How green are you?

In my opinion, home and school are the main places where people learn about environmentally friendly practices. My parents are children of small farmers; they have an important connection with nature. For that reason, we have always had a small vegetable garden in our house. I personally remember how, all time, they repeated to me and my siblings that we should not throw any paper or waste on the floor, and they also taught care of water, caring of garden, not playing with fruits and many others rules about environmentally friendly practices.

Everyday, I try to look after environment, but I don’t recycle the organic waste and I don’t separate trash as it should. About bicycling, I think it´s privilege of a few people, or people that work near to their house. In my case, ride a bike to traveling is not an option, because the place where I live is not really safe and, in any case, is too far from University.

Nowadays, I don´t participle in eco-organizations, because I really have no time to do it, but I would ever participate in any school permaculture. I think Permaculture is a political act that viewed from lower rates of carbon footprint to a sustainable development of life in many aspects.

If someone asks me what Santiago needs to be a city environmentally friendly, I would say everything!! Obviously, everybody has to contribute in this issue, and it is urgent to legislate emanation of gases from industries carefully, improve public transportation, among other things, to build a society friendly to environment.