Celebrating Earth Day – World’s Largest Environmental Movement

Each one of us celebrates earth day on 22nd April every year. Everyday pollution rates are increasing, global temperatures are rising and ecosystems are worsening. Therefore, celebrating earth day is a symbol to take good care of our planet. However, Celebrating Earth day just for one day is not the solution, we should imitate every little thing in our souls to keep our environment and ecosystem safe. We should always remember that we require this planet more than this planet requires us. So, what can we inculcate in our daily practices to save our mother-earth?

 Here are a few things which you can follow:

We should promise ourselves not to spit on roads, railway tracks, not to throw wrappers, chips packets, plastic bags on roads or railway tracks. Also, if we see others polluting the environment then we should try to educate them about environmental safety measures. We should follow the 3R principle- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. This way we can achieve less waste generation, proper waste management, and waste disposal. If we really want to keep our mother-earth safe and clean, then we have to maintain consistency in whatever environment-safety things we are doing. Little good habits can make a drastic change and that too on a greater level.

On Earth Day, we can devote our time to helping organizations that are making efforts to save the environment and make the world a better place. We can participate in tree plantation activities and plant a tree. We can also participate in events of organizations like the Paani foundation. If not possible, we can plant a tree inside our residential society area or in our balconies and take good care of it every day.

  

Non-renewable sources of energy like petrol, diesel, natural gas, and any similar minerals are scarce in nature. We can do carpooling or use local transport to avoid excess use and extraction of such minerals. We can also use electric cars instead of driving cars running on petrol or diesel. Also, we can install solar panels over our residential building roofs. Wind and geothermal generators can also be used.

Go paperless as much as possible. Switch every type of bill to E-bills and online invoices. Subscribe to online magazines and newspapers instead of reading their physical copy. Save your data online instead of using a paper notebook. Such simple steps can save millions of trees from cutting down and many species of birds and animals will be saved. It will also save other environmental problems like soil erosion, air pollution and will make an environmental balance.

Repair your faucets if they are leaking. High amounts of water get wasted every year due to this problem. Use cotton bags instead of using plastic bags. Recycle dry waste instead of dumping it in garbage straightaway. Dispose of wet waste properly by making a compost instead of dumping it into the garbage bin. Composting is always beneficial than using chemical fertilizers inland. It is a natural process and is good for the environment as well. When used inland, it enriches the soil, helps to retain its moisture and reduces plant diseases if any. We should always remember that nature is stronger than us and it has been proven at every stage. Therefore we should always put effort into a healthy environmental balance.

Household waste and commercial waste generated each day should be organized into dry waste and wet waste accordingly. Dry waste like paper, aluminum cans, glass containers, empty batteries can be recycled at recycling centers. Wet waste like leftovers of green vegetables, potato peels, stale food, etc can be disposed of in waste composting machine-like Goldust in an odorless, noiseless and a maintenance-free way. Goldust is a compost machine that preserves landfill spaces and helps in creating zero garbage cities. It is automatic and gives manure after decomposition of entire natural waste. Also, It can fit everywhere as it is compact in size. You can visit LAHS Eco Engineering’s website for more details.