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brands and retailers that have made
an effort in this regard.
As the saying goes: One person’s
trash is another’s treasure! So,
another way to manage waste
products is through recycling and
donations. You would be amazed
at the countless opportunities there
are to recycle items you no longer
need, from old clothes to electronics
and furniture, books, cardboard
boxes, egg cartons, bread
clips, milk bottles and takeaway
containers. Look out for charities
that would love to have these items.
11. GIVE TO YOUR CAUSE
Whatever your passion, the
environment, animal shelters, the
Church, old age homes, childcare
centres, schools, human rights
groups, sea rescues, medical
research, blood donations or
supporting up-and-coming artists,
give what you can with what you
have. Money is not the only form
of value to these organisations.
You can give your time, talents,
connections or even a gesture
written in your last will and
testament to make a difference.
12. GET PERSPECTIVE
“You develop an instant global
consciousness, a people orientation,
an intense dissatisfaction with the
state of the world, and a compulsion
to do something about it.” – Edgar
Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut.
The overview effect is a phrase
coined by astronauts when they
get their first glimpse of the earth
from space, or more formally, a shift
in consciousness that astronauts
commonly experience upon seeing
our floating blue planet from afar.
What these fortunate few people
Photographer: Tim Mossholder, Unsplash commonly experienced was:
Instead of buying coffee from incredible and almost undeserving it • a realisation that people are so
a major international franchise, felt. If you have not yet experienced small compared to the world and
consider supporting a local brand or this, consider being the first and the vastness of space; and that
a one-person enterprise. They will then have patience for the echo to • there are no lines or boundaries
most likely offer you better service return to you. dividing the earth and its people.
and give you a better experience The chances of going to space are
because your business is valuable FOR THE PLANET slim. To share this wisdom with
to them. “It is our collective and individual
responsibility . . . to preserve and the world, several highly regarded
9. PAY IT FORWARD tend to the world in which we all organisations and institutions,
like MIT, Harvard and NASA, are
This is a simple yet profound live.” – Dalai Lama dedicated to studying this effect
philosophy that has the power to 10. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE on enhancing humanity from a
change the world.
In whatever way you can, become psychological, spiritual, economic
conscious of your waste; this can and social perspective.
A simple act of kindness or a and will have a profound impact on
gesture of generosity can shape the overall health of our planet. Realising you are part of a much
and change another’s life. If you larger story, many unimportant
have been fortunate enough to Many retailers have made good worries can fade away. Having a
have had someone in your life give progress in reducing single-use broader perspective on life can
you an opportunity or believe in plastics, but there is still a long way grant you the wisdom to make you
your abilities, you will know how to go. Wherever possible, support become a better person.
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