10 Things that Ateneans (and everyone else) Can Do..

...to help save the environment!

1. Use public transportation or join carpools from time to time. For those always stuck comfortably in their cushion seats, commuting will be an adventure while carpooling will be an avenue to meeting new friends who also happen to live in your area.
2. Encourage your family and helpers to bring reusable bags for grocery instead of consuming the plastic bags. If it can't be helped, at least reuse the bags for trash cans. (FYI, Rustan's Supermarkets have these Amorsolo bags which are reusable bags with Amorsolo designs. These are for the benefit of the C.R.I.B.S. Foundation. )
3. Use the blank sides of handouts and other photocopied/ printed materials as scratch and notes. And then, sell these scratch papers to junk shops. You get to earn money as well!
4. Support stuff made from recycled materials! Such as bags made from tetrapacks or plastics, notebooks from recycled paper.
5. Yes, some are accustomed to using showers like those in the hotels. But how about using buckets and pails? It's good exercise as well with all the lifting and the bending!
6. Use rechargeable batteries instead of alkali batts for remotes (TV, stereo, Wii, etc.), clocks, toys and other wireless devices. Well, yeah, charging will consume electricity but at least no need to dispose so much batteries that contain chemicals harmful to our health and the environment.
7. Don't leave appliances turned on or even just on standby. Those little red light indicators also make use of power called vampire load.
8. If we really need the air-con to make us comfy, use the timer. This will avoid wasting electricity during the hours we won't be able to appreciate it anyway due to deep sleep. It'll also help keep us from getting too cold and waking up in the middle of the night just to turn it off or raise the temperature.
9. Encourage the use of eco-friendly lights at home. These consume less power but produce brighter lights. (One product is the Ecotone line from Philips)
0. Let's do our best to do all of the above!

Can you handle that?