INTERNATIONAL Earth Day falls on April 22. It is time to ponder what we can do to save Mother Nature.
Every year, we plant trees to show we care, but is that enough? Mother Nature needs all the help it can get. Let us do more for the environment.
Here are steps to protect the environment:
ENJOY living in clean surroundings. Cook your own food;
USE your own cutlery and lunch boxes to reduce the use of poly-styrene, plastic cutlery and throw-away chopsticks;
EAT less meat and, instead, eat vegetables, lentils, beans or soya;
HANG flower pots with coconut shells. During the heatwave, open windows to allow the breeze in, instead of turning on air-conditioners;
DON’T buy plastic water bottles. Use stainless steel water bottles and turn off the tap while brushing teeth; and,
DONATE your old clothes to charity.
BULBIR SINGH, Seremban, Negri Sembilan