An Unpopular Green Program

Our company is campaigning for a Green Program. The goal of this program is to save resources by switching off unused lights, be frugal in the use of tissue paper and by not leaving the faucet open.

As expected it was not accepted with open arms by some employees. They think that this is another way of the company to maximize their profit. And they feel that the company is just trying to penalize them. They didn't think that it would be better for the company to do this than to reduce their benefits. Any savings the company may get for this program might be used to increase our salary and benefits.

I am just wondering why there are people who cannot stop their wasteful habit and complete disregard of the environment. Do they not know what is good and what is right? I am saddened that they cannot accept the environment as a replacement for their miniscule sacrifice. An energy saving of 1 million kWh of electricity can avoid 800 tons of CO2 emissions and a savings of approximately 80,000 pesos.

Until there are people who cannot make a small sacrifice for the environment, politician wherein agenda for the environment is just being used to attract supporters and people that still believe that global warming is not for real, the threat of global warming is still far from over.