While Trump does nothing, 5 things you can do to save the planet 🌍
Tiny everyday hacks that actually make a difference — because saving the planet shouldn’t wait for politicians 🌱⚡
1. Use AI like a grown-up 💡
Reality check: AI isn’t magic — it’s giant data centers using insane amounts of electricity and water every time you hit “enter.”
More prompts = more power = more emissions and water wastage.
So here’s the pro move:
One clear prompt instead of five confused ones.
And ask yourself:
“Do I even need AI for this?”
Because sometimes Google, a calculator, or basic brain cells work just fine.
Bonus flex: Pick AI tools that publicly run on renewable energy.
Cleaner tech + cleaner prompts = cleaner planet.
2. Stop the microplastic madness 🐢
That tiny corner you cut off a milk or curd packet?
Yeah… it becomes a microplastic — basically a forever-plastic, too small to recycle and too sneaky to catch..
Microplastics slip into drains → rivers → oceans → inside animals.
Fish, turtles, seabirds.
They eat it. They choke. They die.
One tiny snip = a whole chain reaction.
So seriously: don’t cut corners. Like… literally.
3. Shop smart, save the planet 🛒
Not all online shopping is evil.
Mindless online shopping is.
Every “Buy Now” has a carbon bill:
Manufacturing → packaging → shipping → returns = energy × energy × energy.
Two rules for guilt-free consumption:
Don’t buy it unless you’re 90% sure you won’t return it.
Returns = double transport = double emissions.Choose your neighbourhood store when you can.
Lower carbon, more local jobs, and no cardboard-box circus.
Smart shopping = fewer delivery vans turning your city into a fumes festival.
4. Keep your room comfy (not Antarctica) ❄️
If your AC is set to “North Pole Mode,” please stop.
25°C is perfect for humans, electricity bills, and the planet.
And winter hack:
If it’s above 16°C, skip the heater and use a blanket.
Summer hack:
If it’s below 27°C, skip the AC and use a light top sheet.
Basically:
Stop creating fake winters with AC and fake summers with heaters.
Your wallet and the planet will both breathe easier.
5. The school-kid water hack we need 💧
Kids from Noida’s Gyanshree School did something adults in housing societies haven’t: fix RO water waste.
Here’s the context:
RO purifiers waste almost 3× the water they clean.
Societies literally flush 40,000+ litres of perfectly usable water every day.
The so-called “waste water” isn’t dirty — it just has higher TDS than water you bathe with.
Totally fine for washing, gardening, cleaning.
Their hack is genius-level simple:
Add one extra pipeline, collect the RO waste water in a tank, and reuse it for all the boring stuff we currently waste fresh water on.
Kids: 1
Urban water mismanagement: 0