You could, for example, buy an electric car, as well as give up cigarettes and stop throwing your trash in the street. I think this way you can contribute to the benefit of the environment. Or choose the most neutral, but perhaps more efficient option than buying an electric car. It is only necessary to pay attention to cheap waste management services, which will solve your problem with garbage, as well as recycle or properly dispose of it. You will do more good to nature.
The sustainability of the environment can only go through a community effort. A droplet in the Sahara desert will sadly not do much. It starts with you, family, friends, and people living in your city.
Then it all goes down to your own capacity to build a network from other cities around you until you get to reach the whole region. It can be about recycling, composting, and planting trees.
But to make it happen, you got to offer a solution that people can adopt fairly easily. That's the challenge and it all starts with you!
Cheers.
Read about carbon offset companies that are now trying to improve the environment. For example, if you drive a car or use public transport, you can contribute to programs that try to reduce CO2.
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