Has Shannon Thrown In The Towel?!?!

October 15, 2012
As Shannon Wall continues the Project Green Challenge it has become exactly what the title says it is, a challenge. Wall explains that towards the beginning of the challenge she was way more productive and active. “I had less ties, less homework, and fewer commitments than I do now,” Wall says.

Wall does the challenges still no longer shoots for the greenest tasks which offers the most points. “Some days are definitely harder than others. If I have a paper due on a challenge day I'll skip doing the challenge depending on how important a paper or homework assignment is.” School has caused conflict towards her participation in the activity, which is one of the main reasons students didn’t follow through with joining the event.

"With all the sign ups I got from tabling the event not one of them actually committed to doing the challenge," Wall says. "I mean but I totally understand, as college kids we got a lot on our plants and sometimes we don't want to give ourselves more than we can handle."

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However she says that skipping certain days of the challenge doesn’t make her any less productive when it comes to sustainability. “I was trying to stress to students that you don’t have to be perfectly green everyday, just be more conscious. If you see a piece of trash on the floor pick it up and toss it in the trash, if you finish drinking from your water bottle put it in the recycling bin rather than the trash can.”

Wall says that she’s made it more of a habit to buy organic foods, taking the bus more to the point where even her roommates hop on the Monterey Salinas Transit (MST) every now and then. “That’s the coolest part, seeing your friends turn green without them even realizing it.Going green doesn’t have to be hard, you just gotta take it day by day and you will see change,” says Wall.

Wall says that her roommates not to long ago bought furniture from a store called Last Chance. It’s a place that sells previously owned items ranging from clothes, books, furniture and more. “We bought a couch for ten bucks,” she says ecstatic, “so the challenge has influenced not only me but my peers which is awesome.”