Yesterday morning as I left my house at 6:45 am to drive to work, the moon looked absolutely beautiful! I started thinking about this class and the ways I have been trying to help with sustainability. I speak to the members in my house, my family, my coworkers of things we could do, which is great! But then I thought of how many people are actually on Earth. What is the biggest way to get so many to change and consider sustainability in their everyday lives, how could we get the government to understand why it is so important to step back a moment? Inflation is at an all time high and the basic need of eating is so expensive... I became sadden with the thought that a change would be so difficult. My question for you guys is, how can we make a major change? that will have a domino effect on the rest of the people! What could we do to make all the small work become a worldwide challenge?

I have been paying more attention to the items I purchase, and make sure to recycle correctly. I have implemented a "correct recycle" system in my workplace and it is exciting. I have asked all of my coworkers at the office to make sure they clean out containers (of any kind) before recycling them. One of my coworkers has taken the system to her own home!

My challenge is going good. While I never really gave much thought to expiration dates. I always treated them as law, since I never wanted to get sick. In doing just 30 minutes of research I learned lots about these dates. One of the most surprising to me is that the dates are not regulated by the FDA which I think is crazy, I thought thats something the FDA would be all over. Its impossible to label; in advance when a food will exactly go bad so foods should be good as long as their are no signs of spoilage. Expiration dates have more to do with the foods overall quality and texture as after these dates they are no longer fresh or at peak flavor. I did find these dates should be used when giving formulas to infants.

My challenge is going good. While I never really gave much thought to expiration dates. I always treated them as law, since I never wanted to get sick. In doing just 30 minutes of research I learned lots about these dates. One of the most surprising to me is that the dates are not regulated by the FDA which I think is crazy, I thought thats something the FDA would be all over. Its impossible to label; in advance when a food will exactly go bad so foods should be good as long as their are no signs of spoilage. Expiration dates have more to do with the foods overall quality and texture as after these dates they are no longer fresh or at peak flavor. I did find these dates should be used when giving formulas to infants.

My challenge is going really well so far. Eating without distractions while I already mentioned makes me more aware of how much I am eating and of full I am. Without distraction I also find myself being more conscious of what Im eating. I used to always get tenders and sandwiches at wow with fries almost always. Without having a distraction when I eat sometimes I may just not be hungry for the French fries since I know I have no good YouTube video or tiktoks to watch. While this leads to a decrease in food waste which is always a positive. Not to mention choosing to not eat fries with all my meals is just healthier and makes me over al more aware of the food Im putting in my body and the impact that food might have like increased weight gain.