A step towards change in society

Lately we all have been thinking and discussing alot on global warming and its Ill effects. Weather and environment have been showing us some signs on and off by storms, untimely rains, delayed or extended winters and summers.

But what exactly are we doing to save the environment except for forwarding messages and so called awareness through WhatsApp.

Here the question is,  how does it really stop anything by only me doing some contribution towards the environment. Ok!! If you say so, I will go and plant trees. Does that make much of a difference by one tree.

I agree it might not make much of a difference by one person planting one tree but yes it definitely would when we as a society become more responsible and take steps towards saving our environment.

Here's a quick, easy and simple changes that I have made in our lives and tried to make a better place  for my child to live in.

1.Stop using polythene - Really!!! How am I suppose to carry my stuff. Will I carry fruits and vegetables in my hand? Absolutely not! We can carry our own cloth bags to market and try to replace polythene bags by cloth bags. Usually the big stores have already started using paper bags when we go for shopping to malls and they charge for it.So whenever you plan for street shopping of vegetables and fruits from local vendor, try to carry a bag from home.

2.Straws- The straws we generally use for drinking beverages are very harmful for the environment as well as our health. For years many have been running campaigns against the usage of straws but in vain. Why not we start this as a challenge and try to avoid straws all together by either drinking directly from glass.Coconut water is something we can pour in glass and have it if not directly.

3.No to dustbin bags- It might sound insane to those who are used to using dustbin bags every single day. I too had my share of troubles switching from dustbin bags to newspapers . Yes, you read it right. We can put some good amount of newspapers in our dustbins instead of polythene bags and the problem is solved.

4.Minimal to no use of plastic in kitchen- In the times when our kitchens are flooded with plastic containers, it is one of the most difficult thing to do.But trust me health issues we are facing from last few years such as thyroid, PCO and others are somewhere realted to excessive use of plastic in kitchen. We can try to switch to steel or glass utensils.

5.Say no to litters- Since the Swatch Bharat Abhiyam is on, most of us have become more responsible towards our surroundings. But is it really difficult to carry a paper bag in your car or purse and store the wrapers and plastic bottles of things we eat or drink rather than just throwing it on road sides as we did not find any dustbin around. It's easy...very easy...try it out.

Saving environment if not for ourselves but for the generations to come is the task we need to take up. It is as important as we think of saving for our kids future. A step today would become a habit tomorrow for your kids.