Going green : 11 steps of advice…

Ladies and gentlemen,

   Today is Blog Action Day. Today, we bloggers around the world, including certain hi-fi bloggers like Lifehacker, GigaOm, Google Blog, and so on, participate to help spread the word about a cause. A cause, which needs much concern for it is necessary for sustainable development. The cause, which many of us easily ignore in our haste. Our environment.

 

   I put in my efforts, and did a considerably nice post on my other blog, www.bloggingindia.net. So here’s  the post, copied in whole here. My apologies for the focus on India, but then, well, that was my immediate range of approach.

   Here are a few things which I think could make an impact. These are the few basic things, which, though we know, we always tend to ignore.

  • Please switch off all lights, fans and air conditioning when leaving a room. (Savings on your electricity bill, helps reduce global power consumption, helps reduce power crisis and blackouts, helps reduce global warming)
  • Draw back the curtains, and utilize sunlight instead of the bulb in the mornings.(Savings on your electricity bill, helps reduce global power consumption, helps reduce power crisis and blackouts, helps reduce global warming)
  • Use CFLs instead of incandescent bulbs.(Energy efficiency, savings on your electricity bill, helps reduce global power consumption, helps reduce power crisis and blackouts, helps reduce global warming)
  • Please please please please do not waste water. Please turn off a tap while not in use. Shave using a mug of water. And turn off the tap while brushing your teeth.
  • Reduce, reuse, recycle.
  • Reuse paper. In small scale offices and industries, review your paper policy. (Savings on paper, help save trees)
  • Put your PCs and laptops on Stand By mode when not in use. Helps save power, and extends the life of the computer.
  • Ever tried purchasing wrinkle free shirts and trousers? Saves on the electricity bill BIG TIME (and helps our lazy chaps like me Tongue)
  • Use plastic bags and bottles again, and again, and again, and again….
  • Do you have any idea how newspapers can be reused? Of course, you can sell it to have it recycled, but you can reuse a bit of it yourself, and save a little bit of money (you can also boast to your friendsBig Grin). What can you make from a newspaper you ask? Temporary table covers, napkins, gift wrapping (especially the comics page), working paper, temporary wraps, file contents separater, CD cover (I’ll be posting that “How to” next time) and so on and so forth… The list is endless.
  • Use public transport whenever feasible. Try to car pool / bike pool. If you’re in Bangalore, visit www.btis.in to find pooling partners. Offer lifts to those who ask for it. Try to reduce air travel. By doing these, you will be helping to reduce the energy crisis, saving a lot of money, and making a bunch of good friends :) . (Oops, forgot to mention, WALK wherever possible)

By doing these simple things, you can help ensure yourself, and others, a better life, and a better future environment. Something you should understand (and what my friend keeps saying every single time I mention environmental conservation) is that, you, or I, as a single person can’t do a thing. But if one Billion people of India conserve power, fuel, and water, there definitely WILL be a change. So spread the word, practice conservation methods, and encourage others to do the same.

The steps above are just my views. You’re free to form your own views, ideologies, and methods. Go ahead, spread them, maybe comment here, I’ll add them to the list. Also remember, all these steps cannot be followed in every walk of our life. We’re not fanatics! What we can do is help little by little. Practice little one day, a little more another day, and so on. And finally, we might actually end up saving our world :) :D .

And for the move active and time savvy of you, here a few more things to do -

  • Publicize the cause, and the need. Many people publicize just the cause, and not the need. This leads to false beliefs, and false beliefs to unacceptancy.
  • Openly support environmental causes. Use your area of expertise to do your best. Everyone could be a part of it. If you’re a journalist, write about it. If you’re a radio jockey, talk about it. If you’re a web designer, make websites about it. If you’re a software engineer, help organize it. If you’re an LIC agent, talk to your clients about it in every meeting. If you’re an service man at Cafe’ Coffee Day, talk to your customers about it, and maybe distribute extra tissue papers with the logo for the cause?!!!
  • Adopt a tree. Adopting a tree isn’t as simple as what we see our politicians do. We don’t just plant a sapling, pour some water and leave it there. Adopting a tree will mean planting it, watering it daily, pruning it, helping it to grow, and protecting it.
  • Launch campaigns, and conduct speeches in public areas, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions.
  • Conduct such talks in otherwise neglected areas like orphanages and old age homes as well.

   I hope that I’ve made my point. I hope that someone will take off from here, and I hope that we can together, create a revolution, produce a change, and delay the inevitable. Peace! 


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October 16, 2007 | Filed Under General World | 8 Comments 

Blog Action Day!

What would happen if every blog published posts discussing the same issue, on the same day?
One issue. One day. Thousands of voices.

Calling all bloggers. Calling all bloggers.
All you bloggers out there, please take note of Blog Action Day, on October the 15th. You can participate in either of the 3 ways -

  • Publish a post relating to an issue of your choice, pertaining to the environment.
  • Commit a day’s earnings to an environmental charity. (a list is available in the blogactionday website)
  • Publicize Blog Action Day

We believe in spreading peace, love, and universal brotherhood. As a reader, we hope that you go by each of these values. :) Lets prove our worth… Lets be the pens (uh, keyboards?) of change!

Cheers, and hoping to see you participate.


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October 9, 2007 | Filed Under General World | 1 Comment 

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