Taking care of our planet: the things we can
all do to help.
Each one of us can do little things you can do every day to help
reduce western countries’ impact on the
environment. As somebody has wisely said before me, we must keep in mind that
we borrow the Earth from our ancestors and we are obliged to preserve it for
the future generations.
So here I write down five things we can do on respect of what does not
belong to us.
1)
Save
water. When we take a shower, let’s try to close the water while
brushing ourselves or while shampooing.
2)
Let’s
do carsharing or take a train to go to
work. And let’s cover little distances going on foot instead of taking the car
(my father used to say that some people, if they could, would go by car even to
the toilet).
3)
Let’s
recycle. It’s very important to collect the rubbish in different bins,
according to the materials they are made of: glass, paper, plastic, organic
stuff and so on.
4)
Let’s
try to drive slow when we drive the car. We can save a lot of fuel going at a
moderate speed (let’s say at maximum 90 kilometer per hour).
5)
Let’s
turn off the lights during the day and when don’t need them. Very often we turn
on television and lights in different rooms of our home. That’s a mistake. Even
leaving the so called stand-by lights implies a great decrease of energy and a
waste of money; consequently this means more pollution and damage to the
environment.
Of course there are many other ways of
preserving the environment with wise and prudential behavior but if anyone of
us respected just five of them the planet would be more easily preserved for
future generations.
