My friends dont care about the environment?

Question

I do loads for the environment, no foil or clingfilm, I ride my bike everywhere and I recycle so there is like nothing in the bin. But my friends don't give a d**n, they use tons of foil and clingfilm, use the car everywhere, and when I wrote "please recycle" on the back of my party invite, they laughed and said they wouldn't, and that they have never recycled. I really care for the environment but then thay undo all my hard work. What can I do?

Answer 1

We should all be responsible, but maybe they realize Al Gore is a joke?

Answer 2

how did a nice girl like you get a bunch of ignorant rednecks like them as friends?  No, but really, dont get discouraged, many others do recycle and reduce, and you know that you are saving money for yourself by doing so.  Dont push things on them, they will just rebel even more.  Eventually they may grow up.  Ive changed my gf and her kids ways a little, its an uphill battle, but they've noticed some monetary benefits, and also the fact that going to a little extra trouble in somethings saves even more effort in others.  That is what counts for most, the larger picture is probably to much for  many to understand, and there is no sense of beating yourself up trying to explain it.

Answer 3

Keep at it and don't be worried to be the annoying friend always going on about the environment!

I am really into animal welfare and most of my friends just think I'm silly but every now and then they'll take something i say on board, like trying new washing detergent that isn't tested on animals even if they keep using cosmetics that are.

Every little bit matters, and good on you for standing up for what you believe in

:-)

Answer 4

Know that you can't change everyone!  Just keep going about your life as usual.  Even if your efforts just offset their behavior that is okay!  One day hopefully they will learn and feel like schmucks for their past behavior.

Answer 5

You should show them a slide show or make them see national geographic documentary show and prove  them that polluting and harming our air and water is dangerous for our kids and what will happened to a the people in this world if all the ice caps melts. They would drown and die while other countries will be at war because of tight space little food and territory.

Answer 6

Make them watch an Inconvenient Truth. The problem with today's young society is that they simply do not care what is going on in the world. I'm 18 and I go to MSNBC.com 3 or 4 times a day, and I also read my campus newspaper and the Kansas City Star. Most people simply don't know what's going on, so when they hear that they need to recycle they just shrug it off, they don't know how devastating it is to our planet.

Answer 7

ok your friends like polar bears rite?

who dosen't?

so show them what happens to them once all ice melts dew to their negligence

Answer 8

u can make them understand by some eg. ,movie

Answer 9

The only thing you can do other than try to impose your beliefs on them is lead by example.  Maybe they will think about it by seeing rather than being told.  Besides, if your recycle aluminum, you can get cash for that, always a plus and yes, it does pay to recycle aluminum.

Answer 10

Get new friends -- Maybe join others or groups who do recycling events  

ie..like hold craft shows of recycled materials or workshops for kids to show what happens to say an aluminum can if and if not recycled.

Get busy grrrrl

Answer 11

One thing I think your mom forgot to explain, you cannot push your ideology on others.

Everyone has the right to do or say what they like. Everyone has an opinion and a different way of thinking than you.

You should welcome diversity, otherwise we all would be robots?

Just a thought.

Answer 12

First show them what are the problems of wasting materials. Show them images, videos and tell them this will happen if you don't save environment. They wont understand in seconds, you have to push them to understand for few days. Then may be they realize whats going on.

Then show them ways to save environment.

Show them some of the websites such as,

http://livegreenideas.blogspot.com/

Keep trying, one day you will get success. Best of luck Rosie.

Answer 13

Ugghhh, i hate people like that!

Anyway, here's what you do:

Show them what's happening to the environment. Videos and stuff.

Show them how much you save on the electricity bills if you unplug the TV when you're finished, ect.

That's all i can think of... Anyway,

Good luck!