Small Bits of Change Make a Difference

The world often suffers from excessive amounts of inertia, inaction and cynicism. In 2012, this is inexcusable. People have had thousands of years to get their act together but they are still producing massive amounts of waste and garbage every year. They still cut down too many trees and kill too many animals. You can’t change everybody in the world, of course but it may be possible to change some.

Unfortunately, many people don’t understand how important it is to be active in improving the world around you. These people simply watch the world become worse and complain. They mock others who take an active step in improving the world and find their actions to be ridiculous. After all, how much difference can one person make?

Plenty! A person that wants to save water can save up to 30 gallons per day simply by repairing a dripping faucet. They can also save 100 gallons of water per day by fixing a leaking toilet and cutting 30 percent of its water use by installing a toilet tank dam. These simple steps take only moments to complete but help change the world for the better in an instant. (http://www.chnep.org/moreinfo/water_conservation_facts.htm)

And these aren’t the only ways a person can improve the world around them. Planting a single tree produces 48 pounds of extra oxygen a year. This oxygen is enough to support two human beings for an entire year. In fact, if all American families planted a tree, they could reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere astronomically. In fact, it would reduce it by a billion pounds. This would create a billion pounds of safe oxygen to breathe. (http://www.coloradotrees.org/benefits.htm)

Making healthier eating choices and improving your health can also help improve the world around you. Eating less meat or going vegetarian completely has major benefits for the environment. The amount of grain and grass it takes to create one pound of chicken, pork and beef averages out to about 5 or 6 pounds of grain per pound of animal. This is an entirely wasteful way of farming that is worse in America than overseas. (http://www.realfooduniversity.com/paleoprimal-lifestyle-sustainable-meat-production/)

The most important aspect of improving the world around you is to try to inspire others to join. Getting the lazy, the cynical and unimpressed active, passionate and impressed can help create impressive results. Activism may not inspire everybody but actively participating in improving the world around you, creating a better world and a better family environment may cause many others to join in on your quest.

Finding ways to encourage activism isn’t as hard as many people think. Simply get your word out there anyway you can. Write a letter to the editor to reach like-minded people who take the time to read the paper. Even if these people don’t agree with you, it may help open their mind to different possibilities.

A blog or personal website is another great way to reach a wide range of people. Internet searches and websites continue to be an important aspect of our culture and maximizing advocacy using these resources is crucial.

Basically, the only way to spread the fire of change is to be that change. Your motivation may inspire others to change themselves and the world around them in important and vital ways that you can’t even imagine.

This article was a contribution to promote green shopping and sustainable education.

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