For Earth month, my four weekly Earth month challenges are as follows:
Week 1: Begin Recycling. As I live off campus, recycling is not as readily available but I have already found the resources that I needed to begin this project. While this may not seemingly relate to food and water, I have mentioned in a previous post how the packaging from food can impact the Earth.
Week 2: Eat less meat this week. Mass production facilities use a massive amounts of resources. Break the cycle! As I’m not a vegetarian, this will be a challenge, but I’m capable.
Week 3: Begin composting. In my house we eat a lot of fresh foods and vegetables, and more often than not theres some left over that goes in the trash. If we can compost this, we can reduce run off contamination while still growing healthy gardens.
Week 4: Planting a garden! This week I will plant a small garden along my house to help reduce storm water run off in the upcoming spring months.