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About saving the environment

Back in secondary school/ Jc, we always had essay questions about problems and things like that and i distinctively remember one of the 'solutions' to stated problems was always: use campaigns to raise awareness. I always thought that campaigns were feasible solutions in theory but in real life not so much. But recently I've since come to realize that campaigns do indeed have some power.......ok I was never someone who was incredibly passionate about saving the environment. Sure every now and then you see posters telling you not to litter or use plastic or to switch off the lights and fans, but it was always an one ear in, one ear out kind of thing. There's been quite a fair bit of social media attention on NOT using a carrier and not using plastic objects in daily life, perhaps in a big part thanks to @nocarrierpls on instagram. I've realized that more and more of my friends are switching to metal straws, yada yada. Initially I was kinda skeptical because (I kno