Day 19: Day 18: My Sustainability Challenge

Halfway through my sustainability challenge and I can still say I’m enjoying it but certain aspects are getting harder. In a certain sense I’m lucky that the weather stayed dry this long considering I’m in Ireland but today was the first day I had to walk in the rain. It wasn’t very heavy rain but after a 30 minute walk my jacket was fairly soaked. Another thing that is effecting my challenge is that it’s still dark when I have to get up making it a little harder to stay motivated. Other than that I can’t complain as I’ve still been enjoying the various aspects of the walk that I’ve mentioned in my previous posts. 

I always try and stand up for what I believe in whether it’s related to sustainability and the environment or just football debates with my friends. One small discussion I did get into with a classmate was about energy sources. In Longford there is a lot of peatland which is trying to be converted into an area for windmills which has sparked outrage and debates with the locals, many of which burn turf as an energy source. My classmate argued that the peat should be cut and used until it runs out before a new energy source is necessary whilst I tried to explain to him that it would be doing more harm than good. He was fairly adamant on his stance. We didn’t speak about it for long at all because I realised his opinion wasn’t going to change no matter what I said so I decided to leave it. It definitely helped me realise how different peoples opinions can be on certain topics.