At the end of the news, weather forecaster often
tells people to be careful with the fine dust. As we can find out in this
weekend, the weather is often very foggy. As time goes by, pollution in this
society are becoming worse. To solve the problem, government and many
environment organizations tried lots of solution. Also, there are many treaties
between countries to save the environment. Although there are lots of effort
came into action, the environment is not getting any better. There are three
simple ways to ensure sustainable future by our hands ; which are practicing
responsible consumption, using public transportation, and saving water.
First
of all, we should consume responsibly to reduce waste. There are many trash
thrown out these days because people buy things impulsively without thinking
carefully. Before we buy something, we should first think ‘Is this a necessary
object to me?’ For instance, a student went to a bookstore to buy a textbook
for his class. After buying his textbook, he looked around the bookstore and
found other interesting books, and decided to buy those books too. After he
came back to his home, he realized the books that he bought were boring and he just
threw it away. Thus, his action causes the waste so he should have consumed
more responsively. Also, when people buy something in store, they should think
of the container or packing that covers the products. We should try not to buy
products with packing that are disposable. Over packaging of the product will
also cause serious effect in environment. Products like Styrofoam take lots of
time to dispose, so to protect the environment and to reduce waste, we should
have responsibility on consuming things.
Furthermore,
using public transportation is very helpful to reduce air pollution. As car
used widely, many people use their own cars whenever they commute or whenever
they go to a near in place from their house. This effects environment very bad.
When we think ‘it will be okay to use car just for today,’ that’s a wrong idea.
When everyone starts to think like that, all the people will use their own car.
Consequently, exhaust from each car will make the air
pollution even worse. There are lots of public transportation we can use near our
house. We have bus station and subway station right in front of each house. In
Europe, for example, bicycle is their common transportation. European use their
bicycle wherever they go, and the roads of bicycle are also very well
organized. In addition, now days there is a smart phone application called 'Big
Walk.' When we install this application, whenever we walk 100m, 1 won of
donation for disabled children is created. In other words, we can donate money
by just walking without using our own cars. This could be another good method
that we can use to reduce air pollution.
Lastly,
we should save water. People tend to use water very thoughtlessly. We should
stop water flowing out from the faucet when we don't use water. For example,
when we wash our face, brush our teeth, or wash our hair, there is a moment
when we don't use water. However, many people tend to just let the water flow
out. Even though people think the amount of water is very small, but when all
the people use water like that, the total waste of water will be tremendous. In
fact, the amount of wasted water per person in one day is 362 liters. Also, one
report told that when we reduce 5 minutes of shower time, we can reduce 9500
liters of water annually. Besides, when
the amount of laundry is small, we can sometimes wash them with hands without
using washing machine. Same method could be apply for the dishwasher too. Reducing
the usage of laundry machine and dishwater could save water. The amount of
remaining water in the world are very small than general thought. So, saving
water is a really urgent matter that we should participate.
To
sum up, the ways to make sustainable future is not that hard. Sustainable
Future can be achieved by starting from our hands. We should try to consume
responsively, use public transportation, and save water. These methods of
saving our environment can be practiced in daily life. Let's start from saving
water when we wash our hands tomorrow morning. This would be a great help for
our sustainable future.
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