How green are you?

                                                                                 I believe that ecology and protecting the environment should be very important subjects in our society  People can learn a lot about looking after the environment by searching information in the Internet. Many organizations have well designed  web pages with information about how you can help the planet.

I like to read a lot about these subjects but surprisingly I haven't incorporated recycling into my habits and I feel a little guilty for that. For many years I believed that my little city didn't have a recycling center. A few I months ago I discovered where it was. I feel that Santiago has more organization to recycle so now I don't have any excuses. I need to improve my recycling habits.

I don't use car a lot because it's expensive, it pollutes a lot and  I don't have a licence for driving. I usually use public transport but I would like to use a bike to move myself around the city. However I am scared of riding a bike in Santiago and getting hitted by a car. Probably by next year I would buy a bike and carefully start using a bike. It would be easier if Santiago had more cycle-paths.

I would like to support a eco-organisation. I 've always wanted to, but I have lacked motivation and time. Maybe if I organize my time better I could participate more in activism world. 

I stopped eating meat five years ago, one of my reasons was to reduce my contribution to the  environmental degradation worldwide caused by producing meat for mass consumption. As and example "factory farming" is a environmentally unsustainable practice because produces big amounts of CO2 and methane gas, pollutes water and degrades the land. It has a big impact on climate change and loss of biodiversity.

I would like to consider myself an eco-hero but I know that I could be doing much better.