World Wide Fund of Nature is an international organization which helps to preserve the wildlife and protect environment, species and their habitats. Its goal is to put people attention to nature, show the consequences of their behavior and teach them how to protect nature.
Some days ago WWF published “The Living Planet Report” which is a document published every two years which analyze health of our planet. This year the outcome of the survey was so bad that scientists ring the alarm bells and warn the society.
In this article I would like to put your attention to environment and what we can do to protect it in everyday situations.
According to WWF report, in the last 40 years human activity caused 60% decline in size of population in all kinds of animals.
Main reasons of the losses in biodiversity is human consumerism, which increased rapidly in all parts in the world and still continue to raise. In result, habitats for many species disappear, animals lose their natural environments and eventually die. Based on the report in next 30 years humans will change over 90% of the Earth land and that will lead to more losses in species.
Some days ago WWF published “The Living Planet Report” which is a document published every two years which analyze health of our planet. This year the outcome of the survey was so bad that scientists ring the alarm bells and warn the society.
In this article I would like to put your attention to environment and what we can do to protect it in everyday situations.
According to WWF report, in the last 40 years human activity caused 60% decline in size of population in all kinds of animals.
Main reasons of the losses in biodiversity is human consumerism, which increased rapidly in all parts in the world and still continue to raise. In result, habitats for many species disappear, animals lose their natural environments and eventually die. Based on the report in next 30 years humans will change over 90% of the Earth land and that will lead to more losses in species.
Another reason why people are responsible for animals’ extinction is hunting. Still in many countries people hunt on animals which are marked at risk of extinction. Some months ago, last white rhinoceros died and became extinct species. The reason of its extinction was mainly his horn and its big financial value as in some countries it was treated as aphrodisiac. People were hunting even though they knew the threat of extinction and that the decline in the population of another species.
It is said that scientists took the DNA of the last white rhinoceros in case of possibility to reproduce it in the future.
Maybe instead of “reproducing” animals we should focus on protecting those which are alive? In that way we won’t need to reproduce any of them.
The Next reason which I want to mention is trash. We made our planet drowning in mountains of trash. We produce a lot of it every day even by doing shopping and taking extra plastic bags which, you will throw away when you get home or by using one throwaway plastics on summer barbecue with friends. Have you ever noticed how much trash you produce?
The Next reason which I want to mention is trash. We made our planet drowning in mountains of trash. We produce a lot of it every day even by doing shopping and taking extra plastic bags which, you will throw away when you get home or by using one throwaway plastics on summer barbecue with friends. Have you ever noticed how much trash you produce?
Some time ago a lot of bars and restaurants joined the ecology movement “Tu pijesz bez słomki” which goal is to encourage people to stop using drinking straws. Based on their research in Poland we waste around 3 million of straws every day.
I highly recommend you join to this movement and stop using straws in bars or restaurants but if you really need to drink from a drinking straw, I suggest straws from glass or from stainless steel – they are reusable and good for the environment.
I highly recommend you join to this movement and stop using straws in bars or restaurants but if you really need to drink from a drinking straw, I suggest straws from glass or from stainless steel – they are reusable and good for the environment.
Another way of protecting the environment is a movement of reusable cups on all kinds of festivals. Instead of many plastic cups you pay a deposit for a reusable cup which you may use all the festival. In every new order you give your cup, they clean it and fill with your drink. When the festival ends you may give back the cup and get the deposit back.
What is really interesting, more and more popular are reusable bottles with special filters which you can fill with tap water and drink anywhere. Instead of buying many plastic bottles you can have a reusable one. It is also more economic if you drink a lot of water on an everyday basis.
What is really interesting, more and more popular are reusable bottles with special filters which you can fill with tap water and drink anywhere. Instead of buying many plastic bottles you can have a reusable one. It is also more economic if you drink a lot of water on an everyday basis.
I think that in everyday situations we can change our behavior to be more ecofriendly and I encourage you to put attention to the environment before it’s too late.
Thank you for your time and I invite you to answer the questions below:
1. Have you heard about WWF “The Living Planet Report”?
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
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I also haven't heard about "Tu pijesz bez słomki", but I agree with this. Right now we need more such movements, as people need to change their mind about how they affect the environment. And right now every single bit will help. It will take a lot of effort to avert possible ecological catastrophe, so the more people will take it to their heart, the better.
I personally try to limit my use of plastic, I ask not to pack my groceries in plastic bags and I always carry a reusable one with me. But I don't think this will be enough. So I also try to sponsor movements and people who are working actively on cleaning our environment and opposing some of the more dangerous decisions of our governments. And I think this is actually the way - not only personal responsibility but also support for people who are out there fighting for the planet.
Because, as George Carlin once joked, the planet is fine, it's people who are fucked.
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
I have heard about WWF, but I have never heard about this report. I think it can change people attitude to the environment, but each of them should be forced to read it and think about it.
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
I have never heard about it and actually never thought it can be such a huge part of waste. I will surely stop using straws because I do care about environment.
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
- stop burning in the heating stove items that are not suitable for this purpose (which pollute air)
- stop using cars, use bikes instead (at least for most of the year)
- stop throwing junk at random places (seriously is it so hard to find a trash can?)
- plant trees wherever you can :)
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
WWF is a well-known organization – no doubt. However, is it all due to their ideas and goals? Or is it, perhaps, due to some controversial actions that WWF activists take?
“The Living Planet Report” is something I have never personally heard of. Can such report change anything in people’s minds? – SURE
But the main goal, before attempting to change people’s minds should be getting them interested in the report in the first place.
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
The “Tu pijesz bez slomki” action is not that popular amongst our society. I mean the awareness is not high enough. Most of the people not using straws simply don’t need them.
Personally, I do not use straws, but the choice was purely preferential rather than based on my worldview.
Additionally, finding out that a personal decision made rather unconsciously results in a contribution to a greater goal, only makes me lean towards drinking without straw more. What’s more, I will surely be sharing the idea with a justification with my friends and family.
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
My biggest tip to protect the environment would be increasing the awareness. That would require a proper approach, not a controversial one, but a one that regular people would not find aggressive and invasive.
Having the idea accepted and assimilated would result in no major actions being needed, as even a small contribution from the majority of society would make way bigger difference than some huge actions from the side of minority.
I am really impressed that you support those organisations. This is not very common as not so many people care and really focus on environment. Is there any specific you are sponsoring and recommend others to sponsor as well?
Why have you choosen this one?
I was really surprised when read specific numbers in this report.
Thank you for your tips how to protect environemnt in every day life. I agree with all of them and all of them are very common.
Even during breaks at our Univeristy it is too hard for some people to throw their cigarette butt to the bin ;)
I have heard about the program not using plastic straws. I think it's a good idea. I participate in a way that I do not use straws at all. I heard that a bill limiting the use of plastic cutlery was created.
I try to go shopping with my own bag. I try to buy cosmetics and cleaning products in large packages. Then less plastic is used for the same product.
Not using drinking straws won't change the environment situation significantly and maybe they don't have such a huge impact on environment as oil production and petrol processed products but if we can make small changes in our everyday behaviour to make environment better - I think we should.
http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/all_publications/living_planet_report_2018/
The number of straws used everyday in Poland is crazy! I was also shocked when I realize how many of them we are producting and how unnecessary the waste actually is.
Aside from that, according to bill the usage of plastics for food packaging will have to be cut down by 25 percent by 2025 and bottles will have to be collected and recycled at a rate of 90 percent by 2025.
I think thats very good that European Parliament focused on environment and I am curious to see their further moves.
I agree that this year is full of actions where environment situation is put into consideration. I think thats really good that finally society start to realize that we are not the only species in the world ;)
To get to this point, we should teach our friends, family members by showing them the difference and step by step changing their way of thinking and increasing the awareness.
Especially now, when the situation is getting worse and worse.
Unfortunately, I have never heard about it "tu pijesz bez słomki" but I support something like this always less plastic in the world.
I think the most important thing is segregation of rubbish, which will help companies recycle and reduce the dumping of garbage into the garbage dump.
I've also never heard about 'Tu pijesz bez slomki' campaign. Maybe I am not well informed? However, I do like such an idea. I haven't realized that straws are such a big problem. From now, I will avoid using them!
My tips: replace combustion cars with electric ones (or bikes), realize people how this topic is important, plant more trees, higher penalties for littering
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
Thats the first time I hear about it. And I think that yes, they do change mind of some people. Not everyone but some for sure. The problem is, do people who should read that and could have any impact on our ecosystem have any idea that this report exist? Or do they care?
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
Yes, I heard. I do participate becuase I have never used straws anyway.
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
No. The "tips" small things that some people might use are like a drop in an ocean. Do you know that China alone produces more CO2 than USA and Europe together? We chase new technologies to better suit our environment but at the same time rest of the world don't care about that. But we still thing that we will make an example. No, we wont. How does using or not using a straw can help when on the same time in the other parts of world they don't even care about poisoning the earth that they grow they crops on.
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
I have never heard of it, but thanks to the article I already know.
I think that such an item shows a lot how it is going on and shows the sad truth.
Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
That's how I heard about it. In my opinion, this is a great idea to reduce the pollution caused by plastic straws.
I met with such information in one of the restaurants by the sea, but unfortunately the pub next to the restaurant did not respect it
What are your tips to protect the environment?
Segregate waste, try not to waste water, give up the car and change to public transport,
use non-disposable straws.
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
I heard about WWF, they also have a Panda logotype. Most people will say what they think about the environment. And the next day they will do the same.
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
I have never heard about it.
I almost never use a straw. We can replace plastic with cardboard, for example as a сups for parties made of cardboard.v
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
Сhange the cars to electric cars, to use cardboard packages, plastic bottles it is possible to change on a cardboard.
Just change everything to organic materials.
Yes, I have read an article about it lately. It is really sad. I think that this report's result should get more popular, to increase people awareness. But will it change anything ? I'm afraid it won't change much.
2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
I haven't heard of it. In general I don't use straws at home, and I rarely drink using straw in bars.
3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
I try to reduce the amount of plastic "things" that I use
I hear about “Tu pijesz bez słomki” for the first time. It is unlikely that the rejection of the use of plastic straw will affect the ecosystem. Especially if people are wise to dispose of them after use. I hope that the majority of the population respects the separate release of garbage (I mean plastic, glass, paper separately). But the creation of such an action is a good little but very correct step. If people begin to understand that a "straw" is understood as all the materials that decompose in the ground for a very long time.
Of course, the human role in the ecosystem is great. He can influence it by making various changes. In this regard, I propose to watch the following video, let's hope that there will be more such successful experiments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSzQ9w5TCqc
I didn't know about this action, but I think it really makes sense and now I will think twice before I will take a straw for my drink. The problem with protecting environment is that it always requires from people some additional action and most of us just don't want to bother. It's much easier to take another plastic straw or cup and throw it away later than carry your reusable one throughout whole festival for example. It sometimes requires really strong mindset to be eco-friendly. But sometimes it's not necessarily that hard. I always try to use the plastic bag that I've once bought until it's leaky and unusable. I'm also trying to pay attention to trash segregation. Those are really simple things that can help our planet and if everyone would carry on with them, it could make it less trashy, a little bit at least.
Please watch this video if it possible:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU
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1. Have you heard about WWF “The Living Planet Report”?
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?
- I have never heard about WWF “The Living Planet
Report”.
- Generally, I have new information from this article but
now I haven't any control to change anything in
people’s minds because I'm not decision makers but I
can change my mind thinking about the environment
until being one of the decision makers.
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2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?
Also never heard about 'Tu pijesz bez slomki' but I going to participate in it in general.
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3. What are your tips to protect the environment?
- Creating advertising to make people respecting and
has an awareness or culture to their planet environment
such as they respecting for "Football".
- Stop Smoke (factories/ cigarettes/ cars ..etc).
- Use Renewable energy
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2. No I haven’t heard exactly about that movement “Tu pijesz bez słomki” but I noticed that already some restaurants in Warsaw started to use straws made out of stainless stell or even paper. Guess, entering this kind of places I already started participating.
3. Most important. Think twice if you really need something. Especially shopping, because still most packages are made out of plastic. Another point is to reuse shopping-bags as you already mentioned. Use the public transport or Carsharing options.
Yes, I have heard something about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”, even my mother few years ago said that straws are bad for the environment. So, I don't buy/use straws and additionally plastic bags.
My small personal tips: don't use plastic bags, try to integrate into your life organic/reusable things, use water wisely.
I haven't heard about "Tu pijesz bez słomki". The thing is, I don't really use straws. That's just how my diet is I guess.
My tips about protecting environment would be similiar to yours. I really think we should focus on preventing people from leaving their trash in forests or throwing them away to rivers. I am not an expert but I think it is more damaging towards natural environment than f.e. leaving your lights turned on for 15 minutes longer. Luckily there are some laws against it and people are becoming more aware. Hopefully we will not destroy our planet completely.
“Tu pijesz bez słomki” - this is something new for me and I would like to be part of it.
I never throw garbage on the street or in the wood or parks. I try not use plastic bags. I always have little fabric bag for my shoppings. And I try use water wisely.
Interesting. I hear for the first time, but it sounds cool and I would like to choose something I would like to do.
Certainly limit the creation of plastic, which is now everywhere.
But the problem in society is with their attitude and in my opinion this is the starting point - we should teach people how to be more aware and the most important - why should we change anything in our attitude.
Do you think that this kind of report changes anything in people’s minds?" & "2. Have you heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki”? Do you participate?"
Sure, I have heard about both. Did I think that kind of report change something in people's mind? Personally, before reading some article 'bout straws, I didn't realize how big is that problem. After that I'm more careful in choosing places to drink.
"3. What are your tips to protect the environment?"
Poland is one of the most smoged country in Europe. That's why we should stop burning plastic etc. in heating stove. Also, we should change them to more economic versions. In the end, let's start using city communication, instead own cars.
You wrote that the report may be for people who don't care about the nature and I totally agree but I also think that it should be discussed at schools as well to aware children from the very young age and adapt them into eco friendly lifestyle.
well-known in Kraków. So glad to hear that also some restaurants by the sea decided to participate - it is getting all over Poland ;)
Always worth to try :)
Of course I’ve heard about “Tu pijesz bez słomki” action and I participate in it when I have a choice.
This year is full of actions like this because the situation is getting worse and worse. Thare are many locals in Warsaw which take part in this program and their number is rising. When it comes to me I try not to use plastic straws, cutlery or even cups. I believe that we can really make a difference but only if we stand together.
First of all we should start from ourselves and try to be more eco friendly. Then we need to make other people aware of the danger and try to convince them to help.
I agree that you can't change people minds but you change yours and starting to implement changes in your life can affect others as well (in a positive way of course).
I like the idea of creating adverstisments with sporstmen and putting into consideration enviroment condition. Usually they promote some well known brands only. That would be a nice change ;)
In Warsaw more and more places join to “Tu pijesz bez słomki” movement. I hope that next time you will be more aware customer and stay with non-straw way even when restaurant won't participate :)
WWF “The Living Planet Report” is actually being published since 1998 every two years and no one heard about this report. Hoping that maybe the society
consciousness will increase in next couple of years
In my opinion it is very good that European Parliament focus on environment and I hope other big institutions, countries and companies will change their way of thinking and make some changes as well.
I also suggest bicycles and scooters (the one where you ride by standing on board and either repel or it rides by acumulator). That is very good alternative and have some positive effect also on your attitude and body.
Yes, I heard about it, I'm glad that Poland is the first country to come out with such a good initiative and it is spreading all over the world.
I think there should be more solar panels, hydropower plants and the use of geothermal sources.
I've heard about "Tu pijesz bez słomki" and I'm trying to stick to that movement. I don't know if you've watched "crazy, stupid love" but in that movie Ryan Gosling strongly explain why mens shouldn't use straws... ;)
My tips? Just be aware.. Nowadays there are plenty of "live eco" movent, which means a lot of free information of "how to do that". Recycling is the easiest one to help our planet