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Re: Waste reduction week at LOLPS, Kayla Blakely

Re: Waste reduction week at LOLPS

As a university student currently studying environmental planning, I agree with the article that publicly recognizes the waste reduction initiatives at Land O'Lakes Public School. The main goal of a planner is to create a sustainable community, and the article (Waste Reduction Week at LOLPS,  October 27, 2011), outlines an important step in creating a more sustainable community and world. The key to changing our consumerist North American lifestyle is to reduce our ecological footprint, or in other words decrease the resources we consume and the waste we produce. Throughout history, society has witnessed that humans often resist change until they are directly affected by their actions. By introducing waste reduction programs that appeal to the young population, children will learn to protect our environment today and not have to change their habits later in life. In order to deviate from the destructive path that our planet is presently headed towards, actions must be taken at a local level, and we must learn to live within the carrying capacity of our earth.

Kayla Blakely