How Being a Good Human Being is Related to Environment

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This topic is general in nature; however, there are special things that you need to do in order to materialize something special. The environment is getting worse and worse as the days pass-the reports are claiming that it won't be of any impact to offset carbon or to reduce carbon, as the damage has been already done to the atmosphere. But we as humans can't stop acting-we have to act and act in a spirit that this earth is not a lost case. We have to try our best to maintain the inhabitability of this planet and allow the coming generations to live in a clean environment.

It is believed that if individuals put their efforts in the drives and campaigns of going green, significant amount of change can be realised. Presently only, industries, factories, power units, aviation industry, businesses, and some government sectors, which are forced by some world authorities like EU, UN, World Bank, are turning to greenism; however, individual efforts are still far from leading. We need to gear up our loins as they say and plunge with sincere efforts to go green.

Here comes the point when being a humanist would mean going green. A good human being has self-control and is never self-centered. When we know that we need to control our habits and daily routines to go green, it means sacrifice, it means the highest attribute or quality of a humanist. So, we need to acknowledge our duty to go green, reduce carbon emission, plant more trees, and try to educate people how they can play their part in saving this beautiful planet.

Here are some suggestions that can be adopted in the daily life:

1. Use bicycles instead of mobikes wherever possible. Try to do walking when you go markets or some other nearby places. You will lose a bit of comfort but that would be a good humane effort from your side.

2. Reduce watching TV. There are many other value-added works that you can do or help others in their valuable work.

3. Reduce using electrical appliances where you can replace them with manual work.

4. Grow trees or plants in vases in your homes. This would mean carbon offsetting and also for more beauty to your homes. Educate and encourage others to grow more and more trees-it is said nowadays that if you plant one tree, you save one life! So it is not a small thing to grow trees.

5. Switch to energy saver bulbs replacing the old ones.

6. Try to adopt usage of solar energy through solar cookers, solar power system, solar UPS for computers, and other similar items.

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