Over the past week, not much of my energy or water consumption has changed. I have tried to turn off lights in rooms that aren't being used but my little brother and sister keep going back into those rooms and turning them on. I will have to do something about that. Also, I realized that the light in my room stays on for quite a long time after dark because of how late I am staying up. A solution for this will be somehow convincing my teachers to give less homework. I have a fan in my room that I don't use very often but I opened my windows to let in a breeze so that if it does get hot I won't be tempted to use the fan. Since I have a lot of chargers, a radio and a lava lamp I took a power strip from my sister's room because she is on a trip. Now when everything is finished charging and I am bored of watching my lava lamp I can just unplug the whole strip.
Luckily, as for water usage, it has rained a couple of times on my hill so we haven't had to use too much water to water our plants and yard. Also, to lessen my water usage from showers I have started to take them in the morning. The reasoning for this is that instead of having no time limit to my showers at night, taking showers in the morning forces me to take a quick one so that I get to school on time. A suggestion I have for Punahou this week is to do something about the locker room showers. There are at least 30 showerheads in the locker room and after sports they are filled with people. If the people in the locker room did something about the time spent in the shower it might help their water use.
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Thats a good idea to take a shower in the morning because it rushes you to get to school on time, so you end up using less water. Again I like how you have another suggestion for our school.
I find showering in the morning kills two birds with one stone. When I shower in the morning, I don't need to turn on the lights in the bathroom. This saves both electricity and water at the same time as I take shorter showers in the morning, too. I didn't really think about how we waste water in the locker rooms at school, good job.
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