General Sanitation

NECESSITY FOR CLEANLINESS The significance of cleanliness and hygiene cannot be overlooked by any society. Every faith and civilisation stresses the importance of cleanliness. Historically, cleanliness has been considered one of the important factors by which to judge a civilisation’s or society’s development. Cleanliness is one of the most important practice for a clean and healthy environment. It may be related to public hygiene or personal hygiene. It is essential for everyone to learn about cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation and the various diseases that are caused due to poor maintenance of hygienic conditions . The habits which are learnt or followed at a young age, get embedded into one's personality. One should start to follow certain habits like washing hands before meals, regular brushing of teeth, and bathing from the young age. It is essential to follow certain good practices like keeping our surroundings clean, avoiding littering in public places, refraining from spitting on the road, and many more good habits . Awareness of the Cleanliness and Personal Hygiene is the need of the hour in Our country where the diseases like Dengu fever,swine flu , malaria, chicken fox and jaundice are fast spreading . People should realise the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene to prevent themselves from these diseases. Are you aware of the impact that you have on the environment? If you aren’t, continue reading. If you are, and you know your impacts are negative, but you don’t care enough to do something about it, continue reading. If you are, and you live eco-consciously and admire, protect, and preserve our environment, you’re amazing!… and you can continue reading too. For those that don’t know, caring for the environment doesn’t require you to become an environmental activist – just care for the environment and make eco-conscious decisions. As someone who cares, is aware, and is concerned, I’d like to help you understand why you should care about our environment. Here are reasons why I believe you should care: 1) A clean environment is essential for healthy living The more you don’t care about our environment, the more it will become polluted with contaminants and toxins that have a harmful impact on our health. Air pollution can cause respiratory diseases and cancer, among other problems and diseases. Water pollution can lead to typhoid, diarrheal diseases, and other waterborne/water-related diseases. Although we have treatment systems and other mechanisms to take care of some of these issues, you never know what faults may occur. Air sustains us and water is a basic necessity, so we should just do what we can to prevent pollution. “When the earth is sick and polluted, human health is impossible…. To heal ourselves we must heal our planet, and to heal our planet we must heal ourselves.” – Bobby McLeod (Aboriginal Activist & Poet) 2) The overall temperature of Earth’s atmosphere is increasing Global warming is causing climate patterns to change. Yes, climate change is real and we (us humans) are largely responsible because our activities have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Yes, small changes in the average temperature can lead to frequent occurrences of dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms, so “for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Yes, it’s true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods—all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science—and act before it’s too late.” – President Barack Obama (44th U.S. President), 2013 3) Your great-great & great-great-great grandchildren will appreciate it Unless you have some superpower that I am unaware of, you are not going to live forever. So, what type of world do you want to leave for your future family? If you know the dangers that future generations will face due to the problems we have now, why wouldn’t you make sacrifices and do something to prevent them from happening? “But there must be the look ahead, there must be a realization of the fact that to waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.” – President Theodore Roosevelt (26th U.S. President) 4) Biodiversity is important Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants, animals, and other living things in our world. It can be negatively influenced by habitat loss and degradation due to human activity, climate change, and pollution, among other things. We have many of the basic necessities that we need to survive because of biodiversity. We need food that various species provide to eat, water to drink, air to breathe, and materials to provide shelter and other necessities. There are many natural processes that have been formed by various species to provide these necessities. If something happens to a certain organism, an unwanted chain reaction may occur and that may negatively affect us. Loss of biodiversity could also cause other problems. The greater the diversity of life, the greater the opportunity for various discoveries that could make our world a much better place, so let’s do what we can to prevent the loss of biodiversity. “We should judge every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.” – E.O. Wilson (American Biologist) 5) It’s a reflection of your character One of my life mottos is, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Nature gives us so many things for free – clean air, clean water, beautiful landscapes, breathtaking views, and the list goes on… We take so much from nature, but what do we give in return? Pollution? The least we can do is show our appreciation by protecting and preserving our environment. “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” – Mahatma Gandhi (Indian civil rights activist) 6) Earth is our home It’s where we live, so we better take care of it! Would you rather live in a polluted dump? “Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.” – Paul McCartney (English musician) Check out these EcoAdmirer recommended products! As an individual, there are many ways to show that you care about our environment. Some of the most common ways are the 3 R’s: Reduce Reuse Recycle No matter how small or insignificant your actions may seem, they matter. It only takes 1 person to start a movement that could possibly lead to a major environmental breakthrough. Are you going to be that person?