Samantha Cochran

This has been a great challenge !  It has made me take notice and responsibility for every day things in my life that affect our environment !
#NewMindSet  #EcoChallengeAccepted  #WayToGoTSPC    !!!!!

I actually remembered my re-usable bags when I stopped by the store yesterday after leaving the office, yay !!
#NewMindSet  #EcoChallengeAccepted

 Groceries, errands, re-decorated my laundry space, household chores, family day when all your grown kids and their friends show up at the house, along with some family members....whew what a weekend !!!
While running my errands and going to the grocery store I found myself purchasing re-usable bags the store offered and requesting no plastic bags.  #NewMindSet    #PlasticFreeJuly    #EcoChallengeAccepted  

Every day brings something new with this challenge. I live very close to my office so I go home most days on my lunch break and relax or do some things around the house. Today it was a load of laundry and while I was sorting putting things in the washer I thought this big plastic bottle of laundry detergent what will happen to it once I am finished with it.....I immediately went to Pinterest...yes Pinterest and started researching how to make my own laundry detergent. So I will replace my plastic bottles for a glass (pretty) container (I love home design) to sit on my shelf with my homemade laundry detergent in it.  #NewMindSet #EcoChallengeAccepted 

So I went to the grocery store last night and grabbed a buggy to get the things that I needed. As I walked through the store picking up some of the typical items I buy, this challenge ran across my mind. At that point, I began going back through the store and putting  things back and exchanging them for different items that were not packaged at all or the least packaging possible. It is the smallest of things that make the biggest impact.
 #NewMindSet #EcoChallengeAccepted 

I really did not think too much about the environment until I accepted this challenge. I have read a few articles on the affects of some of the things I have chosen and it really makes you think about the choices that you make each and every day with just the little things like packing your lunch or grabbing a bottle of water. We can make a difference in the environment one person or one challenge at a time ! 

Enough Said !!!