Environmental

=Citizen of planet earth.=

Quite possibly the most important goal of the perfect citizen is trying to leave the planet cleaner than it was before they arrived. This ties into a larger understanding of selflessness in the perfect citizen's mind. Understanding that the Earth will be around a lot longer if we try to improve its condition for generation after generation. Being environmentally "green" can be considered many actions like recycling regularly, driving low emission vehicles, not wasting utilities and treating water as an amenity, etc. What this does not include is activities like throwing trash anywhere but a garbage, killing living things like animals and plants for non-substantive purposes, polluting, etc. Some people have an easier time understanding that our grandchildren and grandchildren's children will be cleaning up our mess if we don't make better environmental changes for the good of mankind.

Being an environmentally conscience citizen is an extremely important way to be a perfect citizen. One important way to do this is to reduce your carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide you cause to be released into the atmosphere, which has been proven to cause climate change. Just about everything you do affects it. There are many ways to reduce your carbon footprint, and many of them are not hard. Not only does reducing your carbon footprint improve the state of the planet, it can lower your utility bills. Here's a list of simple things you can do:

-Turn off any electronics when not in use (TV, lights,computer, etc.) -Turn heating system down just 1 to 2 degrees C -Manipulate heating timer so you are not using heat when not in the house -Fill dish washer and washing machine with full load -Do weekly shopping in one trip -Invest in energy saving light bulbs

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