As we are witnessing from the past few passing years, the impact of global warming is very much visible and should not and cannot be ignored.
Take a few minutes out of your busy schedule just to think about-
Why did 26 July took place?
Why was winter was so chilly this time?
Why is the summer so humid that it almost burns the skin?
These are just a few points to ponder about and few questions that our mind tends to ignore.
Global warming- let's take initiative to deal with it.
I am going to put a few of my ideas that I practice and can be implemented on an individual level.
I know after reading this a curious mind may comment that this is such a minuscule effort
but at least I will be satisfied that I did do something on my own rather than blaming the
organization and dreaming for that helping hand to take us out of shit we are currently living in.
1. Litter bag.
Littering is one of our main problems. We always tend to throw waste on the roads or in gutters etc. instead what we can do is
carry it with us to the nearest dustbin or home and then discard it.
I being a college student have to carry a college bag with me so I use one of the columns in my bag as the litter section.
Whenever I generate any waste either dry or wet I put it in the litter section of my bag and then discard it later. I also carry a small carry bag to put wet stuff in it so that it doesn't spoil my bag. It doesn't take too much of effort does it?
2. Shopping bag nuisance.
Whenever we go shopping to the market we always ask the shopkeeper for a carry bag to carry the stuff into.
The bhajiwala packs your vegetables in a polythene bag and we happily are on our way home. Later we discard that polythene bag and it ends up on the streets or choking that gutter which is most needed at times of flood.
If I ever am asked to go shopping I make it a point to carry my own cloth bag.
3. Utilize that paper.
Bored? Scribble on the paper. Nice, but don't throw it away use it the next time you want to do some rough work. Utilize every corner of that paper.
4. Use buckets.
While bathing or any other activity that you are smart enough to guess, always use the bucket instead of using shower or sitting under running tap.
This way you can save lot of usable water.
*I also tend to skip bathing some times hehe, doing enough ain't I?
5. Electricity.
It's simple. Switch off the appliances you aren't using.
6. Educate and enlighten the children in your vicinity about how earth won't be as beautiful as it is now if we don't make our moves towards preserving it's beauty now.
(since children are the smartest beings left amongst us)
7. Plant samplings in your balcony or your apartment. They increase the show of the house, they don't bite and yeah, can save your earth.
8. Children copy us elders. They believe in us to show them the way. So give them a positive example always.
9. Encourage use of recycled paper wherever possible. They do look good.
10. Discuss, Innovate, Implement.
Discuss with everyone you know about how do they plan to save or contribute to a better earth.11. Encourage the use of cycle.
12. During festivals too we often create a lot of unwanted waste. Be wise and think otherwise.
If you can then communicate with the dean of your college about the idea of placing dustbins throughout the college and also outside it. My college never had it.
Also placing dustbins in the vicinity of your society is a good idea.
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