Pledge to Mother Earth

Our planet is gasping for breath, harmful pollutants is indeed choking her slowly and continues to stripped her with her ozone layer. We as a part of this world should do our part to this alarming state by doing our own share of protecting her with simple things thats will stir big difference. The signs of earth's displeasure with inappropriate and harmful activities of humans are now seen and felt across the globe such as global warming, climate change, drought, flash floods, earthquake, tsunami and other natural catastrophes.



I believe that every single steps I'm taking will contribute a little or more in saving the earth and therefore I have been practicing many ways to care the earth. First of all, the habit of reduce, reuse, recycle has been instill in me. I will only purchase things that we use and consume food that I can. Recycling old newspapers, aluminium tins, plastic bottles do reduce the garbage problem which is seriously facing by each country. Things like electonic appliances, furnitures and clothing are reused and we are not suppose to throw it just because we are fond of trendy and fashion ones. These habits can conserve our resources.

Secondly, we should be kind to trees and use forest products and timber well with optimum efficiency. Involving in tree planting activities in our local conservation program as trees supply living things oxygen and slightly lower down the temperature of the surrounding area as well as a refuge to different insects and birds. The ecosystem of the way it should be must be maintained.

Apart from these, it is vital to do the traditional way in helping to conserve our environment by
avoiding the habit of smoking, saving electrical energy by switching off the lights and use only appliances when needed. We also should minimize the use of refrigerators and airconditioner for these contains chlorofluorocarbons that are responsible to the climate change and depletion of our ozone layer,leaving the earth's surface open to the sun's direct rays. Do not start the activity of open burning and burning of plastic as this is harmful to living things as well as contibute to thinning of the ozone layer, too.

On the other hand, water which is a precious necessity if life, should not be wasted. We have to het out of the bad habit of leaving the water running thile brushing teeth. Just imagine that one can waste gallons of water everyday by not simply turning the water off. Besides that, we should take a shower rather than a bath and do not take long shower either. Other way of conserving the water is watering the lawn and garden during the night or early in the morning because a lot of water will be wasted due to evaporation if we water the plants on a hot day.

Lastly, I pledge to the mother earth that I will do no more harm to the environment. It is our reponsibility of taking care of the beauty of her for our generations and the future generations. It is no longer an option to live blithely on this planet with no care as to what most of us are doing to it and if we do not stop the way we have been treating her, we will no longer have the honor of living on it. All the vast amount of pullutants, all these problems, what can be done to slove them? Without a dramatic change, both to society and to people's character, there is no hope!