Katherine Kohrs

I first began to become aware of what is in my foods and the ingredients in everything that I ate once I began to realize the bigger impact on climate change and the Earth. I began to not eat things with palm oil in it, and instead have switched over to more organic alternatives. With each choice that I make to change my diet over to more organic items, this could help with deforestation.

I typically tend to drive to the gym almost every day. From where I live, the gym is about ten minutes away, or if attending a different gym it could be 25 minutes away. However, I chose to do this action because I like to drive with another person who also works out with me, and we drive together almost every day. He has a truck so we typically use my own car, which is a compact vehicle. I believe that by us carpooling, this has saved from a ton of toxins being released into the atmosphere. As well, carpooling is something that everyone should at least try to do once a day because this could not only help with the CO2 emissions, but this is a wonderful time to get to know someone and travel to the same place.

Women-owned businesses are the key to a great consumer market. There are a lot of times where people believe that men are the stakeholders that own most businesses, but there are a lot of great businesses that are run by women. By supporting women-owned businesses and learning more about these businesses, we can motivate the next generation of women to stand up and know that they too have a chance at becoming what ever they want. 

I noticed that it is quieter when I walk because it is usually early in the morning. Sometimes, the walks are humid at six in the morning but other times, it's a bit chilly. On the chilly days, those are my favorite. I enjoy seeing the sunrise, I like seeing the birds begin their day, and just noticing another day becoming alive and having a chance to start over. I realize during these walks that each day on the Earth is precious and we need to take into consideration that we should care for the Earth a lot more by becoming greener. 

There are a lot of health benefits to eating smaller portions, which is why I try to minimize my portions. The health benefits are astronomical; most people that over eat tend to feel bloated, tired, and sluggish all day. However, when a person eats smaller, healthier portions this helps gain energy as well as helps a person's metabolism. 

I believe that North America eats more meat than other countries because of the access that we have to meat. However, for myself personally, I don't really even like meat to begin with so the challenge was easy to do. I believe that a lot of people in North America that are regular meat eaters do not tend to think about the impact of eating meat and what this does to the overall environment. They see food instead of seeing a living animal that has a life. I think that more people should become aware of the impact eating meat has on the overall environment and knowing how bad eating meat actually is, more people would be able to cut back on their meat consumption drastically.