With some small changes in behavior, each of us can contribute to the protection of the environment:
1. Save water, it’s in fashion!
- Do not let the water run while brushing your teeth or while washing your hands and face
- Do not throw waste in the toilet.
- Don’t soak dirty dishes under running water—fill the sink with water instead. This saves 50% of the water you need.
- Turn on a loaded washing machine.
- Pre-soak soil-stained clothes in a separate container with water and washing powder.
- Use a bucket of water containing powder to clean the car, and use a hose only at the end.
- Wash the balconies while it rains.
- Use a broom, rather than a hose, to remove fallen leaves.
- Do not cool food or drinks with drinking water.
- If you want colder tap water, don’t wait a long time for the water to cool down, but rather keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge.
- Do not use potable water to irrigate the garden — use water from a spring or previously collected rainwater.
- Avoid watering when it is windy or hot, then the water evaporates the fastest.
- Use a sprinkler, with the irrigation of which a large part of the water is saved.
2.How to save water in our home?
- Install thermal insulation on the outside of the walls of your house/apartment.
- Replace old heating elements with newer and more economical models.
- Place heating devices (radiators, furnaces) under windows so they can warm the air as it comes in.
- A well-closed oven door while cooking saves energy.
- Use dishes whose bottom diameter is equal to or larger than the diameter of the hotplate.
- Do not put hot food or dishes in the refrigerator.
- Use steam irons.
- Fill the washing machine before turning it on. Always choose the most suitable program.
- Always keep your windows clean.
- Turn off the lights when you don’t need them. Put in timers or motion sensors to control outdoor lights so they turn off when you don’t need them.
- Replace old light bulbs with energy saving bulbs.
- Do not leave electrical appliances on standby. Appliances in this state use electricity all the time, even when they are turned off.
“Polluted air is harmful to human health, plants,
animals and natural habitats and
can also contribute to climate change“
Very often, public attention is focused on the cleanliness of outdoor air, while indoor air quality is underestimated or neglected.
Scientists argue that sometimes indoor air can be much more polluting than outside air, even in industrial cities.
For example, in both classrooms and homes there is dust from furniture and floor coverings, evaporation from cleaning products, evaporation from heating elements, carbon dioxide released from the breathing of humans, animals and plants, evaporation from a wide range of perfumes and hygiene products, and so on.
3. Maintaining healthy air in your home:
- Discuss the harm of smoking in your home.
- How important are regular room cleaning and ventilation?
- Do you grow plants that reduce the presence of harmful substances in the air?
- Do you use eco-cleaning agents in your home?
- What materials were the carpets made from in your home?
- Do you keep your cleaning supplies in a safe place?
From the students of OOU”Kocho Racin- Vodno” Skopje,North Macedonia
