Are you one who believes the Earth is an inexhaustible resource? Or believes that the environment is radical talk of Green Peace and that nothing will happen for real? Or even a little believing that something wrong is happening to the planet, nothing will happen to you?
Well, you can take the horse from the rain because the Earth has begun to respond to their inability to see the obvious. Ok, it's still a slap on the forehead but things can get worse, you just stay there without doing anything to ensure their planet in the future. After all, you believe that you will be able to move to Mars if the Earth becomes uninhabitable? Think twice.
If you're like me, who believes only seeing or pay to see, how about we start with these facts:
- According to recent research, today mankind already consumes 25% beyond their production capacity, ie, soon we will have two Earths to sustain our consumerism.
- Natural phenomena never before seen in Brazil are becoming natural, such as cyclones , hurricanes and even earthquakes .
- Stations are losing their definition. That you can feel now without being a scientist, but one who suffers most is the climate of the planet that can even generate a lack of food .
You may not care about the future but what about today? With an unstable climate, with expensive and lacking food, fuel becoming more expensive, their life, whether he is going to be very complicated, think of that?
All this seems pessimistic and no way out but it is not possible: some solutions are very simple and even generate significant savings in your pocket. You need not be 100% it can start today with something easier to do and gradually expanding their actions. The planet thanks you and me too.
Today is a national " sustainable ":
- Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or wash dishes.
- Demand that your sewage is treated in treatment plants.
- Choose organics, because it does not use pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
- Buy local products, promoting local agriculture and avoiding the waste of fuel in the transportation of food.
- One day a week take a walk without your car, go by bicycle or on foot. You save money, avoid polluting the air, avoid increasing congestion and still do a physical exercise that is always good for your health.
- Prefer car engine "flex", and always use alcohol fuel, so you stimulate the industry to be more conscious of the environment and still pollutes 85% less air you breathe.
- Require the manufacturer of your car that it provides alternative engines, such as the hybrid engine offered by Toyota in some countries.
- Use a small bag of garbage inside your car, and keep all the garbage there until you're home where you can put in your household waste.
- Recycle everything you can for your trash, preferably separating the waste from food packaging. Urge your city to perform garbage collection.
- A cigarette butt can cause a fire without proportions, clear well and store it in a proper place for it. Or avoid smoking, helping to not pollute the air you breathe.
- Require that people respect you and where you live. Copper is needed the tips suggested here of people around you.
- Turn off the light when you leave, turn off your tv or radio if no one is using. Your electric bill will be smaller and will help prevent future blackouts.
- Replace your standard bulbs for lamps economic They last longer and save more of your pocket Dollars in your electric bill, generating savings of up to 80% spending on lighting your home.
- Keep your car well-tuned, engine, exhaust, catalyst and air filter. This act saves you money on major maintenance, and your health too, because you're breathing your car produces.
- Learn more about the product you are buying, whether it is recyclable, if it causes an impact on the environment in their manufacture.
Learn more:
What is Sustainable Development
Guide to Sustainable Consumption practices
Primer of Sustainable Consumption
Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth
Melissa Etheridge "I Need to Wake Up"
