Go Green in Home

Today, the earth is getting damaged. Denuded forests, rivers full of garbage, polluted air, and others. As a result, frequent natural disasters such as floods and landslides. There are also many people who are sick from air pollution. Obviously we do want to avoid things like that. So, we must take action commonly called go green.

We do not need to bother to go green. We can start with simple things, even we can also do it at home. Here I will describe about go green at home, you can do from waking up when you go to sleep.

We live in a tropical country, so that the air temperature is high. Therefore, we often use the air conditioner or a fan that does not overheat during sleep. But think. For example, if we sleep at 9, then got up at 4, how many hours the fan or air conditioning is on without stopping?  Then in the afternoon, the AC is still turned on. And one day AC could be burned out. We must not waste electrical power because of a negative impacts. For our earth's environment as a whole, CFC generated by the use of air conditioning can cause the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere become hollow. This condition would cause the ozone to lose its main function, namely as an antidote to the dangers of ultraviolet rays that harm our bodies.

So what should we do? Of course we can not throw our AC away for granted. So, the simplest way is to directly turn down the air conditioner or a fan (set it in normal temperature, not too low) before you go to sleep until you wake up and open the window of the room so that the air exchange.

Our obligation as Muslims are praying. And prayer is certainly not valid if it does not perform ablution (wudhu). But, remember, we can not turn on the water too much when ablution. Use water sparingly. There are still many people who need the water. Luckily we were still able to perform ablution with clean water.

When it is already getting light, open all windows in home. In spite of the exchange of air, the sun will go into the house and will make the room brighter, so that we can turn off the lights. Turn off all the lights to save power. Think about the situation in rural villages predominantly can not yet feel of being in the room lit by lamps.

Of course we had to shower every morning. And still the same, when taking showers do not overdo the use of water. When it is not used, close the water tap to save the water.

When you go to school, you should also bring your own supplies and drinking water. That is one way to reduce waste. If we buy bottled water, the bottle or glass will surely result garbage. So even with food, for example, we purchase sausage skewers. Although there is no packaging, of course, also produce waste that is of stitches. So, we better bring lunch to school.

When you go home from school, usually there is free time. Try to fill the free time to be creative. Go to the warehouse in the home or other storage. If you find usable stuff, just take it and recycle that.

You also may spend time with planting. If you do not have seeds, you could do some artificial vegetative such as grafting or cuttings. If you do not learn yet, you can see in the book or the internet. We also can make compost from wet trash that so easy to find in your home. For example, we can use the leftover rice or vegetables. If you don’t know how to make compost, you can ask to your parents or search in the internet.

In the afternoon, we usually shower. Try to accommodate the water used to bathe. That water can be used for watering plants. But, water it when the late afternoon only. Do not water your plants when during the day, because it will actually evaporate because of the sunlight.

In the evenings, when we usually like to spend time with watching television. But, sometimes we often do other things and forget to switch the TV off. So, if you want to do other things, turn off the TV first.

When going to bed, turn off the lights in part of the room, including the room lights. The rooms have to be dark when we sleep. Because, in addition to saving electricity, it is also beneficial to your health. The new body could produce the hormone melatonin when there is no light. This hormone is one of the immune hormone that is able to fight and prevent a variety of diseases including breast cancer and prostate cancer. Unfortunately, the hormone melatonin will not appear if the person in bed at night with the lights on. The presence of light is making the hormone melatonin production stops. So, turn off the lights when going to sleep. And do not forget, set the AC with normal temperature, not too low.

(Safina menulis essay ini untuk ujian praktek bahasa Inggris ketika kelas 6 SD)