No Impact Week

Day 1- Consumption
I started off my No Impact Week pretty good. I slept for most of the day therefore i did not have to consume much. Instead of drinking my normal 3 bottles of water everyday I filled up my plastic cup with water from the faucet. My roommate and I went grocery shopping and bought things in bulk rather than individually wrapped.

Day 2- Trash
I failed this task in the morning whenever i grabbed my individually wrapped breakfast bar for a quick on the go breakfast. But i did fill up my reusable water bottle instead of grabbing one and then having trash. I did go to Jones dining hall and get my food in a to-go box, so that made trash :(

Day 3- Transportation
Day 3 was actually an easy successful day for me. I rarely drive my car here as it is but i made sure i didn't drive anywhere and walked all around campus. I did not need to go anywhere in town this day but if I did I would have just taken my bike.

Day 4- Food
I did not do much on Wednesday for food. I did not have time to go to the farmers market but I'm defiantly going to try to go to the one in town sometime soon instead of going to Walmart everyday for food.

Day 5- Energy
All week i have made sure i unplug my phone and computer charger, my straightner and my fan which I normally always keep plugged in. My roommate and I keep the lights off as much as we could and opened our blinds or opened the window. We can not control our own A/C in the dorms but if we could we would have made sure to turn it off whenever we were gone.

Day 6- Water
To be honest i did not accomplish anything today. My showers are always way too long and it takes alot of water to wash all my dishes and clothes. I could definatly try harder on this concept.

Day 7- Give Back
Saturday I made sure i held the door open for others and the elvator whenever I saw people down the hall. I also went through my closet and found alot of clothes that i never wear, there is a store called Platos Closet that Im going to take them to, to donate them.

Day 8- Eco- Sabbath
I slept for most of the day so I did'nt have to do much. My roommate and I kept our lights off all day and night and just kept our window open, it actually made our room feel really good from the air outside but we had to shut it whenever we started to realized bugs were flying in out room.

- Sarah Hyde