We often complain of everyone's attitude towards energy saving(and for that reason everything that involves self-vigilance) and try to imagine that some (idealist) superhero would come to save us during dire times!! We say things like "nobody ever cares" ...... but how much does each one of us care to save for the future and for the mutual benefit of everyone?
There's enough hypocrisy in every statement made where everyone's attitude is blamed, for we discount our own, whenever we make such statements.This process of snubbing one's own conscience manifests itself at large in all entities of collective interest including the government that we 'consciously' elect ( and corruption just happens thereafter)! The plain truth is that the hypocrit in each one of us is to be blamed.
Ignorance isn't bliss when issues get too knotty and the responsiblity to untie them rests collectively with us! The first thing we need to be aware of is the carbon footprint which is pretty much an indicator of what we'd leave behind if we don't act on the situation anytime soon. Here's what one needs to know about carbon footprint:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint
What needs to be understood is that each one of us is reponsible directly for environmental pollution and no one really reserves any right to firsk away this responsibility. If this may seem to interefere with the so-called 'freedom' (that we so desperately fight for), then we should remind ourselves of the fact that our lackadaisical attitude would only steal others' freedom to live a normal healthy life.
The first and foremost thing that an individual can do to reduce one's carbon footprint is to reduce electricity consumption by turning off lights, fans, heaters and all electrical/electronic appliances when not necessary. Exercising an appropriate level of vigilance in deciding how many devices need to be turned on in a particular place is necessary. To get a better idea about how much household appliances contribute to the carbon footprint check this out:
http://www.carbonfootprint.com/energyconsumption.html
All said (but not done yet), only sustained actions result in perceptible change and for the very same reason it is necessary for us to integrate these habits with our lifestyle.
Indeed, you need to save today to survive tomorrow!
There's enough hypocrisy in every statement made where everyone's attitude is blamed, for we discount our own, whenever we make such statements.This process of snubbing one's own conscience manifests itself at large in all entities of collective interest including the government that we 'consciously' elect ( and corruption just happens thereafter)! The plain truth is that the hypocrit in each one of us is to be blamed.
Ignorance isn't bliss when issues get too knotty and the responsiblity to untie them rests collectively with us! The first thing we need to be aware of is the carbon footprint which is pretty much an indicator of what we'd leave behind if we don't act on the situation anytime soon. Here's what one needs to know about carbon footprint:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint
What needs to be understood is that each one of us is reponsible directly for environmental pollution and no one really reserves any right to firsk away this responsibility. If this may seem to interefere with the so-called 'freedom' (that we so desperately fight for), then we should remind ourselves of the fact that our lackadaisical attitude would only steal others' freedom to live a normal healthy life.
The first and foremost thing that an individual can do to reduce one's carbon footprint is to reduce electricity consumption by turning off lights, fans, heaters and all electrical/electronic appliances when not necessary. Exercising an appropriate level of vigilance in deciding how many devices need to be turned on in a particular place is necessary. To get a better idea about how much household appliances contribute to the carbon footprint check this out:
http://www.carbonfootprint.com/energyconsumption.html
All said (but not done yet), only sustained actions result in perceptible change and for the very same reason it is necessary for us to integrate these habits with our lifestyle.
