During the process of Journalism
for 48 hours, I truly noticed how unsustainable my everyday life could be
unless I take notice. On Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 I started my
journalism process. Understanding that water consumption has a huge impact on
the sustainability imprint individuals have on the environment, I always try to
have the water shut off while I’m washing my face and brushing my teeth. I don’t
see the reasons to have the water running if you don’t need it at that exact
moment. I have also taken efforts to take shorter showers. These two efforts I have
expressed in my journal have lessen the impact of my water usage. I learned
about how strongly water consumption can affect your sustainable imprint from
Dr. Chandu during his conversation with us back in early October. The second
main impact I noticed was my food consumption containers. When I ordered food
at home, work, school, I noticed all of them came in some form of plastic
container. This being the lid, the whole container, or the utensils included
with the meal. This makes me so upset to think that this is way that majority
of food companies package their items. I think they need to learn the true negative
impacts on the environment that all of their plastic containers are evaluating to.
The plastic consumption and usage in New
York City alone has grown tremendously in the past few generations. People are
unaware of these harmful impacts, due to lack of education and information.
During our trip to WaterKeeper Alliance, Marc Yaggi I along with my sustainability
classmates, learned about the dangers of plastic consumption, disposable, and decomposition.
We learned that in 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than marine
life. How is that okay? Answer: It’s not. We need to make the change. This
change will only happen when people become aware of these facts. Learning the overwhelming
alarming facts, made me more aware of how to dispose of these items. After I finished
eating I made sure to recycle the water bottle, plastic container and utensils
that were included within my meal. I am one person, majority of people do not
do the extra step in the disposal process, therefore, that’s why our plastic
ends up in oceans and landfills. There should be more knowledgeable information
that can be accessed and addressed easier and more frequently to people all
over the world. I’ve noticed at my own job, we have complementary Poland Spring
water bottles for customers and associates in the Showroom. I brought up to my
boss that we should invest in a recycling program due to how many water bottles
are being used daily within this one section of the company. He thought it was
a great idea and we are now working on producing and discussing a solution to
this problem.
Within these 48 hours, I did not use to many clothing items that needed
to be washed. I’m not the type of person that will only was a hand full of
items for a load. I will wait until I have enough “dirty” clothes that will
contain and fill a full load in the wash machine. This system is also the same
for the dishwasher. I think by running a full load of clothing or dishes with
barely any items in the appliance is doing a negative service along with
wasting of water and cleaning supplies. I have been doing this system for
several years and I think it’s one of the best ways I have successfully and positively
impacted the environment. I think the best way to save the planet, would be to
reduce the use of plastic materials. Companies that engage in the production of
reusing these plastic materials to produce their clothing and/or accessories,
is fabulous. The more companies that take on this task to reduce the amount of
plastic within landfills and oceans will be more successful once the message
has grown and consumers are more knowledgeable. I believe we all must make a strong
effort to change the way we do little, very harmful and impactful, things. By
doing this, together we can make a change.
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