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

Fourways Gardens • 14 • February 2022