Practical Ways of Saving Our Environment
We all know that we have a role to play in saving our environment - yet we also know we could never achieve anything as significant as the Kyoto Protocol or stopping the destruction of our rainforests.
Here're my suggestions on practical ways of saving our environment, especially in affluent developed countries like Singapore:
1. Eat less meat: Many people are unaware that meat-eating causes much damage to our environment. In fact, in 1999, the Union of Concerned Scientists ranked meat-eating as one of the most environmentally damaging actions that Americans perform, together with driving cars and trucks.
2. Travel on public electric train systems: If you don't own a car, don't consider it; if you do, use less of it. By using non-polluting train systems, not only do you reduce air pollution significantly, you also save lots of money, considering the high petrol prices!
3. Avoid takeaways: Very often, takeaways would require the use of styrofoam boxes and/or plastic bags. Hence, simply by dining in or consuming food within premises, you help to reduce environmentally-unfriendly waste.
Here're my suggestions on practical ways of saving our environment, especially in affluent developed countries like Singapore:
1. Eat less meat: Many people are unaware that meat-eating causes much damage to our environment. In fact, in 1999, the Union of Concerned Scientists ranked meat-eating as one of the most environmentally damaging actions that Americans perform, together with driving cars and trucks.
2. Travel on public electric train systems: If you don't own a car, don't consider it; if you do, use less of it. By using non-polluting train systems, not only do you reduce air pollution significantly, you also save lots of money, considering the high petrol prices!
3. Avoid takeaways: Very often, takeaways would require the use of styrofoam boxes and/or plastic bags. Hence, simply by dining in or consuming food within premises, you help to reduce environmentally-unfriendly waste.
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