Earth Day just passed not to long ago and it got me thinking, why do we need one special day out of the whole year to care about our planet? And does anybody actually do things differently on this day?
There are some organizations who work year round on this task but why is recycling not part of everyday life for everyone? We all live on earth, why are we not taking care of it? Instead of throwing everything into one garbage bin, separate it, place recyclable's into one bin and the rest into the garbage. Pick up some trash outside, don't litter, walk to the market or mall instead of driving (up to a certain distance of course).
All of these simple steps could help save the earth but most people out there probably are not willing to do these. Why not? That's the question I want to ask. Why not?
We will not see the mass destruction we are causing in our life time but what about our children and grandchildren, what type of place are we making for them?
Everyone is starting to go green now, make the world a better place and all that environmentalist sh*t but is it too late already? Is the damage we have done irreversible? It is not just us as Americans, it is the whole world, particularly in parts of Asia. The air in Hong Kong is 40% dirtier that the air in Los Angeles, which is the most polluted city in North America. This has been going on for hundreds of years and people are just now starting to open their eyes and say 'oh sh*t what have we done'.
It is common in Taipei, Shanghai, and Hong Kong for pedestrians to cover their faces with protective masks, just to go out of their homes. I can't imagine what it would be like to walk around and everyone looking like a doctor about to go into surgery with masks on their faces. It's not just about the air either, we are polluting everything, air, land, water. All that affects us in so many ways that some might not even realize. The ground being polluted makes for poor soil for crops and gardens and trees, the air obviously makes it difficult to breath and people have actually died from breathing in heavily polluted air, and then the water, oh such a great thing water is, not when it's polluted though. Because of water pollution it is not safe to drink water in some parts, and when the polluted water gets into our rivers, streams and ocean, it kills off marine life that we could be eating.
5 Basic tips for saving the earth:1. Conserve water by lower the water while washing the dishes, turning water off while washing hands, brushing teeth, and even shampooing hair.
2. Recycle.Recycle. Recycle. Paper, cans, and plastics. When you get junk mail or advertisements just shred them and put them in the recycle bin.
3. Buy recycled products.
4. Walk whenever possible, and carpool if walking is not an option. Maybe take a bus or ride your bike.
5. Turn off lights when not in use. Who needs the light on when they are watching T.V. or listening to music? By doing this you will also save money on electric bill :)
I know I do all these and it is not that hard.
What are you doing to help save the environment? Is it too late or can the small things we still make a difference?
Comments (13)
It's too late to go back in time to make the earth what it was hundreds of years ago...But it's not too late to recycle and slow down the ageing process, hopefully making a cut-off point and capping out.
I'm going to school for green design. We are learning how to create sustainable products from recycled materials. I also try to recycle whenever possible (since alot of the times, the workers still throw it in the trash anyways). I also turn off lights that don't need to be on.
I also like to recycle clothing (turning pants into shorts, reusing fabrics to make gloves or a scarf).
is it too late to save the earth? i don't know but it's never to late to prolong our earth's life.
Recycling isn't that difficult. Neither is turning off a light switch. And yet, so many people don't bother.
Laziness.
Carbon Dioxide leaves the Earth after 100 years, so it's not that we have dug ourselves into a bottomless pit.
we can STILL.. try.
i don't think it's too late, i think we can still do it.
we can't "save the earth"
what is there to save?
This post = WIN.
I vote to design a kamikaze spaceship that will haul all of our trash to the sun.Â
I call it: Mission Get-rid-of-all-the-trash-by-crashing-into-the-sun plan
Small things can absolutely make a difference! Especially if EVERYONE on Earth would just put in a little effort. People are right, we can't go back in time and un-do the damage that has already been done to our dear Earth. But we can slow down the process.
In most cases, recycling is cost-ineffective (exceptions include things like aluminum or steel).
It's one thing to talk about saving the environment, but another to actually do it.
There are so many people on this page that don't know what they are talking about. Recycling is important, but even if we recycled everything we have, the rate of demand for plastics and other such items is so high that we would still be making new ones. The biggest problems we face are CO2 emissions, and using recycled items in our factories produces just as much of these greenhouse gasses as if it were new. And CO2 doesn't "leave the earth after 100 years". That was a bit of misinformation released by oil lobbyists in the 80's and 90's, before we proved, indisputably, that the CO2 present in earth and in her atmosphere has been around, in one form or another, for billions of years. Recycling and turning off lights won't save the earth. The only way we can do that is by investing in various forms of passive and direct solar energy (wind, solar panels, tidal, etc), or by developing new, improved nuclear energy facilities.