Over the past week, I've noticed just how much this class is making me think about my environmental impact. I've had to consciously remind myself several times of my goals for this quarter, especially yesterday when it came to taking the stairs to the 4th floor of the E-Sci building. I'm hoping that this conscious effort will eventually lead to a behavior change in the future and it won't be such a challenge. Having this class and my environmental footprint constantly on my mind has also made me want to add more goals to my list in a sort of snowball effect. I'm going to try to eat 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches a week now too. It's easy enough and I like the classic PB&J.
When I was signing up for commencement, I also decided to go with the eco-friendly gown that is made out of post recyclable materials because of this class. (I encourage everyone in this class who is graduating this quarter to do the same.) Doing so also gave me the drive to research exactly what that meant which I hope to do soon and will post my findings at a later date.
As for clarification on the buying more local and organic foods goal I mentioned in my previous post, I am going to try to substitute one of my regular fruit or vegetable purchases a week with an organic or local alternative. I would really like to utilize the Farmer's Market more, as soon as the fruit season really gets started, by purchasing fruits there once every two weeks. Our group project will help me do this since part of our project involves food vendors at the Farmer's Market.
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