There is hope. Although it is a big task to change the thinking of such a mass population, there is hope. Our collective actions are much more powerful than that of any one high-ranking person. We can force changes by making changes.
Recycling has really caught on and already we can measure the results of our combined efforts. Recycling paper reduces the paper industry's energy use by 35% and its air pollution by 95%. For every ton of recycled paper, 17 trees and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space are saved. If there was a maximum recycling participation over one year, we would save 21.93 thirty-foot trees, 8,389 kilowatts of electricity, 28.86 cubic yards of land fill space, and 77.4 lbs of air pollution.
We are all connected and we must continue to develop, create, and enhance our behaviors/actions in order to conserve our wildlife, habitats, and planet.
