I, as a consumer, take care everyday of recycling plastics, paper, metals and glass. Let`s start creating consciousness of this forthcoming problem, spread it among your neighbours, family, friends, schools, communities....Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?To make a significant difference you first must stop heating your home and water. You must learn to bathe in cold water.
You must not cook any of your food, that produces too much co2. You must learn to eat your food raw.
You are not permitted to buy any soap, antiperspirant or cosmetics. A significant amount of co2 is produced in the manufacture and distribution of these products.
You must get rid of any air conditioning that you may have. It is very harmful to the environment.
You must get rid of your car by sending it to be crushed at a junkyard. You cannot just sell your car to someone else or you become just become an enabler.
You must grow your own food, not buy food that has to be distributed by truck.
You must grow your own cotton and spin it to thread and weave it to make your clothes.
These are the kinds of things that you must do if you are really serious about cutting back the amount of co2 production that you are responsible for.Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?
That answer sounds more like the regression of civilization. I would suggest challenging our best thinkers to come up with ways to perform the same tasks with other means, and market it!
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Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?We each need to. I have taken steps. I recycle, I just switched to "green" cleaning products which I love and I am not putting all those chemicals into our water supplies now or breathing the harmful fumes and chemicals that are rampant in typical cleaning supplies. I also combine my errands into one trip driving my car.Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?I am afraid that I have to answer that with a personal observation. In the US and in Europe, an consious effort has been made to amend pollution of many types, laws written, awareness spread to the population....etc.
However, in foreign countries the inability to address, or the unwillingness to change old habits in their cultures is the key.
I am currently in a country where garbage of all types is usually burned. That includes paper, wood, plastic...whatever. That's just the way it is done. Large plumes of black, untreated smoke fill the landscape from open burn pits.
When you try to analyze the problem, draw a solution and introduce it - it is as unimportant a subject as washing potatoes before eating them! It is not a concern to them, no matter what evidence you show, and it will change, but not right away. Ultimately...but not right away.
I am in the military, and I have been to many 'third world countries', and no matter how much we teach and train on the use and control of their resources to acheive a better lifestyle...they don't care. They do not want to change right away, if at all. We leave them tools and information and personnel to acheive their goals, and they let it all rot!
You have a noble cause. After all we breathe the same air and drink the same water. But, we need a major portion of the world to want to change first.Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?There is no simple answer and solution to this. Had this been so simple, we would not have seen so many people involved in working around this all over the world both at political and at the technical levels.
Even the slightest of the human activities has some environmental cost. Pollution starts from the moment u breathe out CO2 from your nostril or use food to eat. Most of the pollution, u have rightly pointed out comes from industry, but what is the industry doing?? It is operating to meet human desires as they grow. It is to meet the challenges of ever increasing population. It has to take care of poverty and un-employment. It has to generate power for cities, by the way, power plants are one of the biggest contributors to the pollution and green house gas emissions. They spend billions of dollars to ensure that their effluents/emissions remain within the regulatory requirements and to carryout re-search on developing more efficient and environment-friendly technologies. Partly, they are doing what they can but they have to do more.
We all have to play our roles to minimize pollution at individual and community levels. We can do this by making our lives simple, conserve natural resources (Water, elecricity, petrole in the cars), control population, support governments in putting up necessary legislations.
So what i see is a combined efforts put in by all to make this a better world for future generations.
i want to do somethinfg major. but i'm only 14. i'm doing all that i can though!! if you have any ideas for what i can do, please tell me.Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?
God bless you...and everyone else who understands the problem and is sincere about resolving it.
Hooya.... I wish everyone had the same way of thinking as you. That's really important!Who is going to take the first step to stop environmental contamination?
sence alot of use are recycling and re using items , were all saving trees from being cut down to make alot of our paper products there for companys arnt using new trees etc to make it ther using items re recylcled , our plastic bottles that we recycle are cleaned and melted down to form other plastics , same thing with out cans bottles etc , we have more stricter emmision controlls on our vehicles , more pepole r taking public transportation or walkng becase the gas priceese thus leading to a decrease of pollution , i dont drive i walk or take the bus or if a friend is going to te grocery store i ask if i can tag along thus redusing polution , i also take reusable cloth bags instead of the plastic bags or paper bags , i purchase laundry soap in recycled boes or in plastic bag and i place in a kittie litter bucket , it all begins with us one by one , adn if the companys that we lik e to byuy things from arnt doing something within there plant i sugest dont buy there products untill they do something
i reuse everything possible hten when i cant reuse n e more i recycle , lik e old bills and news paper i sred and i use it as bedding in my hamsters cages , i also use hte news papers to line my bird cages as well as placin g some inside of my pets pet taxi at night , i turn off all lights in the ouse and only turn on long enough to get done what neesd done if natural lighting isnt available , i only wash full loads and i wash in cold water , i line dry when weathr permits , thers alot we can do and it all begins with one and one by one we all will learn how to save or enviroment
All of us plus all government of the world.
That's kinda the point of grassroots environmentalism.
been talking about this for 20 years
you just got here ????
and been working for 30 mainly on behalf of the environment
Everybody is different with different lives here are a 101 Ways To Live More Ecologically,may be you find something that applies to you
1. Avoid disposable in favor of reusable
items.
2. Avoid drying rags in a clothes dryer.
3. Avoid power appliances when handpower works.
4. Avoid highly processed foods.
5. Avoid using styrofoam鈥攊t can't be recycled.
6. Avoid watering driveways and sidewalks.
7. Be responsible and creative with leftover foods.
8. Buy in bulk goods to reduce wasted packaging.
9. Buy energy efficient electric appliances.
10. Buy foods without additives.
11. Buy foods without preservatives.
12. Buy food and goods from sources you trust
13. Buy large quantities to reduce shopping trips.
14. Buy living Christmas trees.
15. Buy locally grown food and produce.
16. Buy organic, pesticide-free foods.
17. Compost your food scraps.
18. Discover and protect watersheds in your area,
19. Don't burn trash or other smoky materials.
20. Drain cooking grease onto paper bags, not paper towels.
21. Drive a fuel-efficient car.
22. Drive less: walk, bicycle, carpooland use public transportation.
23. Eat foods low on the food chain; avoid meat.
24. Eat more natural, nutritious foods.
25. Educate elected representatives on ecology.
26. Exercise regularly.
27. Explore and learn about your bioregion.
28. Grow your own food, even a small amount.
29. Hang dry some or all of your clothes.
30. Heat your home less and wear warmer clothes.
31. Heat your home more with renewable energies.
32. Hold a potluck dinner to discuss local ecology.
33. If you use a dishwasher, turn off the drying cycle.
34. Install a water-conserving device in your toilets.
35. Install a water-conserving showerhead.
36. Insulate your home to maximum efficiency.
37. Invest for social responsibility as well as profit.
38. Invest in solar power, where practical.
39. Invest in well-made, long-lived clothing.
40. Keep hazardous chemicals in safe containers.
41. Keep appliance motors well adjusted for efficiency.
42. Mend and repair rather than discard and replace.
43. Oppose meddling in ecological balance.
44. Oppose private development of special areas.
45. Oppose roadside use of defoliants.
46. Organize or join a neighborhood toy exchange.
47. Pick up litter along streets and highways.
48. Plant native trees and shrubs around your home.
49. Plant trees throughout your community.
50. Plant your living Christmas tree.
51. Practice preventive health care.
52. Practice responsible family planning.
53. Prepare only as much food as will be eaten.
54. Protect your favorite distinctive natural areas.
55. Purchase goods in reusable/recyclable containers.
56. Put a catalytic converter on your wood stove.
57. Put toxic substances out of reach of children.
58. Recycle aluminum.
59. Recycle glass.
60. Recycle newspaper.
61. Recycle old clothes.
62. Recycle plastic.
63. Recycle used motor oil.
64. Recycle your unneeded items.
65. Re-use paper bags.
66. Re-use plastic bags for storage and waste.
67. Save up for full loads in clothes washers.
68. Save up for full loads in dishwasher.
69. Shop by phone, then go pick up your purchases.
70. Speak out about your values in community groups.
71. Support efficient energy sources in your bioregion.
72. Support elected representatives on ecological issues.
73. Support energy conservation in your bioregion.
74. Support global ecological improvement efforts.
75. Support local credit unions.
76. Support local merchants before large chains.
77. Support neighborhood food cooperatives.
78. Support proper waste water and sewage treatment.
79. Support the cultural diversity in your bioregion.
80. Support the plants and animals in your community.
81. Take shorter showers.
82. Teach your children ecological wisdom.
83. Turn down the thermostat on your water heater.
84. Turn off the lights when not needed.
85. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.
86. Use biodegradable soaps and detergents.
87. Use cloth diapers.
88. Use cloth table napkins.
89. Use less tapwater whenever possible.
90. Use non-toxic pest control.
91. Use only medications you trust/understand.
92. Use rags or towels instead of paper.
93. Use rechargeable batteries.
94. Use the second side of paper for scratch paper.
95. Use water from cooking vegetables to make soup.
96. Volunteer for work in a community garden.
97. Volunteer to maintain local parks and wilderness.
98. Wash clothes in cold water.
99. Wash dishes in still, not running water.
100. Weather-seal your home.
101. Work to unlearn poor ecological habits.
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You are sooo WRONG. The major source of pollution is US. We demand the cars. We demand the electrical power. We demand the big houses. We demand the air conditioning. We demand the large vehicles. We demand the roads. We demand the growing economies. We demand the right to increase our population. WE WE WE are the problem and until WE realize it and decide to do something, it will just get worse.
Ok, so as a consumer start using products that will not hurt your environment or you and your family. Go to www.shaklee.net/joycewall
It offers cleansers for the home and body that will not harm the environment and saves you lots of money. Share what knowledge you have to friends and family and soon, it will all catch hold and maybe our great, great, great, grandchildren will have a chance.
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