Our Earth is Not a Trash Can
9:14 AM Edit This 0 Comments »Harini Raj
Sometimes I am saturated with commercials, adverts, magazines, newsletters or blogs being dedicated to “Going Green”. Why are we so fixated with “Going Green”? Is it because we are promised it is “easy” to do so? What more could we ever want out of life than the “easy” way out? Nothing rewards my ego like the quick and easy. We live in the culture of easy where speed is the ultimate means to an end … and end which may come sooner than we all think or perhaps has already come?
Sometimes I am saturated with commercials, adverts, magazines, newsletters or blogs being dedicated to “Going Green”. Why are we so fixated with “Going Green”? Is it because we are promised it is “easy” to do so? What more could we ever want out of life than the “easy” way out? Nothing rewards my ego like the quick and easy. We live in the culture of easy where speed is the ultimate means to an end … and end which may come sooner than we all think or perhaps has already come?
So let us just reduce our carbon footprint, switch to LED bulbs, plant a tree, gave a life and viola! You are green! Well it is clearly seen that we may want to do a bit more research before painting the world one color.
There is one little secret of mine that is I don’t recycle not because I don’t want to but because I cannot remember the rules. What are degradable and non-degradable substances? Is it paper in the green bin and glass in the blue one? Where do plastic bottles and covers go? Global warming has truly become a jargon, a rant of this generation. While some wallowing with an attitude of indifference feel that their small act of sacrifice like not smoking in public, not urinating in the open and not throwing disposable waste everywhere will not work in the long run.
What they do not realize is that even they can make a big difference. It is the small steps by many people that will change the world and protect the planet. So let us join hands and do the little we can for a better tomorrow.
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