Dont waste your food! - Peri Cabrales Entry #2

Question: " Were you successful in convincing people to make a change in their lives in regards to your project? Why do you think they did or did not agree to make a change? What did you learn about what it takes to persuade people to make a change in their lifestyle and how can you more effectively convince people to make a change if you were to do this again.

Answer: For my project, I was successful in making people change their ways in food waste and buying food because of the persuasive things I said in my project.
I made 2 people say they would make a change in their lives because of my project. The third person did not agree because they already do the things I wanted people to do. I wanted the people to only buy as much food as they will eat, and not any more. If the people buy morre than enough food, they will throw away half eaten food because they anren't hungry.
I learned that to persuade people to listen, you need to grab their attention and say all of the data/information that the people need to know. My data/information is that people shouldn't buy any more than the food they need. When people throw away food that they don't eat, it deprives the people in need of it. It will also make our dumps bigger, which means that a lot of land will then be turned to dumps. That won't help the enviroment though, will it?
If I were to do this project again, I would make it so that their attention would be focused on listening to what I have to say about this problem/solution. I would make it so people aren't waiting for my movie or slideshhow to be through with because they are so bored (I'm not saying they were bored!). I will make it so they will also be asking for me to replay it over again, so they can remember what they are supposed to do to help the enviroment.