HASTI PUBLIC SCHOOL& JR.COLLEGE, DONDAICHA
BLOG NO.120
Our Hasti school is known for not only educating children about protecting our Mother Earth but make children put their thoughts in action and imbibe the action of planting few sapling on their birthday
.Our school has invited every body through our web site to register their name for planting sapling on the name of their beloved ones
The sapling and place will be provided by school and school takes care of the plants .
Readers hereby invited & requested to visit our school’s website and register today for the nobel cause and help in making better tomorrow for the young generation.
On this Earth day on June 5th ,2022 we are trying to give message through a short story to our students and readers
THE WISE OLD GENERATION
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own shopping bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment .
The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.”
The cashier responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations.”
THE OLD WOMAN REPLIED
YOU ARE right —
our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day
.Back then, 1.we returned milk bottles, pop bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so they could use the same bottles over and over. Yes, they really were recycling
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2. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen; and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But, we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.
3.We walked up the stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every shop and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks
But, she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.
Back then, she continued
4.we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an ‘energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts;’ wind and solar power really did dry our clothes
back in our early days. 5.Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But, that young lady is right. We didn’t have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, 6.we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And, the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the county of Yorkshire .
7. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us
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8. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the post, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap
.Back then,
9.we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power
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10.We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity
.
But, she’s right. We didn’t have the green thing back then. She continued
11.We drank water from a fountain or a tap when we were thirsty instead of demanding a plastic bottle flown in from another country.
12.We accepted that a lot of food was seasonal and didn’t expect that to be bucked by flying it thousands of air miles around the world
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13.We actually cooked food that didn’t come out of a packet, tin or plastic wrap and we could even wash our own vegetables and chop our own salad.
But, we didn’t have the green thing back then.
Back then,
14.people took the tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi service
15. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances.
And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But, isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?
You are requested to pass on this story to millions and assist in conserving environment by boycotting PLASTIC
THANKS FOR READING
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