Hello everybody!
I'm Anna, and welcome to One Thing Per Week!
One Thing Per Week is my goal ->That even as an overworked research assistant (soon to be PhD student), stressed, tired, busy busy busy (as we all are), I will make one (easy) positive environmental change or complete one action, every week for one year (possibly ambitious!). These actions, and the blog, are part of my larger plan to have a positive environmental impact (see diagram, below- and you may laugh at my lofty goals, but I am a committed optimist, and shall shrug off your scorn with ease).
Down to business. Australia emits the most carbon into the atmosphere per capita, IN THE WORLD! We are a wasteful, wasteful country. Why? We (mostly) live in the sub-tropics, where we don't need to heat our homes! We have reasonable public transport systems! We are going wrong somewhere (or lots of wheres).
So there is huge room for improvement. And the argument that it's the big businesses that use all the energy, or it's the governments responsibility to regulate our energy, not me, as an individual, that argument- just doesn't hold water. We are the people, people! We have the power! And that means you! yes, YOU!
phew, got a little excited there.
So, here's how I see the blog.
Each week I will set myself a goal, and there will be one, possibly 2 posts about what I plan, and how it goes. These posts will include detailed instructions and tips, how useful the action is (how much of an impact I think it will have), and how difficult it was.
Other post topics will probably include
- environmental news and resources.
- environmental psyc news, and how this can apply to everyday life
- talking about other environmental actions that don't fit into the 'easy' category, and as such cannot be part of my one thing per week challenge.
- and more topics as I come across them.
So, I will get started, stay posted!
Here is my environmental goals plan, drawn expertly in Paint, while I should have been working on stream 3 (click thumbnail to view).
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