People often get confused about, what they can do to combat global problems and often assume that their individual effort won't have much impact. But remember, most environmental problem have solution only at local level. There a lot of things which people can opt in their day-to-day life to minimize their impact on various environmental processes. Here are some simple steps: -
  1. Reuse Paper, Recycle Paper. Make your habit to save papers as much as you can. This will help to save several trees to be cut down if all the readers will start saving from now…
  2. Store the information which can be stored in digital media and avoid to making hard copies of the information if not needed
  3. If you hike or going for camp in forested area, practice minimum-impact camping.
  4. Minimize your use of scarce fuel, food & water resource. (Fresh water availability in world is just 2.5% & sea water is 97 %).
  5. Do not flush every time you use toilet. Take shorter showers.
  6. Do not let faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes & bathing etc.
  7. Don't buy ivory, tortoise shell, animal skin or other products taken from endangered species
  8. Dispose used motor oil, hazardous waste (like batteries) responsibly.
  9. Turn-off ignition of your car/ bike when stuck in traffic or at signal. (Nor it will save fuel but will also cut emission of CO2, NOx, and Pb).
  10. Join carpool, drive smaller-more efficient cars & reduce speed.
  11. If possible make maximum use of natural light at your home or office.
  12. Turn-off lights, fans, T.V., Computer Monitor when not in use, this can save much electricity
  13. Avoid buying things you don't need or won't use. Ask yourself whether you really need more stuff?
  14. Buy food that come with less packaging & avoid use of polythene.
  15. Plant native especially in your garden. Exotic sp. competes with native sp., spreads parasite/ diseases that threaten ecosystem.
  16. If you eat non-veg., eat lower on food chain to reduce bioaccumulation of harmful chemicals.
  17. Reduce the use of pesticide in your farm/ fields. Pesticide persists in food chain & bio magnify
  18. Never throw any waste product in water always keep habit to store all the waste in dustbin
  19. Dispose CFL lamps/bulb with care as it contains Mercury