Hello everybody, today i will talk about how “green” i am and by that I mean if I do a positive impact on the environment or not.

Well it’s very difficult for me to answer this question because the care of our environment it’s something that depends on a lot of things, like the activities in the city where I live, the motivation, provision of resources, the knowledge about this topic, etc.

I think there are not so much places where you can learn about ecological practices. In the commune where I live you can go to the city hall offices and read some texts about that or you have to ask for more information, it’s not like the people go and give you the motivation or the education about that which I think it’s very necessary.

You can learn mostly on the internet or some organizations about environmental issues, it depends on the importance that the place gives to that.

I haven’t incorporated recycling into my habits and I feel a little bad for that, in my town there are just one place where you can leave products that we don’t use anymore, or for example the recipes for the papers, the plastic, the glass, etc. and all the things that can be reused.

But I contribute a little walking instead of using the public transport or a car, it’s been a long time since I went to somewhere using the bicycle, but I try to use it as much as I can, for example when I go to the park or to the supermarket (somewhere near my house).

I never joined any eco-organizations because I never have the opportunity or the time to do it, but I would like to do that one day, I think is very important to promote lifestyles in which you are protecting the environment and  try to eliminate a little of all the pollution that we have in Santiago.

Another thing that I do to reduce my carbon footprint is try to not waste so much paper, I read in my computer most of the time, and I try to use all the pages in my notebooks (I have one notebook for 2 subjects in the university) and also I donate clothes that I don’t use anymore.

I think our country needs more politics about this, because if we not take care about our environment, we all will be affected for the consequences in the future and the next generations too, humans, animals, plants, all living things, so we need to talk and do something more “green” for ourselves and for the others.