Sustainable Urban Citizenship

Over the next four months, a group of nine students in Lesley University's M.A. program in Urban Environmental Leadership will be challenging themselves to adopt more sustainable behaviors. Along the way, they'll be documenting their experiences--both the highs and lows--of changing their own behaviors. First up, the cohort will be challenging themselves to eat locally grown foods and cut down on product packaging. Follow this blog to see how they get on!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

DIY

I started a do-it-yourself home energy audit, with the help of Alex. We've been tackling a small bit at a time. Most of the bits are easy and cost nothing, like evaluating the apartment.

The first, and albeit easiest, task was to change light bulbs. CFLs are relatively expensive at $5.00 a piece... but they come in nice little recyclable packaging. They also come with their own recylcing kit!