PLNU Sustainability in Action (BUS475)

The barriers for breaking the habit is convenience. It is more convenient to buy a plastic bottle from anywhere than carry one all day long and having to refill it. Perhaps to make it permanent, you could latch the reusable onto your backpack so it is not an inconvenience.

Per the gratefulness challenge, I am grateful for:1. Living in a very wealthy country filled with opportunity.2. The parents I had who raised me.3. The family that supports me in what I want to do with my life.

Gratitude is the prerequisite for happiness and positivity. Those who are ungrateful for what they have are rarely satisfied or happy. Thus they must consume more in order to attain some measure of happiness. However they only did themselves further in their whole of dissatisfaction. By being grateful for what exists in the world, the more we...

I could start buying from companies that help solve the problem of food waste. For example, I discovered a company at the farmer's market that recycles fruit and veggies that have been discarded from juice shops. It's just the parts of the produce that have had the juice sucked out of them. They will take the juiced produce and use it to make...

I am trying to refuse more plastic and paper packaging by buying in bulk, repurposing old clothes and other items, and refusing plastic at restaurants. It's hard though with the pressure!

I love bringing my friends with me to our school gym, and we lift weights outside the gym while watching the ocean/sunset!