How Can We Protect Our Environment?

World Environment day is celebrated every year on June 5. This day is celebrated to spread awareness about the importance and perseverance of the environment.  The world is dealing with life threatening situations like air pollution, water pollution, sea-level increase, global warming, food security, illegal wildlife trade etc. So, World Environment Day helps in bringing the change in protecting the environment from getting destroyed.  Below mentioned are some ways to protect our environment:

Conserve Water 

Less than 3% of all the water on earth is freshwater. Yet we abuse this resource as if we have an unlimited supply. To protect not just our environment, but also the lives of our future generations we need to conserve water. We can do so in many ways. Some easy ones include - rainwater harvesting, reducing wastage of water via taps while washing hands, clothes or utensils, repairing leaking taps and pipes, etc.

Planting Trees

This is the easiest and most commonplace suggestion. However, it is also very effective. Ever since man discovered agriculture and transformed itself from hunter-gatherers to domesticated farmers, we have destroyed a huge chunk of the earth’s natural vegetation. Expanding greenery by planting as many shrubs and trees as we can is the best way to protect our environment. A very recent trend includes gifting pants instead of bouquets of cut flowers or fake shrubbery. These gifts not only help preserve the environment but also touch the receiver’s heart as it symbolizes life.

Managing Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Waste

A lot of problems in our environment are caused by littering and the dumping of non-biodegradable waste like plastic. If we recycle our waste and segregate biodegradable from non-biodegradable, we can save our earth.

Carpooling 

Controlling air pollution is key to improving environmental conditions. Carpooling is one of the easiest ways to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses. Cars running on petrol-diesel consume a lot of fossil fuel, which is also a nonrenewable resource. Hence, carpooling not only reduces pollution but also reduces the consumption of fossil fuel. Switching from car rides to cycle rides wherever possible is also a green solution. As is, switching to battery-operated electric cars or solar-powered cars.

Conserving Electricity

Fossil fuel consumption poses multifold problems. It releases carbon dioxide and causes air pollution. It is also a non-renewable resource and hence must be conserved. One can reduce the usage of electricity by leveraging the use of daylight and solar-powered lights and equipment.