12 Rs of Sustainability in the order of importance: Rethink, Respect, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Restore, Renew, Recycle, Return, be RESPONSIBLE
- Rethink about your way of life. The way you look at your lifestyle can be the most significant factor in taking you towards sustainability
- Respect materials and things around you. don’t just discard, dispose off or throw away
- Refrain is restraining your empty extravaganza. it helps you stay away from unnecessary expenditure, consumption, or wastage
- Refuse to get a new item, consumption unless you really need it.
- Reduce your usage. if you can do with one instead two, go ahead. Instead of a huge one, make small wardrobe a matter of pride. If you can do with smaller car instead of larger one, with public transport instead of car, go ahead and do it. switch off gadgets and devices when not in use.
- Reuse anything and everything. Avoid disposables
- Repair items before discarding. many a times they will be as good as the original one
- Restore back into use. instead of throwing a torch you can just replace its battery, clothes can be altered for changes in our size, old computer can be donated to underprivileged school
- Renew usage. original use of an item can be redesigned into something else. torn clothes can go into quilt,
- Recycle and do not dump. metals, plastics, paper almost everything can be recycled.
- Return items into use in whichever way possible.
- REPSONSIBLE is the most important word. this is your planet, you have to own up its survival
