Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 1: My Smart Goal

Over the next ten weeks, I will only turn on heat at night from 10pm til 8am to reduce the cost of electricity use for my apartment. This lifestyle is eco-chic because it will save energy and heating costs. I chose this life-style because it makes more sense for me to only turn on the heat when I am hanging around in my apartment. I figure that I am usually at work or school during the hours of 8am and 10pm. There is absolutely no need for me to have the heat on when I am not at home. So today, when I get home, I will only turn the heat on at 10pm.

Welcome to Sarra's Notes in Nature!

"Lady Slipper: Minnesota State Flower. July 19, 2009."
Location: Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, MN
(If you want to go see it during the summer, stop into the park in the government office and ask any of the DNR staff. It is the only lady slipper in the entire state park because it was planted there.)

My name is Sarra Vinnik, and my blog is about my adventures with nature. I enjoy trail-running and hiking a lot and when I can remember, I bring a camera along to take pictures of scenery that has meaning to me. Almost every nature picture I take has some amount of thought behind it.

There are 5 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:

1. Advocacy Project
2. Eye Openers
3. Reflections
4. Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change 
5. Share and Voice

If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post is has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.
The members of my web group are:

1. Amy & Kristen@Enviro-Surfing with Amy & Kristen 
2.  Caleb T.@Caleb Cares About Contamination
3. Andrea V.@Fun in the Sun with Andrea
4. Jamie T.@Jamie on the Big Lake
5. And myself Sarra V.@Sarra's Notes in Nature
 

 

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Thanks for visiting my profile! Feel free to posts lots of nature photos that you have taken with a little note about Time, Place, Location, and style of Camera (or as much as you can remember). Ciao!

First day of class

First day of HLTH 3500: Environmental Health with Dr. Versnik-Nowak. Learning how to blog today. A few new people to meet and get to know. Can't wait to graduate Spring 2012 :)