The importance of individual action to celebrate World Environment Day, and how individual actions when multiplied can make a difference to the planet

Live Simply

Live simply, live easily, live naturally.
Live with respect for one another, live with respect for all others, live with respect for oneself.
Live with the pride that you care and that you take interest in the well being of this world, in the well being of your friends, in the well being of your family, in your well being.
• Don’t waste
‘Use what we need to use’ in every sense of the phrase. Order / make food that we normally can eat, not more. Switch on electric appliances only when we need to use them and switch them off when we don’t need them. Write on paper only when we need to, use electronic copies otherwise – these are easier to circulate too.
• Don’t litter
Finished using an item - then put it in a place that is meant for their disposal – hey, the world is your home and you wouldn’t litter your home, would you! This applies especially to those snacks containers that you and your family eat those lip smacking snacks from while you go for a jaunt in a natural resort. You, ’unknowingly’ throw those empty containers around. It leaves a bad impression rather than any good feelings. Also results in a degradation of the environment.
• Recycle
Bio degradation is a primary requirement for all disposed matter. We still read about oil spills happening at alarming regularity with disastrous consequences each time. What we can do is ensure that the matter that we throw does not harm the environment further.
• Respect nature - flora and fauna and Rejoice in them
Live with consciousness of the foremost reason we can live - energy. Live with the knowledge that this energy is brought to us by natural elements - Water, Wind and Light. Live with the knowledge that these three elements are there due to the greenery, the fertility in the soil, the birds and bees that continue the pollination in these greenery, the fauna that graze on them and add to the sustenance of the soil through many means including their waste.
Live with clean air going through your lungs and lending energy to your body and your mind
Live with harmonious sights that create a sparkle in your eyes
Live with the sound of the birds twittering a melody in your ears
Live knowing that if we did not have the little amoeba, or the little frog, or that pup, or that kitten or that calf or that horse or that elephant or that tiger or all those many splendored creatures, our eco-system would die, would disintegrate and we would not be able to live the way that we do today.
• Live efficiently
Can we car pool? If yes let’s do it - another way to network! Can we listen to music together, can we celebrate a festival together, can we share happiness and double it? Let’s do it – think efficiency and create efficiency. Can communities come together to reduce costs? Let’s do it; with one common theme – one planet, a better future. Let’s do it together