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| Who cares for the Planet, no really? |
Who cares for the planet?
No I mean really?
Caring for our future is
not just feeling sorry for the consequences of 100 years of savage
industrialisation, it's acting.
Let me tell you a story:
a few months ago at work during lunch time a bunch of us were
debating around single usage plastic and the measures we could
implement to reduce the plague, when our Human Ressources girl came
in to take her own lunch.
From a plastic bag she
took out 2 plastic boxes, one for her salad, the other for her
desert, a plastic gobelet for her drink, plastic fork, knife and
spoon.
She was the frightful
incarnation of today's excesses and carelesness. The image in mind, I
asked her opinion regarding the damages caused by plastic in general
and more specifically single use one.
She looked at me straight
in the eyes and said: « honestly ? I don't give a shit! »
And you know what? She's
not an exception...
Now let's hope you
are different, and you really care.
So what can you do
concretely ?
Well, it is
scientifically proved that if each of us reduced their consumption of
energy by 5% a year, we could preserve the planet and the future of
all living things on Earth.
5% is not much, it
is a realistic prospect.
Below are a few examples
of what can be changed in your daily life to achieve this goal
easily. You can pick any of these, one or several, one is already a
lot:
Reducing by just 1°
Celsius the heating at home, work, wherever, you actually spare 7%
energy. Let's imagine you usually push the thermostat to 25°C,
while the recommended temperature is 19°C, then by gradually
getting there, 1 degree less each year, you hit the target for 6
years ! Sorry, you're cold you
say ? Well put clothes on!
There are indirect
means to reduce energy concumption : food for instance. Mass
meat production is one of the greediest industries in terms of
energy and one of the cruellest towards animals. How much meat do
you eat a week? Twice a day, blyme! There's field for improvement!
Try and suppress meat from your evening meal, your heart and purse
will thank you, the poor beasts too, and the planet will start to
breathe.
Same for imported
vegetables and fruits from the other side of the world. Stick to
seasons, and let exotic delicacies remain exceptional !
A bath uses up about
200L of drinkable water, enough to get a family of 9 people to
survive in the desert for a full week... A quick shower is more
hygienic, and might relieve your conscience.
How many hours a day
are you watching TV, playing PC games, or using any of these digital
distractions? Well, how about taking one of these precious hours to
read a book instead?
Forgot to buy butter
and the local shop is only 1 km away? Well why not go on foot or get
the bicycle out of the garage for once? That's as healthy as
spending hundreds for your daily exercise on an electrical
artificial running machine, and with no impact on the planet!
Didn't you tell us
you had a garden? Well, what about collecting rain water and stop
using drinkable water to water the garden?
Oooh this slice of
pizza looks amazing but it would be so much better heaten up in the
oven... Are you really gona work your 65L oven for just a slice of
pizza? Why not using the heat of the cake you intend to bake for
your little one, and put the pizza in the oven at the same time
instead of wasting energy?
Coming back to
plastic... Apart from checking that the packagings you buy are
recyclable and actually recycling it, what about using alternative
durable objects like shopping bags made from recylcled cloth?
Recycling of course!
Almost anything can be recycled instead of thrown away and ending up
somewhere on Earth or in the oceans. Next time you want to get rid
of something, ask yourself what you could do with it first and be
creative!
Shampoo, liquid
soap, lye, detergent are always too concentrated. You can
easily dilute them by 50%, get twice the quantity for the same
price, and reduce by as much the quantity of chemicals polluting
nature. Ain't that cool ?
That's all for today
folks !
The list will be
regularly increased with fresh ideas, your ideas we hope !
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