Second Week

Round 2 of project Save The Planet was overall pretty successful, but still very difficult. Taking a second shot at the vegetarian diet I took it with much more planning, searching through the options so that I could have the most diverse meal I could while not breaking the rules. This was easier to do because I changed my diet from Vegan to a more lax vegetarian one where I can still have cheese and some dairy products. The energy-saving portion of the project was just as easy as the previous week because even though the project was three days this week, I didn't have as much to do that required my computer, so I only used it when I had to get school work done. And when I did work it often was in the library on a computer that would already be on anyway. Opening the shades for natural light like I did last week and many other people posted that they did as well was one of the greatest contributions to minimizing energy usage, because after starting this project I realized that I constantly have my lights on even when it's midday and doesn't add any light to the room. My water use was pretty good too. I can pretty easily keep my shower time down to half of the usual, which really makes me feel like a wasteful person because if I can do the same thing with half the water then why am I even taking that long of a shower? It's a shame I cannot say the same about my garbage consumption. With 3 days of the Lifestyle Project, it was even harder to minizimize my garbage- to eliminate it completely would be a pretty big challenge. I feel like I am becoming more and more concious about how much I actually consume. I'm constantly looking at my lifestyle in terms on "Earths," which really makes me think of what is going to happen in the future when all these things we depend on run out.