Signing petitions for good causes is a way one can make a difference without having to go out of his/her way and devote time to good causes.
Good examples of these are clicking on the petitions below and signing them. Many such petitions can be found by simple online searching. It is important to agree with the cause that you are petitioning for.
Help save marine life and reefs:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/help-save-marine-life-and-reefs/
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/environment-and-wildlife/
There are also websites like these where you just click on the banner and help give funding to animal and environmental causes:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3
Like these, there are many websites you can find for signing petitions and clicking to give help at no expense. These are the small contributions you can make to improve the world through good causes. All one has to do is search for them and sign them and if there is time, spread them all around.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Reduce paper waste or water waste?
This post isn't much of a pro-environmentalist idea but more of an awareness one. Tim Hortons has been promoting reusable mugs for customers because they feel it will prevent waste going into the environment caused by their paper cups.
As a result, they have been posting persuasive ads in their shops and websites to try and get customers to buy reusable mugs because paper mugs are non-recyclable.
But here's the catch. A usable cup/mug might not be thrown after it's first use, but what about washing the mug each time after it's use and the amount of water being used to wash it in the lifetime of someone drinking coffee? Add to that the water waste going into the environment.
The paper cups to my knowledge come from wood which in turn comes from trees which in turn grow on water. So the way to end this post is with the important question that are you really making a difference by buying reusable cups that use up water to be cleaned each time it is used?
Something worthy for readers to think about.
As a result, they have been posting persuasive ads in their shops and websites to try and get customers to buy reusable mugs because paper mugs are non-recyclable.
But here's the catch. A usable cup/mug might not be thrown after it's first use, but what about washing the mug each time after it's use and the amount of water being used to wash it in the lifetime of someone drinking coffee? Add to that the water waste going into the environment.
The paper cups to my knowledge come from wood which in turn comes from trees which in turn grow on water. So the way to end this post is with the important question that are you really making a difference by buying reusable cups that use up water to be cleaned each time it is used?
Something worthy for readers to think about.
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