Riding a bike to work or school immediately reduces the carbon footprint that otherwise would be left from the exhaust of your car. Taking a bus, a trolley, carpooling or walking -- any of these modes of transportation is being "green" instead of contributing to pollution and to global climate change. it's true that every mile you drive your car, you produce exhaust waste, and so over a year's time of driving your car to work or school, you are adding thousands of pounds of pollutants to the air that every one breathes.
When shopping for groceries, use a cotton bag or other reusable shopping bag rather than letting the checker fill plastic bags with your purchases. Plastic bags (it is well-known) find their way onto the sidewalks, roadways, in fields and in waterways, and they cause injuries and death to wildlife, and so it is always a good way to reduce pollution by bringing your own bag for groceries. Moreover,...
The compost, once it has been kept properly for the right amount of time, can be used on lawns rather than herbicides and pesticides. There are indoor composting units as well, but the point is, reuse, recycle, and report violations of environmental regulations to the proper authorities.
In
conclusion, there are a lot of things citizens can do to reduce pollution in their neighborhoods, in their communities, and at the
workplace. It takes leadership to get a movement started, even in a well-heeled neighborhood, but being a leader doesn't mean you have to have a degree in
environmental science; it just means you care enough to get the ball rolling, and that you care enough to be a
role model for younger kids coming along will also inherit a world that needs cleaning up.
