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Team Reduced AC/Fan/TV Use

Reassurance from Others

After reading  my classmates sustainable behavior posts who were trying to adapt changes that were similar to mine, I felt a lot …

Believe & Achieve

Reading about my classmates’ sustainable behavior change and forming a little community around reducing energy use was very helpful. Their thought patterns …

Harder than I Thought

Change is never easy, no matter what aspect of your life you are talking about.  Change is especially difficult when you’re talking …

Just do it

I am pretty pleased with how I have done with this behavior challenge this week. The positive: I feel really good about …

Breaking the Habit

So even though we technically did not have to drop our bad habit until the beginning of this week, I decided to …

The price of comfort

After observing my air-conditioning-related behavior this week, I noticed a few things about when and why I turn the air conditioner on …

The Power Button

Each and every one of us uses electricity every single day.  Whether it’s the laptop we are using to do our homework, …

Cutting back on AC

When I was in Spain living with a host family, I was very aware of the power and water that I was …