Today is World Environment Day. Year after year, the available natural resources keep shrinking. We may not realize it until it's too late. United Nations tries to spread the awareness about the issues that plague environment and each year the 5th of June is marked as the World Environment Day.
This is apart from the campaigns that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) runs each year. This year's WWF campaign is equally hard-hitting as the other ones. It shows a depleting forest, that's in the shape of our lungs. As the forest cover starts to shrink so does our chances of getting clean air.
MJ's Earth Song is what comes to my mind whenever I get to see or hear something related to the environment.
Here's what I do on my part:
1. Switching off my vehicle's engine when I'm stuck in a traffic signal
2. Shutting down my computer, not just switching off the monitor alone, as I leave office
3. Turning off unnecessary lights or other electronic equipments at home, when not in use 'coz even when they are in standby mode, there's power consumption
4. Carrying my own bag to the grocery store to avoid the plastic bag that he gives
5. Making printouts, if and only necessary and printing on both sides of the paper
Well, I may not be doing much, but if only each one of us could pay a little more attention to what we are doing, it would go a long way in protecting our nature.
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