For me, it does not matter if there are any climate changes or not. Nothing gives us the rights to pollute, overuse, and waste.
In my world it is completely obvious that if we ruin the environment it will sooner or later strike back at ourselves. Earth is too small and we too many for us to hide our mistakes and move on.
When do we ruin? When do we waste?
In my opinion it is when we take without giving back; when we destroy without repairing.
Every item we produce only to use once and then throw away is a waste. If I instead can use the item five times, I have saved energy and material to produce four new items. No matter how little, it counts in the long run.
Every time we neglect to recycle an item in best possible way, we waste.
What is “best possible way” is not always easy, but I’m quite certain that dumping or burning do very rarely qualify.
I know people who roll their eyes when I question why I must have a LED display shining twenty-four hours on my microwave oven. “It is hardly any energy to talk about”. Perhaps, but does that justify the use of energy without any reason?
It's not because I'm tight on my money, it's about saving the Earth!
So, bring the light down a little on your computer screen, disconnect any transformer not currently in use and write on both sides of the paper.
Small changes from an individual counts.
2 comments:
Very good honest post.
Thank you.
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