So what is the point of all this? Why bother be green? It just seems like nothing I do is ever right! If you find your self saying this, I understand! It is hard to to be discouraged when trying to decide whether to buy local or organic, recycled or new etc!
It doesn't have to be so hard! The best way to be green isn't to throw away all your working light bulbs and replace them with brand new compact fluorescent lights...It isn't about how MUCH you do but its about how you actually do it!
Its about small realistic steps that you actually can live with! I am going to lead by example, and for this specific reason I have created this blog! I have created a promise to myself to do something, defined the reason for me doing it AND how long I plan on doing it for. After the specified time I'm going to think about how it changed my life and if I think it made a difference.
My little promise- Take the stairs! As long as it is under 10 flights of stairs and I am physically capable of going up the stairs I will NOT use the elevator!
Reason- While it may seem like a trivial amount of energy used just taking the elevator its raising points in my mind:
1) even if it is only a small amount of energy being used, if a lot of people only use a little of something it adds up to a lot!
2) I simply don't have enough time in my day to go to the gym or set aside for aerobics. I don't think my heart is going to take that excuse though...I want to increase my cardio activity! I'm going to keep track of the amount of minutes I'm on stairs daily/weekly along with my heart rate in relation to my final floor then use that information to see how much cardio activity I do weekly.
3) for every minute I'm using the elevator some one who actually needs it (someone who physically doesn't have the option to use the stairs) has to wait. I feel like this is pretty rude to do to some one.
The time frame- October to January.
I plan to keep updating with weekly/biweekly posts documenting all the different stairs I use and my experiences with them!
Kelli
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