For some reason the audio on my video is not working. Nevertheless, this video shows all the ways that my roommates and I are attempting to be more sustainable in our apartment. The first clip shows that we try to take shorter showers and turn off the water as we brush our teach. The next clips exhibits that we keep doors and windows open opposed to using electricity for a fan or air conditioner. The third clip displays all of our reusable cups that we use opposed to using one-use plastic water bottles. The last clip shows our washer machine that we use using cold water opposed to hot water because it’s better for the environment.
My Sustainable Act Video
Here is my sustainability act video. Enjoy. Just click on the Video For Class link because it was impossible for me do get it on here any other way.
Sustainable video (Athena)
Daily Sustainability
Gardening at Home
Here is the link to my video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/naYwvmlmxnA?feature=share
Sources:
https://www.thegardencontinuum.com/blog/the-6-environmental-and-health-benefits-of-growing-your-own-food
https://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/whygrow.html
Recycling for Sustainability
source : https://www.greenamerica.org/blog/truth-about-bottled-water
Saving Water When You Brush Your Teeth!
The video below shows that it takes 5 seconds to fill up 500 mL of water. If that was multiplied by 6 five second intervals, (which is 30 seconds) then you would be wasting around 3000 milliliters of water per brush. Do that twice a day and then you would be using 6000 mL a day! Turn off the water when you brush!
Reusing Plastic Water Bottle
Every Day I drink two 1.5 Liter Saratoga Water Bottles. It took around 15 seconds to fill up 1.5 liters. There was around 5 seconds that the faucet was on where water did not make it into the bottle. 1.5 liters/ 15 secons = .1 liters per second. So in just those 5 seconds I let the faucet run before and after I turned the faucet on I wasted a total of .5 liters of water which is a third of the large bottle. Overall I need to be more aware of how much water I am wasting.
