Back near the end of April during Environmental week at Northumberland Regional High School, the students were taking pledges towards what they could do to help save the environment. I have always participating in school functions and activities and to me, this was no different. I wanted to do my part to help make the environment just a little bit better.
I decided to pledge the same as I had the year previous (which I was unable to keep). My pledge was to use a re-usable water bottle for the entire month of May instead of the plastic ones that I have always used. Not using a plastic water bottle was to my surprise much more difficult than many things I have done before. However, I did! Today is the first day of June and I haven’t used a plastic water bottle since the last day of April. It was difficult, but I was able to use my NRHS bottle to show off some school spirit while I was helping the environment.
I have come to enjoy the challenge of pledging to give something up for a bit of time – perhaps it will result in me stopping altogether. Regardless, I have decided to start pledging something that I want to stop doing, take a break from, or even start doing from now on. In the summer I plan to do something each week, but for now I have something in mind that I will try quitting for the month of June: Pop!
I am going to see if I can make the month of June without drinking any pop whatsoever, including Pepsi, Sprite, Coke, Root Beer.. none of it! I’m sure I can do it and perhaps I will even feel a bit healthier by the end. (Do Energy Drinks count?!)
