Title - Clean State Healthy
Citizens
Written by - Nur
Edzafirah Binti Eddie
Once the
birds were singing
delightfully and the
fresh breeze blew against the
grasses. Nature is
wonderful, we want
it to last
forever for the next generation.
Thus, our children
and grandchildren could enjoy
the nature happily.
But now, have we looked
around us? What
do we see?
Yes, the birds
now could not
sing as beautifully
as in the
past. The grasses
could not wave
to us in
this polluted air.
In addition, the
citizens suffer due
to diseases which
are spreading all around us.
How can we
avoid all of this? Yes,
we need to protect our
environment from pollution.
Certainly, there are
ways to save
the environment.
To
save our state
from being polluted,
we need to
use the 3Rs
concept which are
reduce, reuse and
recycle. First of
all, we should
start from our
home sweet home
as the saying
goes, “charity begins
at home”. The
whole family members
should take part
together to conserve
nature. The bulbs
in every corner
of the house
need to be
change. It is
better that we
use compact fluorescent
bulbs. This is
because they are
brighter, last longer
and use less
energy than incandescent
bulbs. They also do not
produce nearly as much wasted
heat. A fluorescent
bulb would stop
a thousand pounds
of carbon dioxide
from going into
the atmosphere. So,
we could save
our money while
saving our environment
by reducing the statistics of
the bulbs we use.
To conserve
energy, we need
to switch off
the lights after
we are done
using them or even when
we leave a
room for a
short time so, less energy
would be used. Then, we
need to use
less electronic items
in our houses
and offices, such
as computers, laptops,
televisions and so
on and so
forth. Consumer electronics
create immense amount
of waste. Definitely
when it comes to the
components in the
piles of trash
at the landfills.
These things use
a number of
minerals that are
often mined without
proper environmental protection
protocols. Other than
using less of
them, try buying
fewer electronic items.
This could help
us to drastically
reduce our imprint
on the environment.
Moreover, we need to
reduce the large
amounts of paper
usage. We could
save it by
using the spell
checker. Surely everybody
uses the latest
technologies to make
everyday work become
easier. Many of
us do our
work by using
the computers and
laptops. After we are done
doing them, we will print
and give them
to our managers
to be checked.
Is it true?
Thus, before we print the
documents, be sure
to run grammar
and spell check.
After we get a document
error-free, preview it
to ensure if
it fits the
page and is
perfect according to
our needs because
beauty is in
the eye of
the beholder. Our
work would be
much easier if
we do it
once. If we
just do it
carefully, we can
reduce the amount
of papers used
and save some
time, everybody knows
that time is
gold. We also
could save our
money and the
environment.
Furthermore, we could reuse
the old papers.
For an example,
the junk mails.
Have we considered
how much energy
is used in
creating all that
unsolicited junk we
get in the mailbox? The
junk mail delivered
to our homes
alone is equivalent
to one and
a half of
a tree which
add ups to
one hundred million
of trees every
year. We could
use that so
called junk mails
for quick notes.
Just stack them
beside the computers
and telephones either
in our houses
or our offices.
Other than the
junk mails, we can put
the unused printed
documents too. We can cut
each of them
into quarters. Try
using the other
side of the
papers if we
want to write
something. Next, we
do not have
to give clean
papers for the
children to color
on. We can
give them the
unused papers or
the junk mails
mentioned above.
Papers can
be recycled too.
The papers that
are unused like
the junk mails can be
recycled. After we
have read the
mails, we could
just dump them
into the recycle
bin. How about
aluminum cans? Does
recycling them really
make a difference?
Let see, the
electric and thermal
energy required to
replace the cans are wasted.
We should know
that one million
tons of metal
is equivalent to
about twenty-one million
barrels of crude
oil or one
billion gallons of
gasoline. All of
them are enough
to supply the
total energy needs
of one million
homes or two million cars
with gasoline for
a full year.
Therefore, we should
recycle those aluminum
cans for a
better life. We can recycle
other things such
as plastic bottles
and many more
to avoid from
open burning.
Open burning
activity can pollute
the air by
increasing the level
of carbon dioxide
and decreasing the
level of oxygen.
Some people are
irresponsible and do
not care about
the earth. They
burn things without
limit. This is why we
need to recycle
our things to
lessen the open
burning habits. After
all, we could
reduce the logging
and illegal logging
activity. Most
of all the
illegal logging activity. It is
the harvest, transportation, purchase
or sale of timber
which is in
violation of laws.
The harvesting procedure
itself may be
illegal, including using
corrupt means to
gain access to
forests, extraction without
permission or from
a protected area. These activities
affect the earth’s
climate. Especially in
Malaysia, sometimes it will rain
cats and dogs
but after that
the weather turns
very hot. During
the raining seasons,
the sea level
will increase. As
a results, the
low land areas
will be flooded.
The citizens will
face a lot
of trouble due
to the floods.
Their houses
will be destroyed,
they will lack
food and drinks.
Not to mention
some of them will drink
the water from the flood
which is not
a good source.
They will have
to face a
lot of diseases
such as scabies,
stomach ache and
many more. They
also will lack
facilities. Thus, we
need to protect
our environment to protect ourselves.
Henceforth, we know
that our nation
have given the commitments by
making the Earth
Hour. What is
Earth Hour? Earth
Hour is a
worldwide event organized
by the World
Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) and
held towards the
end of March
annually. This activity
is to encourage
us to turn
off our non-essential
lights for one
hour to raise
awareness about the
need to take
action on climate
change. We should
often take part
in an event
such as this
to show our
concern for our
earth. The event
like this should
be implemented more
often.
Have we considered
purchasing chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
free products? As
we all know
that chlorofluorocarbon destroys
the ozone layer
which protects us
from the harmful
ultraviolet rays. This
substance is often
used in air
conditioners, some scented
candles and even
in some cooking
products. Mostly they
are in aerosol
spray products. About
the spray products,
if we want
to kill the
cockroaches, we could
do it naturally.
Try keeping a
soapy water in
hand. The soapy
water could kill
the cockroaches if
we just spray
it directly to
them. As the
things that we
used cause the
ozone depletion, more
ultraviolet rays from
the sun could
pass through the
ozone layer. So,
the harmful ultraviolet
radiation rays increase
the risk of
skin cancer, cataract
cases, suppresses the
human immune system
and environmental damage.
For instant, the
temperature of the
earth would increase
or it is
also called global
warming. Global warming
causes the icebergs
to melt and
make the sea
level increases. This situation also
could cause floods
at the low
land areas. All
of the simple
things could harm
the citizens’ life.
Let us change
it by using
chlorofluorocarbon free products.
We could live
a better life.
Now, everybody needs
a car. Cars
are important for
us to go
do our errands.
Thus, if we
have a diesel
car, consider using
biodiesel. Biodiesel? What
is that? Alright,
biodiesel is a
name of a
clean burning alternative
fuel produce from
domestic or renewable
resources. It contains
no petroleum but
could be blended
at any level
with petroleum diesel
to create a
biodiesel blend. It
could be used
in compression ignition
engines with no
major modifications. It
is simple to
use, biodegradable, nontoxic
and essentially free
of sulfur and
aromatics. With this
biodiesel, we could
reduce pollution and conserve the
petroleum for very
important use only.
Who knows, right?
We could also make carpooling
as our habit.
We could take
turns with the
cars and plan
it with our
friends. We could
have so much
fun rather than
we drive our
car alone. Try
it! We could
make a difference.
In a
nutshell, we should
practice better living
as a better
way to protect
our environment. The
environment effects the
cleanliness of our
state. If the
environments are better,
the state would
be better for
the citizens. Everybody
must work together
to take care
of our earth
so that there
are no pollution,
no health problems
and make our
life as the
citizens much better.
We need to
remember that prevention
is better than
cure and the
healthy surroundings make
lives better.
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