Make Earth Greta Again

ClimateStrike means:-

1. Lifestyle change. Downsize all you’d been doing before. Don’t fall for commercials, even with tags “sustainable”, “organic”, “fair trade,” “environmental friendly,” “10% of profit goes to bla bla” etc. Remember they, the capitalists are capitalizing on what’s “hot” or “trending” right now.

And oh, the “green bags”…. How many of these green bags have we got at home? Are we all still thinking that owning 12 green bags is helping the environment?

2. Diet change. Slowly go vegetarian-based, consume less & less meat & dairy products i.e. cow’s milk, butter and cheeze. Go for coconut milk in lieu of cow’s milk. Drink more plain water instead of sugary drinks like CocaCola, Tropicana sugary juices, coffee or tea (tarik) or milo.  I know i love Milo too.

Please note that not only cows, milk, butter, cheese & palm oil that destroy the planet. Tea, coffee, cocoa (chocolate, Milo), soy & sugar are also playing big roles in the destruction of mother earth.

No-fun facts on how much water goes into producing our food and drink:-

– 15,000 litres for 1kg of beef
– 4,300 litres for 1kg of chicken
– 1,000 litres for 1 litre of milk
– 200 litres for 1kg of sugar (cane)
– 1,700 litres for 100g of chocolate bar
– 130 litres for 1 cup of coffee☕
– 30 litres for 1 cup of tea

3. Buy local  at local shops and groceries. Check where they came from before buying.  The farther they travelled before they reached your local shop, the bigger the carbon footprint they left behind. Walk instead of driving there, if u can. Bring your own basket/bags.

4. For takeways, bring own containers if you can. Yes we can. Remember, less meat, more vegetable and fruit.
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5. 3R’s. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Reduce is most important. Recycle is last resort. Reduce your petrol usage, electricity usage, water usage, beauty, cleaning & cleansing products usage, food usage & wastage. Let’s make zero-wastage woke.

6. Plastic, sodium laureth sulfate or SLS (in all foamy/suddy cleaning items), microbeads in cleansing & exfoliating products, palm oil in most beauty & food products are damaging to environment. Ditch or reduce them. Check how many beauty & toiletry products in your bathroom are in plastic containers. The more you have, the bigger your contribution toward the earth catastrophe a.k.a. #ClimateChange or #GlobalWarming

7. Use items not damaging to environment. Not many people know that white vinegar (cuka makan) & sodium bicarbonate are very effective cleaning, cleansing, exfoliating & stain-removing agents that also are edible & not damaging to body & environment at all. Sodium bicarbonate, white vinegar, lime and lemon can replace all chemicals that we use daily for washing, cleaning, cleansing, detoxificating abd  exfoliating. You can also make deodorant from sodium bicarbonate. All cheap, natural and effective. Google or DuckDuckGo them.

8. Check at the end of some period if the above steps taken have downsized your body weight, food and utility bills, hospitalization bill, petrol etc. If they have, you are doing the right things not only to the earth but yourself.

9. For couples who like to make babies, please don’t manufacture too many. One human added means you are responsible for one more person that causes damage to the planet earth. Please note that there are already 7.5 billion humans that are destroying the planet right at this moment.

10. Plant as many trees as possible. If it is not possible because you don’t have land, please do not destroy or cut down trees unnecessarily. We have a very symbiotic relationship with them. We supply them with carbon dioxide, they in return present us with fresh oxygen. Only that we oversupply them with CO2 while at the same time clear them off the face of the earth size of Switzerland everyday!

11. Finally, ditch your political representatives (wakil rakyat) that represent big corporations, enriching themselves and their cronies instead of repreresenting you. Vote for those representing the people, not corporations, those who work on saving the planet, not destroying it.

Make Earth Greta Again….
@ Catalonia, Spain