{"id":612,"date":"2009-05-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/05\/the-no-take-out-challenge.html"},"modified":"2009-05-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T09:00:00","slug":"the-no-take-out-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/05\/the-no-take-out-challenge.html","title":{"rendered":"From Plastic Bags to No Take Out! The Reduce Consumption Challenge Continues…"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Interdependence Project<\/a>, we recently concluded our one month practice of reduced consumption<\/a>! <\/p>\n

[pause for applause and cheering] <\/p>\n

It was a great month of activities, including pledging to reduce our use of disposable items<\/a>, making and giving away reusable bags<\/a>, street theater, petitioning, and ending with an amazing plastic bag protest<\/a> featuring Reverend Billy<\/a>, No Impact Man<\/a>, and the plastic bag monster<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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For those of you who may have missed out, or if you want to push yourself further than just doing a one month challenge (whether you live in NYC or not), the Brooklyn Green Team<\/a> and GreenEdge Collaborative NYC<\/a> have put together at 3 month No Take Out Challenge<\/a>. Why? Because:<\/p>\n