"I booked online tickets for the movie. I got the confirmation on SMS. Guess what, I have taken the print out of it as well."

"I just managed to take a print out of all the e-learning modules"

"There is a cousin of mine who needs all the questions that are asked in Fresher tests. I browsed all through the day and finally have a huge set of print outs that will help him"


"I have so many print outs of the presentation that are of no use as I forgot to change the dark background of the slides. Now all I have is a huge bundle of black paper"


Does any of these statements sound familiar?

Lets start getting more sensitive towards our environment and resolve to be more judicious in using them.
Lets do a new beginning today and start by avoiding printing anything unless absolutely necessary.

Save paper Save trees.

Cars were once a luxury …but now they are a necessity. Few years back when Global Warming issue was brought up in a big way…voices were raised to stop the growing number of cars on the roads. Though the throats have all dried up …there isn't any reduction in the number of four wheelers moving on the roads. If we cant curb the number of cars then the least we can do is use them intelligently.

My sincere appeal to everyone across the globe is to utilize your machines with some care towards the nature.

• Don't keep your vehicles on idling. Just to save on the started we waste a lot of precious gas and pollute the old Earth more.

• Places like traffic signals, dropping kids to school and waiting till they are safe inside, saying bye to a friend after a meeting are some instances where the time involved may be a minute or so but the damage is much greater.

• Do keep your vehicle's tires inflated to the recommend pressure.

• Avoid using a four wheeler if you are the only one traveling. Its not advisable to use a car for just one person. Friends staying nearby going to the same destination everyday can pool in and use one vehicle to commute. Take turns to use your cars.

• If you have good public transports available in your countries please make use of them.

Just by becoming a member of WE and joining communities, wearing T-shirts and using stickers, you and me can't make any difference. We need to work, step by step (never mind if they are small) but keep taking them. Never stop.

There is a very famous saying here, 'Keep working don't worry for the fruit'. If the work is done with a good intention, its fruits will always be sweet!

Krithika

Water is one of the basic necessities to survive. We ought to save water and not waste it.

Nature provides us with lots of water in the form of rain and snow. Here in India, there is a movement known as 'RAIN HARVESTING'. People built tanks in the backyard of their houses, and when it rains the water gets collected in these tanks. This way we store and save a lot of water. I had stayed in Kashmir for sometime. And there we used to collect snow. This water is later used as per requirement.

We also have a festival called 'VANMAHOTSAV' in the month of July. It means 'Forest Festival'. People plant as many saplings as possible on this day and spread awareness for the requirement of forests.

Both Rain harvesting and Vanmahotsav have been in practise for about 3 decades in our country.

We have to always remember one thing. Adjust to the ways of nature, never ever try to make nature adjust to your ways. IT WONT WORK THAT WAY.

Live life in a healthy and safe way.

Dear friends

We all need boiling water for some thing or the other. Please do keep in mind that once a boil comes up in the vessal do not try to boil it further. We all know boiling temperature of water is 100 degrees C. Keeping it still over the heat wont make it hotter!!! You have already made it reach is maximum temperature.

Also make sure u use a lid over the vessal....this makes the water boil faster. This point was already brought up by one of our members i remember.. to add to that....pour a little water over the lid. The vapours that rise inside the vessal get condensed ...forms droplets under the lid and fall back into the vessal ( remember the water over the lid is comparatively cooler). You will get the water heated or boiled even faster .... it really works. Try it.

All of us print lot of information on our daily basis. Much of the information that we print is not for official use. So why use the entire sheet to print them?

I normally use the landscape mode and adjust 4 pages in a single sheet. Believe me the pages are absolutely readable without putting any strain on our eyes.

Give it a thought .... imagine how much of paper wud be saved!! And we all know how papers are maufactured. Isnt it?

It is said that the environment is going to get worst and will be showing its ugly side. Many people aound the world have the opinion that its too late to do anything about it now. But I feel its never too late to do anything good.

Here are few tips that everyone can and should keep in mind to curb the amount of CO2 each sends up in the atmosphere.

1. Always remember to unplug the charger once your ipod or mobile or laptop is charged. Most of these gadgets eat up a lot of electricity even when they arent charging anything. An average family can save upto 7Kgs of Co2 per year.

2. Try not to leave any gadget on standby, expecially television. Walk a few steps to switch it off completely then leave it on standby mode. An average family can save upto 150kgs of Co2 per year.

3. Always remember to turn off the unwanted lights they eat a hell lot of energy. No matter how tired one is it takes a split second to turn off the lights before to end up in the cozy bed of yours. An average family can save upto 100kgs of Co2 and a lot of money too.

4. Invest in low energy bulbs that give out the same amount of light but run on a third of the power. You can save upto 200kgs of Co2 per year.

5. Showers use nearly half the water of baths and cost a whole lot less to heat. Take a low power shower. You can save upto 290kgs of Co2 an year.

6. Wash your clothes at a lower temperature, say 30 degrees rather than 40 or 60. It uses way less energy and your clothes still come out sparkling white unless they were black to start with. An average family can save almost 90kgs of Co2 annually.

7. Freezers work the best when they are fully packed and this way they dont have to wast the extra amount of energy in cooling the empty spaces. So pack them up with lots of icecream tubs.


Try them out and make a difference in the amount of Co2 u send up in the air.

Live green
Krithika

There are numerous ways and means to stop global warming and help the Earth. But what i find the best and feasible to each and everyone of us are these few things.

When was the last time any one of u planted a seed or a sapling? Did that tinkle ur brains ...well this may sound the most primitive thing to do..but we must not forget that trees are the ones that can make hell of a difference in our efforts to save the nature. Just plant something and see the grow everyday...i can assure u it makes u feel great inside. Do it once and u will know what am talking about. Try it out ...its safe and requires no special tools, planning or efforts. But that single tree will take care of lot of things. Trees are being cut at a fast pace but not being replaced with the same rate.

Now am sure most of us have watched 'Gods must be Crazy'. Remember the scene in the Part 1 where a lady gets out of her house, gets into her car and drives just to the next lane and stops to post a mail in the mail box. I know it was fun to watch it when she did that...but how many of us do that in our daily lives? Use a vehicle for short distances those which could be easily walked up to or even bicycled to. Its a humble suggestion from myside to everyone that think before u get into ur car... can u do without using it. Also when u buy things try not to use polythene bags. I know US has been very efficient in curbing this problem but there are many countries where poly bags are still in use and no proper disposal facilities are available. A single polythene bag may take up to 100 years to decompose!!! Its a long time we dont have that kind of leisure time with us. We need to work on this issue fast.

Start using a bicycle. Its dosnt use fuel...saves money hence. Keeps you fit and fine...again saves on those dollars that we would have spent at a gym. The most important of all it doesnt pollute the environment. Am sure it is going to become a mode of transport for many very very soon, the rate at which the fuel reserves are depleting.

In our daily routines just try to give out few minutes and analyse .. the activities that we perform...which side of the scale do it go to.... deterioration or upliftment of the nature and Mother Earth. To which part of the scale do u contribute. Good or Worse. Its high time that we seriously start to work on it otherwise it may be too late to even react!!

Let me sign out with this small thought .... TIME AND NATURE WILL WAIT FOR NONE.

Krithika