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A Little Bit Can Save the World

Here are some examples of what can be done to help the planet

By Monique StarPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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One example to impact the world

This is a message for a whom it may concern (which should be everybody):

There are a lot of concerns for the world around us and, though the many years behind us and within our reach have been spent trying to spread the word to ptotect our home, there are still corporations and people out there that are still so careless about protecting the planet that you'd think they were deliberately forcing a recreation of "Wall-E" to happen sooner rather than later.

When I was younger, I would eat canned foods and, instead of throwing them away, I would clean them up and use it to collect rain water with the intention of future use without having to waste water in the house. Though it was an amateur attempt that didn't really lead to much, it could be the start of one way to save up on water to help the planet. Rain water is fresh from the sky and, thus, isn't contaminated by waste or salts, so a project leading to a similar feat would prove to be beneficial.

One crazy idea I've had in my past involved the use of a generator that could be powered by exercise (or, in the case of the original idea, sweat) in order to provide power without wasting too much of the electricity we usually use. Although it was chimerical due to it coming from the mind or a middle school child who enjoyed playing "DDR Supernova 2", the idea of using the energy of multiple people to benefit the world seem like it could work in one degree or another. Taking walks to travel has proven to be beneficial for a long time and Nickelodeon has even done an annual event on Earth Day where they're not airing any shows for a few hours so that it would give the viewing demographic a chance to go outside and play. Providing places and opportunities for this sort of activity would help save a lot of electricity, especially since there are those in power who think that the efforts of certain activists shouldn't be taken seriously because they produce content on the Internet.

For as long as we can remember, the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling has been stressed more and more over the years. However, not a lot of people know exactly what to do besides just sorting their scraps (and there are people who failed to do so anyway). Terracycle (for one) was on to something when they turned empty snack containers into bags and other stuff for school while also donating profits to charity. However, it doesn't have to just to be big organizations that can accomplish something similar. Plastics, papers, etc. could be used in crafted products for all ages to make things useful for the environment such as watering cans, worm composts, etc. or even other tasks to give them another purpose (I actually tied the pages of my class lab manual together with bits of the plastic the manual came in as a resourceful tactic).

Why am I mentioning ideas that small amounts of people can do? Because if a small amount of people take action to help the planet, the amount of contributors will increase and, hopefully, it'll reach the higher-ups of the country or the world itself. As much as it's nice to hear the (dangerously) occasional higher-up make a big deal about taking care of the world, I, for one, would like to hear about them putting their money where their mouths are and influence others to care about the only planet we have. Sure, we may be young and we might not all have political occupations, but, as Mr. Beast has proven, we can use our skills and modern resources to help the planet in any way possible.

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About the Creator

Monique Star

I'm not the most sophisticated adult out there. I'm also not the best at communicating all the time, but I do try my best to get my thoughts out there into the world verbally or nonverbally.

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