Earth Pie Diminished - Hurrah!

I'm down from 3.8 to 3.4 Earths - think of it: 0.4 more Earths to go around.

I would say the largest reductions came from reduced plans for plane travel, as well as eating a vegan diet twice a week.

For my three goals:
1. Don't wear deodorant for a month
2. Cut plane travel to one round trip a year
3. Educate suitemates about sustainability

I passed the first one with no problem. For a simple action, it has caused me to completely rethink my chemical needs. On top of that, I have adapted a sponge bath that works in a college dorm. I only need to ensure that it uses less water than the showers I currently take. I switched to a biodegradable shampoo (Dr. Bronner's!) and have reached the point where my head produces less oil because it's not as vigorously scrubbed every day (who knew what a cleanliness treadmill we're all on).

For the second, I managed to cut out the study abroad completely and make way for quality time with family instead. I switched half of my California trip this spring break to train - but then - I waited too long to get tickets and something happened - the price of train tickets doubled while plane tickets halved! I find that even I am somewhat price sensitive. So I'll be taking a plane back from California. As for my trip to Kentucky this summer, I plan to have a grand adventure taking trains across the country.

The third and final goal - I'm still scared to ask my suitemates about a no-flush option, but I did put up signs about unplugging power strips, and organized the recycle bin to make sense out of the madness for my roomie. Besides, I've enjoyed finding environmentally-oriented tidbits and posting them on this blog!