I was blown away when the presentation was given about waste on Friday. I had no idea that there are over 8 billion tons of waste accumulated per year in the United States. Just in the United States alone! Regarding food, Americans throw away on average 1.3 pounds of food a day, which is around 474.5 pounds a year. This is a major issue because all this waste takes up space, can harm animals and humans, and makes our water unclean.
I believe that there are many ways in which we can change our lifestyles to be more sustainable. Starting with picking up your trash and other people's trash as well, including dog droppings. Bringing your own reusable grocery bags to the store when you shop can help to reduce the production of plastic bags. Taking home leftovers can help you reduce your, on average, 1.3 pounds of wasted food per day.
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So recycling sounds like your project....
ReplyDeleteGood ideas, but how would you communicate the importance of this to your audience?
Its hard getting there attention and want to change. Its good that your using facts!!!
Nice guuurl!
-Nicole Shaw
Great topics and facts!
ReplyDeleteYou're blog was very interesting, and I really liked that you included facts, and ways to help.
What exactly are you going to be doing your senior project on? Recycling?
Great job!
I agree, when I heard that statistic I was surprised, I can’t believe how much food we throw away when there are so many people starving around the world. I think this would be a cool senior project, to make people more aware of the food their throwing away.
ReplyDeleteI thought your post was very reflective and I liked how you added your own suggestions. I know that you know what your doing for your senior project (we're partners and we have the best idea ever) but it would be interesting if somehow we could corporate some of the things we learned about in the presentations into our senior project. I thought same thing about the waste presentation and thought it was crazy! But overall I liked your post and I am looking forward to getting started on our senior project :)
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