2nd blog post-Sustainability

     Are we on a sustainable path?  Does the community helps or just derail sustainability?  In some ways, there are practices and human activities that really help while some are not. Sustainability starts at home of every family living in a community.

     The first thing I see in every household is the recycling of water. They use the grey water to flush the toilet, to water the plants and to clean their surroundings.  Second, the schools implement the segregation of waste such as the biodegradable and non-biodegradable.  In houses, they collect plastic bottles and used papers then they sell it to the junk shops. It is a way of helping the environment to be clean and also earning money from it. Third, when preheating a food, they just put it over the cooked rice for them to conserve gas consumption. Fourth, some citizens plant vegetable or fruit at their backyard so they can harvest it for their foods and save money.  These things are very simple to do and it may lead us to productivity because we make things more efficient and effective.

      There are also activities that derail sustainability. First, the conversion of rice fields into subdivisions. Our community is starting to be urbanized but the effects are losing the rice fields which are the main source of our rice and a livelihood for the farmers. In the past years, our country is the one who exports rice to other countries but now we are experiencing the rice shortage. Second is being irresponsible of some people in throwing garbage. They just throw their waste anywhere they want without thinking what will be its effect to the environment. These garbage causes too much flooding that destroy properties. Third is the lack of police visibility in some places especially in the late evening. Murderers have the guts to do crime and to throw dead bodies of people along rivers and grassy places. It affects the economy of the country because as the rate of crime rises, only few investors are willing to invest. Investors might think that our place is unsafe for their investments.                                                                                                                                                                                                

       Even though there are so many hindrances in achieving sustainability, there are still ways on how we can make things sustainable. We need effort, cooperation and being aware of what is happening in the environment.