I have completed another week of my year long quest to learn how to be green. My wife’s challenge to me for the week was to turn off lights when I am not in a room. Right now, we only have one lamp and one overhead light laminating the room so I think we are making progress. I think I have learned quite a bit about electricity use and have changed my habits in a manner that will reduce our environmental footprint.
This has been an exercise in habit and I thought I would have more problems with it than I did. Last week, my task was to stop using plastic bags and I had one heck of a time remembering to adhere to the challenge at hand. For some reason, this week’ green challenge seemed much easier and I thought it would be considering I thought it required the sort of mental discipline as last week’s task. So far, I have been doing a good job and I have only been told by Ashley a few times that I should turn off a light.
I am not exactly positive on the long term impact I will have by continuing to do this task, but I would imagine it will add up over a lifetime. Ultimately, leaving lights on when you are not using them is wasteful and there is no real reason that I should leave lights on. Turning lights off is good for the environment, good for your electricity bill and the right thing to do. Please let me know any comments you have in the area below and stay tuned for the next task that is coming shortly.
