Topic: waste reduction
Four challenges (one per week):
- Make sure the lights are turned off every time we are out of the room and as much as possible while in the room in order to reduce electricity waste
- It is very easy to be running late to class and forget to leave the lights on, especially when I don’t pay the electricity bill. Also, there are times, especially during the day, when the lights can be off and the window shades can be put up.
- Make sure to only take as much food as I will actually eat at the dining hall.
- It is very easy to go to the dining hall extremely hungry and grab more food than you can actually eat, thus wasting a ton of food over time.
- Take the stairs in order to reduce electricity waste
- There are numerous times when I get on the elevator and it is just me taking it, and I realize that it is an insane waste of energy to take an elevator if it’s just me. Plus, taking the stairs everyday will be a good workout.
- Give up meat for the entire week
- This will reduce animal waste which is very common these days. Being a vegetarian for a week will make sure that I am being sustainable