I think this poster says it all.
Is it that difficult??
Forget the Government or the environment NGOs – They are all doing whatever it takes to spread awareness and literally Clean up! (I shall give my views on that campaign some other time).
Just ask yourself this:
In the tons of litter found on the road, does that one wrapper on the road, belong to me?
Is that one cigarette butt mine?
Littering is an involuntary habit for most of us. You can in fact, say that it’s like going to the gym for that one more day, or more aptly, its like you trying to stop biting your nails – but you somehow never realize how you got those abnormal blunt looking nails!
None of us WANT this city to be a garbage dump. No way.
But we need to unlearn, and hurl out the habit – of littering our streets.
And this change is going to be tough and a conscious one (It definitely was for me)
Excuse me for this gyan, but I believe there are 2 broad steps to this one:
Step One: STOP LITTERING YOURSELF!
Get a grip on yourself, be it a chocolate wrapper, no matter how small, a bus ticket, an expired movie stub, nothing goes down the road. If you don’t find a Bin, shove those in your pockets, handbags, or purses.
Step Two: IT IS OKAY TO TELL OTHERS TO STOP LITTERING
This is even tougher, but you don’t mind doing it if you have mastered step one!
The Mahindra Way
Our Employee Volunteers at various Mahindra Tractor and Auto plants and at our Club Mahindra offices in rustic areas often do exactly this - several clean up drives, waste management workshops, anti-plastic drives etc around their localities - and here lies the importance – of just TELLING people and making them conscious about their own habit.
My escapades in the Mumbai locals have taught me two ways to do this: Sounds simple, but it requires guts.
a) Request at first – This works with the mellow-looking ones
“Excuse me, could you please not throw this on the ground? Please use the dustbin”
You may get 2 broad types of reactions to the above:
• An embarrassed apologetic ‘sorry!’ (your purpose is served, congratulations!)
• You get an angry look, or… an even more angry retort .. slander .. Or even an outright tirade.
In any case, NEVER lose your cool.
b) The last and in some cases the best option is the non-violent method –
SOMETHING YOU MUST DO IN FRONT OF THE ONE WHO IS LITTERING –
SOMETHING THAT WILL SURELY EMBARRASS HIM/HER –
& something that they will never forget
Wear your best smile and Take it to the Basket yourself! :)
Yes u r correct....
V humanbeings, specially Indians are very lazy, irresponsible not only towards the nation, but towards our society, our family and off course for ourselves too... Don't u think that if someone is responsible and caring for himself, it is sure that he definitely will take care of his family, society and nation too....
Respecting and caring systems, people, laws etc. shud b our habit it shud not be happened that v behave as per situations only... or as per requirements... v shud definitely b habitual of these qualities only than v can avoid littering not only ourself, but to family and society too which ultimately be beneficial for the nation.
Let us think that whether v've some moments to think beyond ourselves? Don't say that u r too busy even to think for sparing some moments for this silly work. If u think that u r a good manager who manages all the things i.e. personal routine works, care of family members, business, customers, money etc.etc.let me say that u r not a good manager... managing skill can be seen only when one manages things which are less in quantity i.e. TIME... and if u r unable to manage.... it means u r still under confusion... because other avenues of life are also there which shud b taken care of while sparing some moments....
Will u pl tell me that how much time u r spending with yr children to taught them abt the life? did u ever explained them that they shud make efforts to save water, electricity, environment, not to litter pvt and pub places, to take care of others problems too.....
I'm sure u never have spared spl time for this... it may be possible that u've taught them during the daily routines only... while doing yr routine works... but not specially...
When u spare some spl moments for this... children will definitely feel importance of yr sharing views abt above... and I think v must spare time not only for our own children,.... but neighbouring children or youngers too... because they r future of our society and nation and V SHUD TRY TO PREVENT FUTURE OF THE NATION... isn't it?
Let us start efforts to achieve this target...DO NOT FEEL DISAPPOINTED... BE HOPEFUL AND POSITIVE....