LifeStyle Project: Week 1

For the lifestyle project I chose to be especially conscious of my usage of heat, food and transportation. For heating, I haven't had my cooling or heating system on in about 2 weeks and I intend to keep it off until the end of the semester. Lately it has been mild outside, so the temp is around 70 to 74 degrees in the apt. on a consistent basis. If it gets warm or stuffy I just open the doors and/or windows to get a nice cross breeze. My goal for food is to cut down my meat consumption. I already eat a small amount of meat but I'm trying to cut my meat consumption even lower, possibly become a peskitarian for a little bit. Also, living with a vegetarian makes eating less dairy/meat and more vegetables, raw fruit, etc. a lot more convenient. The next thing on the list is transportation. Instead of borrowing my roommate’s car to drive to Austin or the store, I'm hitching rides for the remainder of this semester and so far it has been a breeze. Last but certainly not least I would like to get some vegetables planted. Unfortunately, It's getting closer and closer to December and I have less and less time to spend at the garden. I'm not sure if planting vegetables at this time is a sensible plan. I have been thinking and I don't think anyone will be here for winter break to water/watch the plants--so this is still undecided.