Design Activity Deliverable
The last things I purchased were my dorm room bed amenities. I purchased a mattress pad, a mattress protector, a bedspread, and a couple of pillows. I purchased these items in multiple places, such as Amazon, Wayfair, Walmart, and HomeGoods. The main labor and energy for these take place with the workers in the factories where these were made and the delivery drivers (to the store & to my house). One major change I could have made was to purchase less or choose options that were closer to me, so I didn’t have to order online, which causes extra delivery pollution and labor. Another big thing I could have done is purchase every item from the same place, which saves on delivery costs and packaging. If I chose to order everything from the same place online, then certain things could be bundled together, which would save on packaging and calls for fewer deliveries to my house if done in bulk. If I purchased them all from the same in-person store, I could save entirely on deliveries to my house and reduce transportation pollution to and from multiple stores.
