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Posted on 2008-05-16
What One Can Do For The Earth

Every person is an environmental aspect. While every person can do something to the earth, every person can do something for the earth too. It does not need an organization to do the job. It is everyone's responsibility to preserve the environment. It is illogical that the earth is the place we stay but we are destroying it. Our great grandfathers were littering but the land and water was still clean. Today the litter is not the same like last time anymore so we should not litter.

It is ironic that all people want fresh air and clean water but just a few people care to keep air fresh and keep water clean. In some countries, people do not want a waste dump to be relocated near their house but nobody care to reduce waste or even to segregate waste.

Let us see what a person can do for the earth.

Save electricity
1) Do not use air-cooler at home.
2) Avoid lift.
3) Do not use water-heater if you are in a tropical country.
4) Unless you want to make hot drink, do not boil water. Get a water filter.
5) Do not consume ice cream and cold water. Just fridge only to keep food fresh.
6) Do not forget to close door / window leading to outdoor if the air indoor is cooled / heated. Close it too if someone left it open.
7) Wake up early so that you can utilize the natural light to do things. Take shower before the sky is dark so that you do not have to switch on the light.

Save trees
1) Use electronic transaction (no paper statement).
2) Avoid using toilet paper when water is available. The amount of water you use for the job is the same with the amount of water needed to produce the paper anyway.
3) Utilize both side of a piece of plain paper.
4) Make your own notepad from used paper instead of buying one.
5) Set printer setting to two pages on one sheet instead of using the default setting of one page on one sheet.

Save water
1) Do not waste food. Food needs quite a lot of water to produce.
2) Do not turn on water tap to max when washing something under the tap. The thing can be washed clean too without max running water.
3) Use shower than bath.
4) Do not take more than two showers a day.

Avoid chemicals
1) Fabric softening agent
2) Shower soap / body shampoo. Hair shampoo is OK.
3) Floor cleaning agent
4) Pesticides
5) Batteries that cannot be recharged

Reduce waste
1) Avoid food and drink manufactured from mass production including sugar and bottled water. It often has heavy packaging. Also, to manufacture the food, a lot of power and water must be used up. It does not worth it from resource point of view. It is even worse if it is distilled water because distillation consumes much energy. By the way, water should not be commercialized. Also manufactured food is not nutritious because it is not fresh. Food is better eaten fresh straight from the farm. Manufactured food should only be consumed during war, curfew or natural disaster.
2) Ask the shop not to give you a plastic bag if not needed.

Others
1) Use only biodegradable plastic bag.
2) Try take public transport than driving a car. Guys should use bicycle as a mode of transport if the distance is not so far (for me less than 7 km is OK with bicycle) and you are traveling alone. Less oxygen is used, no bad gases is emitted. Imagine if only cars with at least three people in it are traveling in town, the road will be less dangerous and the air will be less undesirable. Actually it does not make sense that the technology of computer is very fast (improving monthly) but the technology of motor vehicle is very slow. Computer ten years ago is already considered primitive today. The motor vehicle technology today still remains primitive like ten years ago. Is this a conspiracy?
3) If there is no car behind you, you should drive in a moderate speed.
4) Segregate waste.
5) Control weight. Obese people need more resources to sustain.

Campaign
1) Never lodge at a highland/seaside hotel that resembles a city hotel. The ecology around the hotel cannot sustain such a commercial luxury. Basic shelter is actually enough. The recent cyclone tragedy in Myanmar was believed to be mainly due to the clearing of mangrove.
2) Do not work with the company that pollutes its surroundings.
3) Do not play golf. Golf is not sport. Building golf field is well-known of bringing adverse effect to the surrounding. Also do not go to car race. Motor sport is not sport.
4) Do not buy inorganic farm produce (both meats and vegetables).

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