The truth is that everything we do is related to our planet and we can make a huge change if we change some habits. People around us will get it, i'm sure some of them will start making the same actions.
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| An awesome drawing. It contains most of the things we can do. (Not mine, copied from Google Images) |
I have an enemy. I find it the worst thing ever created, and society has made it normal. People even do it proudly! I am talking about cigarettes. Factories and cars can make a lot of smoke, but, at least, they do it for a reason: people need some products, people needs to go from a place to other in the city. Smoking cigarettes is the worst thing because is something very childish, and publicity made it look like a sign of maturity, succes and class. It's bad for the environment because:
1. The smoke coming out from cigarettes, doesn't simply goes away. It contributes, with other gases, to destruction of the ozone. It also gets stuck in clothes, walls, or other places, and it keeps making bad to our health.
2. Cigarettes are made of paper. They had to cut trees to make them and for making the box too.
3. Smokers aren't really concerned about where the cigarette butt ends. It has many chemicals that won't deteriorate without harming the earth. they throw it in the street or anywhere, because they think it's normal, they don't see it as something gross, they wouldn't like to see me throwing boogers everywhere, don't they?!
Smokers need to grow up, i think. They can be people of success, sometimes very wise, sometimes they are aware of the damage they are doing. They have a lot of silly excuses. For example, they say that they started when they were dumb and young, and they are addicted now, that's why they can't stop. We can be addicted to many things, in fact, i think we could get addicted to everything that makes us feel good, the problem is that you may stop when it had become an habit that hurts other people. And cigarette does.
Almost everyone in my family is a smoker. My girlfriend smokes in parties. Many of my friends who used to think as me, started to smoke in parties and now they became smokers. One thing i do is explain those things to them. I wish they would listen more.
There are other tiny things i do to do my part. I ride a bike and a long board, i go on these every time i need to go somewhere and i can do it on it. I try to reuse the cans, the boxes and the plastic bags other people would just throw away. I work and live in the country on summers, i work with plants and i would like to fill it with trees.
We can help with the small decisions we take everyday, it isn't hard, you just have to start. You can be your hero.
