Environment and cost?

Question

We all want a nice enviornment but if other nations do not participate, are we not simply spinning our wheels?

Answer 1

I think it's good to do because the facts say it is good to conserve the environment but if the U.S. does it and China doesn't, that's like my apartment building recycling, etc... and the building with fifty condos next door not recycling, etc...I'm renting and getting poorer while the rich people next door relax and leave their overwhelming amount of trash bags on the sidewalk early. It creates fiction when the city gets involved and because I recycle, I won't have any problems. That also means when the sidewalks get dirty and I did my part and probably will have to pay taxes for the city to clean those sidewalks too!

Answer 2

The environment didn't get to be this way in an hour, but it's a start.

Maybe, you and or your family helps out by turning out the lights and then your neighbors and other families think it's a good idea too and they start also. Before you know it, it turns global like the Earth Hour event that started last year in one city and now spans the globe.

Instead of sitting home under the lights in front of the tv, maybe your out walking around the neighborhood with your family and visiting the parks that are provided. Maybe your teaching the youth a better more conscious way of living.

And hey at the same time your cutting down your utility bills and saving some money. Over a month or years time you could save alot of money by turning off the lights, tv's and computers and improving your health with a nice walk.

Things don't change over night. Everything is a learning process and takes time to change and adapt. But knowledge, health, and success is always a work in progress.

We gotta start somewhere.