May
May 1 <Got creative with leftovers>
May 2 <Bought pre-loved clothes>
May 3 <Learned about Wishcycling>
May 4 <Used wine corks to repel fruit flies>
May 5 <Uploaded Eco Cart on my computer>
May 6 <Turned off tap when brushing teeth>
May 7 <Cut out dairy for a few weeks>
May 8 <Used homemade laundry pods>
May 9 <Collected shower water>
May 10 <Watered plants in early morning>
May 11 <Made a menu & shopping list for a week of meals>
May 12 <Took a cooler shower>
May 13 <Watched seaspiracy>
May 14 <Watered plants with rice rinse water>
May 15 <Made liquid laundry soap>
May 16 <Cleaned my bathtub w/ homemade no scrub tub cleaner>
May 17 <Mixed my own toilet bowl cleaner>
May 18 <Dusted w/ homemade wood polish & dusting spray>
May 19 <Made homemade fresh lemon dishwasher detergent>
May 20 <Gave client ride to view homes>
May 21 <Made my own air freshener>
May 22 <Upcycled a tee shirt into a shopping bag>
May 23 <Returned plastic plant pots to farm>
May 24 <Cleaned coffee pot w/ vinegar>
May 25 <Line dried my sheets>
May 26 <Ran dishwasher only when full>
May 27 <Turned off all lights when leaving the room>
May 28 <Shopped w/ my values>
May 29 <Switched to LED light bulbs>
May 30 <Opened the window instead of using AC in car>
May 31 <Avoided palm oil>
May 1, Day 119
<Got creative with leftovers>
I know some people don’t like leftovers, but I love them! The best lunch is yesterday’s leftover dinner! Try dating your leftovers with a post-it note so you know how fresh (or not!) they are. Some leftovers even taste better the next day!
Want some stats? Roughly one-third of all food produced for human consumption around the world goes to waste. Environmentally, it accounts for about 8% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, 24% of the freshwater & 28 million tons of the fertilizers & pesticides used in agriculture. If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the USA & China!