Let’s Go Green

by Anne Yau

Today I read an article from a magazine. I can’t remember the magazine’s name, but the article is called ‘It’s time to go Green’. Obviously, it talks about that we should be more environmentally friendly in order to save Mother Earth. The article mentioned about that this is the time for us to save energy and not to consume much. Many celebrities nowadays are trying to be green and use energy-saving products like energy-saving cars called ‘hybrid cars’. For example, President Obama is using this type of car. Hybrid cars are not for non-drivers like me, but of course there are many ways to be green to conserve the world. There was a world-wide program last month urging people in the world to turn off lights for 60 minutes to promote the ‘go greener’ idea. I think this is a really effective program, and more programs like this should be held in the coming future. There are many ways that we can use to save our world and be green. Using less plastic bags is obviously one of them. If you are just buying a bar of chocolate from the supermarket, you should not get a large plastic bag and throw it away once you get back home, right? Use less to save more. Each day we have lots of notes and things that we need to mark down on paper sheets, this creates a large amount of wastage if we do not try hard to use both sides of the sheets. Another environmental problem created by use of paper is that, people try to use a lot of wrapping paper sheets whenever they are giving our presents. Is that really necessary? Of course not! One layer of wrapping would not make the receiver less happy or green! Many people and corporations have a habit of posting cards to friends and clients during festival times. Paper cards can be very sweet, but they are not green. Now we have a better choice, we can send e-cards to our friends and clients in a vast amount and can still be ‘very green’. Few days ago I found a website that we can create our own cards by drawing and messaging. These e-cards are as nice as paper ones and greener! You can draw and write down whatever you like to your beloved friends or to promote your products. Obviously they are greener. Earth is ours, so if you don’t want your off springs to be threatened by the ‘end’ of Earth, please conserve the world for yourselves, and for them! Be smart, be green!