Week 4

5-4/5-10

Ok, cup thing still not registering on boyfriend’s radar. Fellow employees at the hospital think it’s a good idea.

My current draw back is that I’ve been running a lot of errands and my cup runs out. I think I need to buy a bigger one. So while I’m out I’ll grab a burger and I’ll have to get a drink from BK in a disposable cup. It’s a fine line between having a big enough cup to get you through and having a cup so big that your drink gets warm or you never finish it.

Oh and I… Continue

4-27/5-3

Ok, so I love my boyfriend to death. He's the sweetest guy and I know he would do anything in the world for me. That's why he keeps bringing me fast food while I'm on the road to recovery. lol Not that the whole cup thing is on the forefront of my mind but it cracks me up. He knows about the cup change, we see each other everyday and he makes fun of my 'hippie' tendencies (the cup) everyday. But he brings me one every time he brings food over. I'll always tell him that I have stuff to… Continue

4-20/4-26

Ok, so I got sick and ended up in the hospital. You know how you feel yourself getting sick… yeah well during that time I’d brought my own cup but forgot it when I walked to the drink machine and I didn’t care. Isn’t that horrible! I didn’t feel like walking to the other end of the hall to get my cup so I used 2 disposable right off the bat, one for hot cocoa and one for water! That day I ended up using 5 cups, and it wasn’t that I wasn’t thinking about it… I just didn’t care. Maybe h… Continue

4-13/4-19
Ok... so tougher than I thought. There is so much blow up about plastic water bottles in land fields, and I get it, it's plastic and it degrades in like 100,000 years if, but our society is plagued with disposable cups! I'm a nursing student and I have capstone 3 twelve hour shifts a week, plus I have to work for me 2-3 twelve hour shifts a week, needless to say I eat out.

How prevalent is fast food in our society? Fries and a drink are standard. With that drink comes a cup. So it's b… Continue

Christina Brown
Proposal for environmental change
4-13-08

•What environmental practice will you adopt?
o Conservation. Reducing waste.
•What will you do?
o I will forgo using disposable cups.
•How often will you do it?
o Everyday
•How is it 'environmental'?
o Reduces trash, saves on production (harvesting materials and creating wastes) and keeps trash out of landfills.
•Why do you think this improves your relationship to the environment?
o Use about 5-7 styrofoam or Fast Food cups a day (both d… Continue