World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day. Most of us do know it. There is enough talking going on about what are the problems, what is the cause of this problem, and what are the solutions to the problem.

I believe we all are the nice citizen, and we take care of all the environment friendly measure. We all know but just to remind my readers I'll jot down some of the easy steps by which we can help our environment to some extent.

At Home
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1. When no one is using any of the electronics gadgets (TV, Washing Machine, Music System etc.) in our home, we can switch off them from the socket. Anyways they only increase noise pollution.
2. After every 4-5 hours we can switch off refrigerator for 1-2 hours. I can assure (based on some studies as well as personal experience) you nothing will happen to the items stored in the refrigerator.
3. We can reduce the use of water heater. Even if we are habitual of warm water and we can not ignore it then at least we can try for less warm water. e.g. If you generally keep your water heater ON for 15 min, then try to reduce it to 10-12 mins.
4. Cycling is one of the good exercise. We can use cycle for 3-4 km distance. Remember how much excited we were when we ride cycles in our childhood days.
5. Put different types of garbage in different bucket. Don't mix it. Studies says 80% of garbage can be recycled but due to our bad habit of mixing everything only 10% of that can be recycled.
6. Use cloth bags for buying vegetables and other stuff. Don't accept plastic bags from shopkeeper. Our parents still does it, so why can't we?


At Office
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1. I know it will be hard but we can switch off our computer before leaving for the day. At least switch off the monitors.
2. Use car/bike pool. Petrol is on high, so it can save some bucks too!!
3. Minimize the use of printer in the office. At least use both side print option while printing any document.
4. Reduce the use of paper towels in the office instead we can carry handkerchief and use them.

Last but not the least, we should try to plant a tree a year, if not possible at least in a decade. Even if this is hard for us we can try to plant a tree before we die.

I think these are not the tough measure to take. We can easily make them as a part of our life. You'll be amazed to see how much you have reduced your electricity/petrol bill and save some money.