Author: interventor

This self intervention has an unexpected result for me. At the beginning, I am only treating this “assignment ” as an meaningless work. However, after collecting 6 days of the life waste, I find some problems deeply rooted in my … Continue reading “Self Intervention — Jiaqi Zhao” →

This week, I’ve been saving my trash to reflect on how much waste I actually produce. I used to think that I was aware of my ecological footprint, but this week really opened my eyes on how small things can … Continue reading “Self Intervention – Taka Shimokobe” →

This self intervention really opened my eyes about how much trash I really use. I live in a single apartment, so not being able to throw my trash away really caught my attention. I realized that, since I no longer … Continue reading “Alec Lazar Self-Intervention” →

Although I am aware that we live in a very consuming culture, it still shocked me that I had as much trash as I did at the end of the week. In that I was keeping track of what I … Continue reading “Self Intervention – Courtney Wildey” →

In the past year, I have been taking small steps to reduce my waste and feel like I have improved. This was a very interesting week for me, since I didn’t realize how much trash I actually produce. Most of … Continue reading “Self Intervention – Grace Chu” →

This was a surprising intervention to me, as I always thought of myself as someone who generally was not wasteful, although in hindsight I made few direct major changes to produce less waste than the average person.As the week of … Continue reading “Self Intervention – Ryan Anderson” →

One conclusion that I came to is that I throw away a lot more than I thought I would in one week. For my meals, I always use tupperware and reusable silverware and I often refrain from using ziplock bags/ … Continue reading “SELF INTERVENTION- Kanika Chaudhary” →

We decided to do this challenge together (we’re both in class together) and after a week of collecting trash, we were both pretty surprised with how much stuff we managed to accumulate over the weeklong period. We sorted our waste … Continue reading “Don’t Throw Anything Away – Cody Capella and Luis Mata” →

Wow! What an enlightening experience. Big things I noticed was how calloused I was to the amount of packaging that surrounded my daily life. In addition, once noticing this, I became more aware and cautious of the packaged items in … Continue reading “Self Intervention – Kenny Lau” →

My first attempt was on October 7th, I left out a bag in my kitchen that was titled “self-intervention, please do not throw away”. Unfortunately, my roommate with good intentions, took out ALL the trash including my self-intervention bag. From … Continue reading “Self Intervention-Ana Bernardo” →