![]() Spend more time outdoors in the company of your loved ones instead of being glued to technology. Opt for washing clothes in cold or warm water. Use natural sunlight to dry clothes instead of energy-intensive dryers. It’s time to act on it and try these measures for real: Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs. We’ve all read about how to save electricity but hardly preach it. Data corroborates this – around 85% of global electricity will come from renewables by 2050. There’s a greater need to use renewable energy and conserve natural resources (electricity, coal, fuel etc.) by all means. Baby steps can make a huge difference! Warming up to global warming is not really an option: Fight global warming Research suggests that global emissions of CO2 need to decline by 45% by 2030. You can conduct eco-friendly workshops in your apartment campus and educate your domestic helpers on reducing water wastage – especially when they’re washing dishes. ![]() Next, try reducing air-conditioning consumption, maintain your vehicles and ensure it’s not emitting CO2, use second-hand goods instead of buying new ones (buying new stuff leads to increased carbon emissions thanks to the industrial factories), and finally, spread the word. Campaign in its favour and ensure it gets implemented in your city. Carbon pricing is one way of going about it. These simple steps can reduce and possibly reverse the damage that’s been done. So we’ll jump straight to what you can do to reduce water and air pollution. Airing out steps to reduce air and water pollution: Curb air pollution There’s enough data available both online and offline to understand how we’re polluting the environment day in, day out. On World Conservation Day, Priyank, senior director, Furbicle, lists initiatives you can kick start to balance the scales again in nature’s favour. So let’s not limit “save the planet” to a slogan in our Geography books instead, let’s take some active-yet-practical measures to do our bit for the planet. Basically, diverse environmental threats are heading for the future and the future is now. Everywhere you look, a natural catastrophe is taking its toll on the living species. So much so, that we’re not even alarmed by it anymore. Hailstorms and snowfall in May, unusually dense rainfall in December, scorching heat topping off at 45 degrees in early April – all these are not just paradoxical theories about climate change, it’s the hard reality today. It will require an investment of 2.5% of the GDP for two decades to make lasting changes for saving the environment.
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