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The video we saw in class today was great in the way it might make you reflect on what you do daily in terms of contributing to the problem or helping ease some of the environmental issues the narrator was discussing. About three years ago I wanted to see how much money I could save if I didn't eat out at all for a month. So I ate breakfast and dinner at home and packed lunch and snacks. Over the course of a week the average I would spend on lunch and dinner was about $8 per meal and stopping at the convenient store for a snack or two cost another $2-3 bucks. All together I was spending about $11-19 a day on just food because I always felt like I was on the run not to mention all the trash I was throwing out as a bi-product of the food I was purchasing. I was able to save money, time and helped on my part not to contribute as much to a growing problem of wasting resources.

Recently I've gone from buying a cup of coffee everyday to making my own at home and preparing enough in a separate container as back up to refill throughout the day. Again I didn't realize I was spending so much money on just a cup of coffee that added up from week to week to total about $100.00+ a month. I thought since Mrs. stone established a challenge of wanting to see what we could do on a personal level to help I would share a little something and contribute to this blogger.