First of all, I want to make it clear that I have no political ambitions nor do I sympathize with any party. With that said, I must confess that I am 100% committed to the conservation of our environment.
I think it is my duty, as everyone else’s should be, to leave the world a better place than we found it. The selfisch pursuit of power and wealth regardless of others and the environment must end. Injustice in the distribution of resources, such as water, food, and medicine, must end NOW. Maybe I’m being too naive and perhaps a little silly, and I don’t mean to change the world by myself, but I am a firm believer that I can contribute positively according to my possibilities. Not everything can be bought with money, let us remember that we only have one world and if we keep destroying it, we will all perish in it, rich and poor alike.
Many will think I’m just one of many good persons out there but…. what is the alternative? If I am not a good person, then I am bad, selfish, ignorant and of those, there are unfortunately already enough. My family and I decided to take action and create something positive and generate a change, no matter how small this is.
Here is a summary of some actions my family and I have taken to be friendlier to the environment:
- We consume mainly regional and seasonal foods. We try to support small shop shops in our community.
- We use as little plastic as possible. We always carry our reusable bags in the car or in my purse, to prevent pollution of the seas.
- We have reduced our meat consumption by more than 75%, as the consumption of water in meat production is enormous.
- We’ve changed our family car from diesel to hybrid.
- We have our urban garden and self-made compost. Additionally the compost we started reduces our organic waste and functions as organic fertiliser for our garden. By starting those projects, we could pass on valuable knowledge to our children and impact the next generation positively.
I would love to encourage you to do the same and have a positive impact on our environment!
A little change from all of us will have a huge impact on the well-being of future generations.