Experiments in Sustainability, Kindness, and Social Responsibility; after completing a four week survey of my personal habits which include; what I generate and manage as waste, along with my comportment in the public eye, I found this experience to be quite extensive as well as enlightening.
Sustainability Experiment: I have done these types of trials before in other classes. Therefore, this time around was more of a revision than a realization. It was important for me to have a review or to revisit how much refuse I create as well as recycle. For the most part, I have would have to say that I was very contentious before the experiment. However, after a four week appraisal; I was able to refine some of my habits or correct some …show more content…
And I have been for a while, therefore when it came to doing this part of the experiment it was more of a review course for me. Since I do not generate much waste I think it was easy to keep track of what was going in the garbage and what was being recycled or composted. Once I had obtain a base line for the experiment the first two week of the trial is what I set aside to gather the raw data. I found that I was not as stringent as I should have been. It is easy to fall into old habits and I see that is what I had been doing. The next two weeks of the trial was set at trying to improve i.e. reduce my solid waste. I think for the most part I did revise some bad habits and as well as reaffirmed some as well. One problem that I have found during the years and not during the trial is how to recycle electronic components. Most office work places have this type of recycling set up but what about the individual where is the student, the labourer to do when they need to recycle their electronic components. The recycling center here is not located on a bus route and since the above mentioned may not have their own transportation why would they pay money to recycle electronics when they could easily throw it into a plastic bag and put it in a garbage can; food for thought I …show more content…
And once that was done, the person who was gossiping about the other did agree with the complements that had presented for everyone to hear. As well, the group also agreed with my other comment and the conversation went in a different direction after that. Now I am not suggesting that every time I do this it work out well. But every time that I do it, I know that I have done the right thing. Moreover, I am a firm believer in “if you keep doing what you are doing you are going to keep getting what you are