Consumption

I felt that the consumption journal was an interesting way to explore how much we take from the world versus how much we are giving back. As much as it was tedious to record my daily activities, I found that I learned a lot more than I had expected to. 

For one, I spent a simple day going to class, hung out with a few friends and finished up doing some homework for the next day. These tasks do not seem so complex at hand but according to my list, they are. I made charts and graphs to represent my data to see what exactly I was using so much. 

The item I consumed most that day was electricity, mainly from lighting. I found that very strange because we are provided with a light source, the sun. It would be interesting to see more buildings and houses designed to incorporate the sun as the major light source.