Meghan Benkert

My challenge has been going well, and I've been able to focus on saving as much energy as possible!

Today, the challenge didn't go as well because I used plastic bags and forgot to use reusable bags.

The challenge has been going good, I have noticed when I'm lazy I tend to not want to get up to turn lights off from other rooms or turn water off in between doing things, but since doing this challenge it has made me think about it more and how much energy and water I would be saving.

The challenge has been going good and I have been able to keep up with all of my challenges, the hardest one being not to accept plastic bags!

Today, I went to the store and noticed how many people use plastic bags and how that is a regular thing to do, instead of reusable bags. I had never really thought of this before, but now doing this challenge made me think how many disposable bags are used everyday, and that’s normalized instead of reusable bags.

I was able to complete my challenges, although I didn’t go to the store at all, but I made sure to turn off water and everything else off when not being used. I have also decided to get reusable bags to put in my car so I have them there in case I decide to go to the store whenever!

So far, I have been doing good and have been able to not take a bag when I don't need it, like when I only have a few things that I'm getting. I've also noticed me thinking about turning lights off and things that I'm not using, and I'm paying more attention to it.

Today, I went to the store and forgot to bring my reusable bags so I accepted plastic bags and wasn't able to complete that challenge today. However, I still was able to remember to turn off lights and water when they weren't being used!

So far, the challenge has been going good. I don't go shopping a ton, so I'm not usually worried about using plastic bags, and it's been pretty easy to make sure I'm not using energy when it's not needed because I just turn off the lights, water, etc. whenever it's not in use. I also have to pay for these utilities, so it's easy to do when it saves me money.