{"id":3867,"date":"2020-04-04T00:46:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2020-04-04T00:46:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:46:04","slug":"my-planet-my-responsibilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2020\/04\/04\/my-planet-my-responsibilty\/","title":{"rendered":"MY PLANET || MY RESPONSIBILTY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have grown accustomed to our environment\u2019s state today.\nIs global warming real or not? Are we seriously endangering our health and\ndestroying the only place, the only planet we actually call home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With environmental issues left, right and center. It is\nquite easy to get decentralized by the news. Most of us still have the mindset\nthat, it is the government or top organizations\u2019 responsibility to fix it all.\nHowever, this is far from true. That\u2019s the most dangerous mindset and just as a\nstudent, as young as we are, we can help save our environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How? You ask. Through implementation of simple, practical\nways in our daily routine which help us save a couple ringgits too as students.\nIn case you did not know how serious these environmental issues are, here\u2019s a\nlist of facts for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Plastic does not go away, it just gets smaller.<\/li>
  2. Earth loses 30.000 species per year because of climate change and pollution.<\/li>
  3. Pollution is one of the dangerous global killers, as it affects over 100 million people.<\/li>
  4. 2 million tonnes of industrial, agricultural and sewage waste enters the Planet\u2019s waters every day.<\/li>
  5. Roughly 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped in our oceans.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    It is our moral obligation as individual to protect our\nPlanet. These environmental issues have worsened over the past years. So how\nexactly do we contribute to these environmental issues? What is being done to\nsave our environment? Do you still use plastic straws and bottles? Have you\nswitched to owning your own water bottle? Environmental damage poses threats to\nour ecosystem. And by simply changing our daily lifestyle is progress in the\nright direction! Simply disposing your trash properly is a positive action.\nAlone we can do so little, but together we can do much more. Here are simple\nways we can protect our environment as students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Say no to plastic bags. – Plastics are the 3rd<\/sup>\noceans biggest polluter. Carry your own reusable bag each time you go shopping.<\/li>
    2. Use a reusable water bottle. \u2013 Do not use plastic\nbottles as they end up in landfills, waterways and oceans. Apart from carrying\nplastic toxins that cause kidney and liver damage even cancer, plastic water\nbottles produce micro plastics that harm marine life.<\/li>
    3. Avoid non-recyclables. \u2013 i.e. Plastic straws\nwhich take hundreds or even thousands of years to breakdown. This causes severe,\nlong lasting damage to the environment.<\/li>
    4. Carpool. \u2013 Lessen your daily contribution to\ncarbon emissions by sharing your ride with your friends and family or maximizing\npublic transportation. Or instead of driving a car, ride a bike or scoter or\neven walk to campus.<\/li>
    5. Recycle, recycle, and recycle. \u2013 Whether it is\nan alcohol bottle, empty jar, any plastic or paper product, recycle!<\/li>
    6. Clean your surroundings. \u2013 Clean your\nsurroundings and prevent environmental issues such as pollution and water\ncontamination. Through proper disposal of waste materials and cleaning our\nbackyards.<\/li>
    7. Plant a tree. \u2013 You can a plant a tree in your\nbackyard. This is a classic way of saving our environment from extreme climate\nchange by reducing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      So what\u2019s stopping you? \nLet\u2019s protect our Planet, our Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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