M11.5 Zero Waste Life

I thought the TedTalk was very informative and interesting. I have heard of the concept of zero waste but never have heard of someone who has lived the zero waste life. I felt like I could relate to the speaker when she mentioned she is a lazy person but made the choice to live this lifestyle. As someone who is lazy it sounds like a lot of work to live this lifestyle; however the perks outweigh the thoughts of it making difficult. Saving money, choosing your own preferences on things and most importantly creating less trash. What I can do to lessen trash is make more home made foods. I agree with the speaker that once opening refrigerator all you see is plastic containers which would be great to eliminate if purchasing fresh fruits and veggies was possible. I also found the video Food Waste to be impact. I did not realize how much food is wasted every year. They compared it to buying 3 grocery bags and dropping one behind. That is a lot of food that is being wasted! Overall I feel people spend a lot of money on food and not half is used up and ends up tossed in the trash. Such as expiration dates on foods, people will throw out perfectly good foods with a day old expiration without checking if it still smells good or has mold on it. People need to see the date as a guide to keep track on how long they should keep the food not simply toss it out because it says to toss it on a certain day. This module gives a difference perspective on how we should see how we waste food and what we can do to stop it.

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  1. UnknownNovember 11, 2018 at 7:03 PM

    I can relate to your comments around expiration dates. It's always important to look for mold or smell the product, because often the expiration dates are put there to try to sell more product. I liked the speakers comments about taking baby steps, maybe it wouldn't seem so overwhelming if we just replaced one thing at a time!

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  2. DougNovember 19, 2018 at 9:18 PM

    I agree. It's a great idea, but I think it might be something that is difficult to really maintain without a lot of training, understanding and patience. Great post!

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