Reflections Week 1 and 2

My new and improved look on the environment!

Environmental Health has been a very unique course so far. Its nothing like what I expected it to be. My idea of the class was that environmental health was referring to health concerns in the environment. I thought we'd be talking about ways to keep the environment clean and all the harm humans have caused. There has only been two classes, but yet I've been thinking about my lifestyle choices and how I can change them to be more eco-friendly. It really doesn't take that much effort, its just a matter of thinking before doing.  I started thinking about a lot of things I do in life that are not so environmentally friendly. I used to throw garbage out the window and I would be pretty wasteful with paper and things like that. I would leave the water running, leave lights on, and take long baths and showers. Its weird to think about all the little things that we could change that wouldn't even be that hard to fix. Bad habits are usually hard to break, but I think that talking about the things we do in class makes me more aware. I've been trying to use dish rags instead of paper towels, cups instead of water bottles, and lots of other small things that should hopefully add up!

In class we've been talking about different ways that health factors link with the environment. I never thought things such as eating disorders or weight loss had anything to do with the environment because when I think of the word environment, I just think of the outdoors. Now when I think about the word "environment," I think about a lot more factors such as the people your around, the location in which you live, your lifestyle, your family, and much more.

Another thing that I've learned in class is how to create this blog! I don't know how to do much of anything with it yet, being that I am very bad with computers and learning new things involving technology. I get really stressed out because I fall behind and I always feel like I'm the worst one in the class with computers. I didn't know going into the class that we were going to be doing so many things on the computer! This is stuff that I'll need to know and will be very helpful as a health educator though, so its something that I need to learn sooner or later. I just hope I can catch on fast, and make this blog look spectacular!