No Impact Experiment -- Day 1

Day 1 is all about consumption.  The first exercise is to create a list of stuff I need to purchase this week. Here is my list:

Groceries (for meals and school lunches), moisturizer, gas for the car.  That's it.  I was supposed to delete all the items I could do without for the week.  My girls suggested the moisturizer, but really I must have it.  Really!

The second assignment is to collect my trash, recyclables, adn food waste.  Well, it is 7:31 p.m. and I have already missed the boat.  I bought a take out lunch today and threw the trash and recyclable plastic bottle away at work. I definitely could have done without the drink -- it cost $1.99.  Oh well, I will do better.  I will!

Actually, the first assignment was to watch the Story of Stuff, which I am trying to watch with my girls, but it keeps pausing. So, we are downloading it, and it will take another 45 minutes or so to download.

The third assignment for the day is to not shop for new items.  I don't have time to shop, really, so that one will be easy. 

So, lesson for the day is to plan ahead so that I don't have to purchase a take out lunch, which creates waste.  Overall I think I did pretty well.