My third week of the Earth Month Challenge went extremely well. My challenges were cumulative so I got used to carrying my thermos around to get coffee with something reusable and I found better places to buy products with less packaging. My new challenge for this week was to only buy products that were organic or all natural to lessen my impact of toxins or pesticides on the environment. This was made much easier on me when I attended the Lucky’s cooking workshop. I was able to buy the products that I needed with a whole store full of organic and all natural products at my disposal.
In order to do even better regarding this specific challenge, I could have looked more into the food on campus and what was organic or all natural in order to make more informed decisions about what I purchased with my meal plan. During this week, I found it to be very rewarding when I did eat and purchase all natural foods simply because I knew they were better for both the environment and me. However, the convenience factor made a huge difference while I was eating on campus, since all natural food is more difficult to find in the cafes or the dining halls.
I think next week will go very well. My next challenge is to reduce the amount of products or food that I waste by only buying what I need and not overfilling my plate at dining halls. I think the challenges from the past few weeks were good training for learning to control my purchases in these types of ways.