Day 6: Time with our mentor

Today our mentor, Lynda Everett came up to proctor and helped us and we talked to her about her environmental activism. We walked along the rail trail with her. As we walked along the rail trail, we looked for trash, but we didn't find much, as the Proctor community keeps it very clean. We talked with her about our week, and how we had been living a better and more sustainable life. We talked about about how it has been our goal to use less plastic, and prevent more waste by little thins such as packing lunches. These little things will prevent waste and if we can send the message to everyone to just do little easy things such as using a Tupperware over a plastic bag, it will help our earth immensely. Lynda also talked to us about more sustainable ways to live, and she helped us brainstorm more ideas for the coming week to broaden our trash pick up into a more useful and sustainable way. It was good to check in with our mentor and have her help come up with ideas, because we felt that we could be more helpful with our time, instead of picking up trash for four hours a day. It was also good to get a different perspective on our project, so that we can come up with more ideas.

On Sunday, we headed to Portsmouth for mothers day. We decided that since we were with our mentor, and near the ocean, it would be wise to grind out some project hours while we could.We walked on the beach and picked up a lot of trash. There was a variety of things, but we did find a lot of recycling. We also explored the sustainable options around Portsmouth, in stores and restaurants. We spent more time with our mentor and crafted a more solid plan for the rest of our project. 

Saturday hours: 2

Sunday hours: 4

Total hours: 27

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