one less litter a day...

One thing that I learned from one of my UP professors is that when you want to accomplish something, always start with something small. The thing is, if you set up your goal too high, you might end up not doing it at all. For example, when we were young a lot of us used to have piggy banks right? And when we are saving for something, let's say a toy, we don't put in hundred bills in there all at once. Instead, we put coins and if we do just that long enough, those coins might sum up to the amount that we need to buy that toy we wanted. :)

In my case I want to do good for the environment but I am not to set my goal as:
stop global warming!!!...nor even...stop water crisis in the Philippines!!!

That would just be insane. So as a small step on my way of achieving those "impossible" goals, I have decided to pick up one piece of garbage each day. I know it seems nothing but think about it, if all UP student join me, we might end up with a litter free campus. Now wouldn't that just be great?

why I started this blog...

I bought 3 sachets of coffee and 1 small bag of dried mangoes in UP coop this afternoon. After I paying for it, the cashier handed me a small plastic bag with my purchases inside. I removed what's inside, put them inside my bag and handed the plastic bag back to the cashier and said:

"Wag na po ate, sayang lang nung plastic."

After seeing what happened, my boyfriend said:

"Ang bait mo naman."

I actually felt proud of myself for an instant but then I felt sad thinking that things like that should not even be such a big deal. Everybody should be doing it. I mean, how much do you really need a plastic bag to help you carry small things you can even place in the side pockets of your bag?

I used to think of myself as someone who cares for the environment. But when I thought about it, the only good things I do is not littering and following the recycling labels on trashcans. That's why I decided to write this blog as an attempt to do much more.

I'm aware that I'm not a very good writer but it doesn't take big words to express what I want to say so I might as well try. :D