How green am I?

Well, to be honest, I’m not what you would call a “Green” person. I don’t think I had a good education in school about environmental issues, only the obvious. School plans don’t incorporate ways to help the planet, or they teach stuff that is not viable on every day life. For example, they teach you that you’re supposed to separate plastic, glass and paper, but in practice, the garbage truck takes everything and they don’t recycle anything!

I think the government hasn’t created a educational plan that puts from the very beginning a consciousness regarding the environment, which is sad because most of the older people don’t have those concerns, so the best way to create a new society is to make kids and teenagers more aware of what’s going on. Also, the government should create ways to make recycling more easy for us, for example, garbage trucks that actually separate residues and takes them to recycling plants.

My activities to sabe the planet are not very invasive, for example I freak out when there’s something plugged to the electricity, because it spends resources in an innecesary manner. Also I always try to use as minimun water as possible. My parents, on the other side, are very eco-friendly. My dad uses all the organic rests to make compost, which he uses to plant vegetables for us. They taste really good!

I don’t use a vehicle other tan my own legs and public transportation, and in the future, if I buy a car, I’m going to be concerned about how eco-friendly it is. I will make a vow to be more proactive for the environment from now on.