Kristina Townsend – Go Green Project
Bio 110 0903FA
November 28th 2016
Instructor: Michele Davison
Over the next eight weeks I will plan to acquire a new skill that will make me more eco-
friendly in my household. I will be recording data and creating an organization of task to
complete weekly. I am aware that these two task will be important to maintain while
completing my Go Green project, so that I can give detailed information at the end of the
next 8 weeks. I have decided that I will work to make the world more eco-friendly by
eating no beef or lamb.
Since I turned 21 and joined a fitness group in my hometown I have been a very
health conscious person. I never realized until researching for this project that I could be
eco-conscious by eating certain meats. There are meats that are eco friendly based off
how they are packaged and what emissions they give off. I have decided for my third
analysis that I will record my meat intake weekly and also eat meats that are more eco-
friendly to our environment. Lastly, there are certain herbs and vegetables that I use
weekly to cook with. I will start to buy fresh local herbs and vegetables and record these
items that I buy every week.
I have been researching this past week and there are so many different Internet
resources that will help me pick the rights foods to eat and places to shop. I will also
creating data tables to record my progress throughout the next weeks. I have decided to
record my data using charts, tables and pictures. I will record numerical data that shows
how much carbon dioxide I am saving from releasing into the environment.
References:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28858289
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/eco-farming/eat-more-plan/
Schedule: A More Eco-Friendly Household
Weeks 1 through 8 =
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Research
and buy
meats. Try
to eat less
meats that
are not eco-
friendly.
Make food
chart to
record food
consumption
for this day.
Record what
you ate for
the day.
Record
numerical
date showing
chemicals
saved from
the
environment.
Record what
you ate for
the day.
Record
numerical
date showing
chemicals
saved from
the
environment.
Record what
you ate for
the day.
Record
numerical
date showing
chemicals
saved from
the
environment.
Record what
you ate for
the day.
Record
numerical
date showing
chemicals
saved from
the
environment.
Record what
you ate for
the day.
Record
numerical
date showing
chemicals
saved from
the
environment.
Record
meats
consumed.
Go Green Final Project
I predict that I will effectively reduce emissions in our environment by 2% by completely
discontinuing beef and lamb from my diet for 8 weeks. I will be eating a very strict diet
that will be the same every Monday to Friday for 8 weeks. During the weekends I will be
recording what I eat when out with friends and make sure that my meals are completely
without beef and lamb.
I picked this project to see what percentage one person could have on changing
the environment based on what meats they ate. I will effectively analyze, investigate and
compare my new dieting lifestyle based on one of my best friends dieting lifestyles. My
best friend and I have similar lifestyles and live in the same area. We spend several days
during the week and weekends together. She has agreed to record her meat intake during
the 8 weeks and will continue to eat beef and lamb. She does not eat fish so that will not
be included in her diet. I will include some photos of different foods that I have prepared
during the weeks.
Since my project will just be recording the emissions of meats such as poultry,
fish, lamb and beef; Sara and I will only record the meats we intake. We will both specify
the weight of that amount of meats we both eat so that I can compare statistically at the
end of the next 8 weeks.
Kristina’s Weekly Eating Log:
Each day for breakfast I would have oatmeal, toast with vegetables or cereal. If I snaked
it would be on granola and canned tuna with crackers. Although very difficult for the last
8 weeks I have not ate any beef or lamb. The days where I put that I had no meats I
would eat pho soup.
Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Total kg:
1
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
None
142g
tuna
Fish: 0.852
Turkey:
2
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
170g
tuna
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
Fish: 1.022
Turkey:
3
170g
tuna
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
170g
tuna
None
Fish: 908
Turkey:
4
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
142g
salmon
170g tuna
170g
tuna
142g
salmon
170g
tuna
Fish: 1.078
Turkey:
6
170g
None
170g tuna
170g tuna
170g
142g
None
Fish: 822
tuna
tuna
Turkey
tuna
Turkey
Turkey:
0.284
0.142
