Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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.

2 comments:

Zo said...

Good idea if you can't keep a time limit on showers at night. I think that the light-on-dollar idea was interesting too...I do the same thing with my parents and swearing. ^_^

Matthew said...

"This game is really fun for me, not for her," was a humorous statement. It adds to your voice. Also the game sounds like a great way to remind yourself to be sustainable. That is an excellent way to make a chore sound fun.