Overall Idea
For the remainder of the semester, each group in our Global Experience class is given a different challenge. Our groups' goal is to limit the money that we each spend on a daily basis. We are being challenged to reuse items and make the most of what we already have, instead of buying unnecessary items.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday - Garrett
So this project hasn't actually been all that much of an issue for me.I don't have a car, so I end up walking everywhere, cutting down on gas consumption. I don't really shop for anything. I haven't bought groceries since I've been in college as I eat every meal at a dining hall. The one thing that I thought I could cut back in was doing laundry, but again I have a small advantage over the typical college student. I play college football, and while that is not directly related to laundry (and as such reducing on water consumption and spending money on detergent, drier sheets, etc.), there is something that I have only recently begun to take advantage of. After every practice, your clothes get washed. Now I decided to try something and my everyday clothes in with my football gear to see if it got washed. I came back the next day to find that yes, the clothes did get washed. So now I take dirty clothes with me to practice to get them washed. I save money because I don't have to buy detergent and drier sheets and I reduce the amount of water used as my clothes get cleaned with everyone else's on the team. This was my one big cut-back for the Lorax so far. Now i just have to figure out what to do next week.
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yes as a matter of fact you do you need to think of something on a daily basis .. but this is a great idea ... group laundry .
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