Blog 4: Keep Your Trash

 15 September 2022

1745 - 1802 hrs.

Jordan Thompson, Jordan Syperski, And Glen Svebek

     After our group made a successful link up, we began to produce our collected trash for the week. As would be expected everyone had similar items in their trash such as food waste to include banana peels, lettuce. The other items that were prevalent in the trash was the containers that prepared food comes in and prepared drinks for example tuna packets, nut containers and prepared soup. 

     Overall, the experience was gross (using Jordan Thompson word), and we all agreed that was an accurate description, on a serious note we all agreed that it was surprising how much trash is collected for only a week, and when you just through a banana peel away or a tuna packet you think it doesn't make a difference, but as you look at the week's results you realize how much one individual contributes to the overall issue.

     When we asked each other which items were the most important in our trash we agreed that food items were important because it gives us fuel and nutrition to live and function, and items that were not important were the boxes from delivery services, and food containers from food delivery services, and the use of plastic water bottles. 

     When using the teachings of Ishmael to relate to this exercise I would say that Ishmael warns Us (humanity) as takers we need to change our mindset that the world is ours and throw caution to the wind, because this will only lead to the downfall of us, and that if we just make changes for instance becoming aware of the trash we produce and changing our habits we can inevitably turn the tide and push the needle in a more positive direction.