MY EVERYDAY ECO PROMISES
Hana Fardilla – 24310410048 – Psikologi Kelas Karyawan
Psikologi Lingkungan - Esai 4 - Dr. A. Shinta, M. A
Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Proklamasi 45
Yogyakarta
How do you feel when you see this image? I took this picture while eating my lunch on a hot, burning day. But right there, I felt calm. The breeze was cool even under the bright sun, and I was safe from getting sunburned. I felt like the trees were protecting me. And for that, I was so grateful.
During social distancing while Covid was spreading and claimed lives, human was locked inside their houses. The road, the building, and the factory were empty, only a small activity could be seen. In a documentary “The Year Earth Changed” narrated by David Attenborough (I like his calming presence), we can see how the mother nature recover from what human had done to it. It was seen that environment become cleaner, as we can see more stars in the sky, and marine life was thriving as the humpback whales can communicate better. The world seemed healing when human presence wasn’t there to make it worse every day. Covid was a double-edged sword, but it brought good news for the Earth. It was proof that the world can indeed recover itself when given time.
Growing up in a small remoted island, lived surrounded by trees, river, and beaches on the edge of southeast Borneo, my siblings and I were so close with nature. Back then, we didn’t realize how lucky we were, because nowadays all of those are just memories as the island is getting occupied by miners’ company. But the bond we had, with the old big acacia and teak trees will always be kept in my core memory.
The trees take their nutrition from the soil, it what keeps them alive. I might not be able to explain the details, but the existence of unmanaged waste is definitely harm them. Simply by covering the soil from getting the rain drops, inorganic waste block water penetration, causing decrease in soil fertility and the number of beneficial microorganisms crucial for soil health (Amara, 2021).
When talking about trash, I can’t think of anything but the sustainability of the trees, the grasses, and plants in general. They are the same living being like us, they help us, sustain us, protect us, what can we give back to them?
In this article, I want to share what my commitments are for the waste I contribute creating during my course of living:
– Separating wet and dry trash.
– Limiting what I buy, and choosing to thrift when I can.
– Bringing reusable bags or even old plastic bags whenever I go out.
– Reusing food containers instead of throwing them away.
– Bringing home plastic bottles if I ever need to buy one when I forget my own.
– Picking up trash whenever I see it.
– And keeping on learning and trying to manage waste better.
Cleaning up the trash I possible clean and collect them
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| Bringing home the plastic bottle I got when I forgot to bring my own bottle |
Watch my commitment video on YouTube, here.
Thank you!
Ref:
Amara, A. D. (2021, March 30). Get to know: How waste can affect forests and water sources. Waste4Change. https://waste4change.com/blog/get-to-know-how-waste-can-affect-forests-and-water-sources/
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