Sustainability Post #6

I think that I have really tried to make a difference in what I do to save water and energy. The game that my mom and I came up with didn't work out very well. We don't really play it anymore. I still go around and turn off lights though. Taking shorter showers are hard for me. I think I was able to do it a little but not a great amount. I don't think we have changed much from this project since my dad has always recycled and my mom is working and Luke Center so she pushed for sustainability too. I think that some new ways that we have developed will work if we keep at them to make a routine. I real challenge for me was conserving water. Because I have paddle and water polo my hair really take a beating. Without long showers my hair is dreads. I think that my actions have really affected something in my family. I haven't seen the water or energy bill yet, but I think I have made a small difference. I think I will make my mom more incentives for me and my family to make the recycling we do more than just a chore. I believe that Punahou should make better ways of telling us than just shoving it down our throats. Being told, over and over again will only make us more annoyed about the subject. I think I will try to continue what I have started, but to be honest, I will probably forget about what I have done.

Sustainability Post #5

http://www.vu.union.edu/~recycle/tips.html

I found this website when I was looking up ways to make sustainability easier. I thought this was the best site that I looked at. It was kind of funny and it explained really what sustainability was. The shorter showers seem to be working for me during the week days, but on the weekends I am in the shower for a long time. Brailey, also still takes long showers. It seems that I am the only in the house that goes around to turn off the lights. Before I leave everyday and even when I got to dinner, I turn off the lights in the back of the house. My family has not really come in to a routine yet with turning off the lights.
I really liked the chapel today. Even thought it wasn't about recycling and reusing I thought it really showed something that we need to remember. Because all this "saying sustainable" stuff has been drilled and drilled into our heads, I thought it was refreshing to look at what sustains people like you and me.

Sustainability Post #4

The recycling is going great. The way that I am also saving water is taking more showers in the morning so that I have only a certain amount of time to take the shower. This helps me a lot. My mom has made up a game to help us be more sustainable. Since she works at the Luke Center, she has come up with an idea that if you leave the room without turning off the light you owe a dollar from my allowance I get. If I catch her with a light on I get a dollar. This game is really fun for me, not so much for her.
I also have started to turn my computer off at night more. This is because if I leave it charging while it is sleeping it just continuously sucks energy all night. It seems to also hold a charge longer that before when I didn't turn it off.