4/25 I had initially chosen to spend more time outside, and commit some of that time to not using my car and walking to locations instead. However, as of 4/29 I have been sick due to allergies up until the end of this ecochallenge. Therefore, from 4/29, I had to switch my extra time outside to going to bed earlier to commit more hours of sleep per night to help get over my sickness.  

Screen Time on my phone reports that I am down 14% from my entire phone usage from last week.  Last week's average was 7 hours and this week was 5 hours. 

For my Eco-Challenge I decided to commit to walking for at least 30 minutes a day as well as showing gratitude for our earth. I think it's important to spend quality time outdoors and with our earth in order to ground ourselves and show love to nature. I am also going to be using only reusable water bottles for this challenge in order to save the oceans from excessive plastic use. Water is a necessity in a human's everyday life and so by consuming plastic water bottles we are harming our earth in the process. It is also much more sustainable to use a hydro-flask or reusable water bottle in hopes to cut out plastic use altogether.  

Taking my kids outside every day (as long as the weather is nice) is a good source of exercise for all of us. They especially love playing outside and always ask me to take them. Over the winter I got cold (and lazy) and stopped taking them out.  Now that the weather is getting nicer, I need to get in shape. I can kill 3 birds with one stone by playing outside with them: fun interaction with my kids, exercise for all of us, fresh air for all of us. 

For my Eco-Challenge I decided to commit to using a reusable water bottle daily. This is to help stop my habit of buying water bottles or gatorade as sometimes I can build up a collection. I used my 16z yeti water bottle and Brittany water filter to minimize my purchasing of water bottles. I filled it up 7 times today so I saved at least that many bottles. This also helped me avoid purchasing drinking with takeout food as I also chose to not use plastic straws. From what I learned in class and seen how damaging plastic is to our oceans I really want to help reduce that if I can. 

Hey everyone, for my Eco-Challenge i decided to print everything double sided in order to save paper usage. I also chose to use less plastic water bottles to reduce plastic waste. I have been using a reusable water bottle the past year or two instead of drinking multiple plastic Poland Spring bottles. Ever since I found out how bad these bottles were for the environment and how much of these I consumed, I figured it would be more beneficial to use only one refillable water bottle. 

For my Eco-Challenge I decided to commit to making at least 1 meatless or vegan meal each day. Reducing the amount of animal products I consume has been a goal of mine for a while and this class has only amplified those feelings. I hope that this challenge will give me an incentive to make this a part of my regular routine. The other action I chose was learning about water and air quality issues in my area and finding out how I can help to reduce this pollution. Environmental justice is something that is very important to me, and this is an issue that I know deeply impacts residents of Philadelphia so I am interested to learn more.