Day 162

Ava went back to school after the holidays in her summer uniform. I love the knee high socks and when I declared that I wanted a pair, she told me that I could borrow hers.....


It's Earth Day today! The things that I do to reduce my environmental impact:
-I hardly ever say yes to plastic bags in stores (the other day I was walking back to Samantha's house with a bag of onions in my hand...got a few strange looks).
-I RECYCLE! I recycle everything that I can (unfortunately in London what you can/can't recycle is very different than in Toronto...this saddens me).
-I turn off the tap whenever I'm not using it (even turning it off while you're brushing your teeth makes a difference!)
-I bike ride/walk/take the subway wherever I can (not that I have a car or anything/can even fully drive yet...)
-I unplug my phone charger as soon as my phone is done charging.
-I try to avoid buying bottled water at all costs (I've been rubbish at this during my time in London but in Toronto I have a re-usable water bottle that I take with me everywhere).
-I turn off lights when they don't need to be on (my mother continuously telling me to turn off my bedroom light is the reason I switch off lights wherever I go).

There are definitely so many more things I could be doing: taking shorter showers, putting on a sweater instead of turning up the heat, bringing my own mug to Starbucks, hanging my clothes up instead of using the dryer...I'm working on it.