Mitigating Climate Change in Indonesiaby | 01-11-2015 22:57 |
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 Talking about climate change always leads us to planning something big when in reality, we can do small things to mitigate climate change. In my family, we collect our 'rubbish' and sort them out into their groups. Why did I put rubbish in quotation marks? Well it's because it's not rubbish that we can't use again, it's rubbish that could be recycled. This is one of the ways my region mitigates climate change. After sorting out the rubbish into their groups, we call the 'bapak rombeng' (recycle man). He comes to my house and brings the rubbish with him. He gives us money for each kilogram worth of rubbish. He then brings it to the recycling place, each material to different places. For example, plastic to its own factory to be recycled into plastic seeds so that it could be made into other plastic objects. Other than the bapak rombeng, we also have 'bank sampah' which is a bank where you can deposit rubbish and receive money from each kilogram. However, this isn't about the money, but this is the small things we could do to mitigate climate change at home. Climate change is a very serious topic as it may destroy the natural habitats of a lot of living things. We, without a doubt, are also affected by climate change. The rapid increase in temperature, drought, etc. but together, we can help save the world. Doing Big things for the environment is good but it does take a lot of time. What I do doesn't take that much time and it is also profitable. I believe that if I can do it, everyone else can too. So let's make a difference, small things matter. |
