics

SDG #14 & 15

Throughout the day, I will note the single-use plastics I use and consider the reusable options available to me.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Practice Mindfulness

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will spend 60 minutes each day practicing mindfulness.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Basic Needs & Security

Know Your Produce

SDG #2 Zero Hunger

I will visit ewg.org to learn about and use their Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen produce lists.

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Basic Needs & Security

Volunteer

SDG #1 No Poverty

In my community, I will volunteer at a community shelter, food pantry or soup kitchen.

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Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Economy & Communities

What was it like to create a readiness plan? Did you find other resources you could share?
Jamie Damato 4/22/2022 2:14 PM
It was truly an insightful experience. It is amazing to learn the vulnerabilities you have in your home when you coordinate a readiness plan. I found a number of resources, including habitat.org, redcross.org, militaryonesource.mil and cdc.org (to name a few). I highly recommend EVERYONE do this as you never know when SHTF and you don't want to be wasting precious moments trying to figure out what to do.

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Jamie Damato 4/15/2022 8:37 AM
Thanks to my daily challenge of learning about my cleaning products, I found a website that has a great guide for healthy cleaning. You can see potential harmful effects of various ingredients that are in specific products (https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/)

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Climate & Ecosystems

What plastic or single-use items do you regularly use? What did you substitute or could be substituted?
Jamie Damato 4/01/2022 2:36 PM
Food packaging and single-use straws/utensils are always a problem for me as they are hard to get away from, due to convenience. Instead of shopping from big box supermarkets/stores, I try to get my produce and other food straight from the source...whether a farm stand or local market where I can bring my own packaging/bags and stay away from the plastic packaging. Each time I am presented with a single-use utensil/straw situation, I make it a point to politely decline the utensils from the vendor and use my own stainless straw or utensil kit (or regular silverware if bringing the items home). I think, based on the impact it can make, it is worth the sacrifice in convenience.

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