Step up for Earth
- POSTED ON: 6 Apr, 2019
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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Do you know why Earth as a planet is so unique? Because it is the only one that is able to sustain life.
But Earth is not built to take all the pollution and indiscriminate use of its limited resources. This is triggering a chain of events – global warming, climate change, melting icebergs, rising sea level, flooding of low-lying cities…
Take this quiz to understand the impact of human activities on Earth and why we need to act now!
A greener way of life
So many of these facts may have shocked you. That is why the need of the hour is sustainable living. It is the practice of reducing your demand on natural resources by adopting alternative practices and products that are not harmful to the environment.
Some ways of sustainable living are:
*Reducing waste by reducing, reusing and recycling. Composting and recycling alone have prevented 85 million tons of waste to be dumped in 2010.
*Reduce carbon emissions by carpooling, taking the public transport, or switch to electric vehicles.
*Use renewable sources of energy like wind and solar energy whenever possible.
*Changing the lights in your house to CFL and using natural light will reduce your demand on energy resources.
Green challenge
Now that you have a fair idea about sustainable living, you may be ready for the next challenge.
In the image below, click on the 7 elements that point to a sustainable way of life.