Post 7 HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

Post 7    HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

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• Where do people learn about environmentally friendly practices?
• Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe.
• Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
•  Have you joined or supported any eco-organizations? Why / Why not?
• What else have you done /would you like to do?
• What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint? 
• What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

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Nowadays humanity is facing one of the biggest challenges: saving our planet. That is why we should start by the most important point: to educate our children. Obviously we should educate them with our examples and daily practices.

I have incorporated the three Rs to my daily life and I will never forget that I learned that in Canada.  Canadians have organized their lives around Recycling, Reducing and Reusing.

For example, they read the newspaper and immediately after reading they deposit it in the recycling bin for paper. I thought that they are acting intelligently. Therefore, in my daily life,  I recycle as much paper as I can and I also reduce the paper I use.  I wrote to my bank authorities asking them not to send me bills in paper. This practice has made my life easier, and I feel happier to be helping the planet.

In order to reduce my carbon footprint I use my bike as much as I can, or walk to nearby places and take public transport.

I haven’t become a member of any eco-organizations because I do not have much free time, but also I think we do not need to belong to an organization in order to help. Luckily, we have a lot of information around and we need to follow our intuition.

I think we should all visit this website and encourage other members of our society to change their lifestyles.

http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Now, how much are you doing to save our planet?   Think about it and let us know.