Manufactured Demand & Environment

Before reading any further, just watch each video. They do not take much of your time but give you lot of information. I am grateful to “The Story of Stuff” project for enlightening me and everyone.

I think the situation explained in these videos is not explicitly related to US but to all other countries. Consider the situation of bottled water. We all know, especially in India, how we use bottled water. How much environmental damage are we causing just for the water that we buy and drink? Although I had little idea about it, I realized its worse than what I have thought. And can you really explain why the plastic bottle waste is sent to India for recycling? Does the government of India realize that we are actually cleaning someone’s waste? Are we in such a bad situation to increase our revenue in all possible ways? Reasons like this are behind taking India for granted as a cheap country despite the fact that we are one of the fast growing countries in terms of science, technology and economy. Reasons like this are giving scope to the words like ‘Third World’. Why do we need to degrade ourselves like this just for money? I recollect the words by Amitabh Bachchan when he disliked Oscars being given to “The Slumdog Millionaire” where India is projected as a poor and backward country. Its not only the government, the politicians but also every Indian should consider this as a matter of self respect. No doubt that we need money but we do not need it the stake of self respect. Please do not fall for the manufactured demand. There are ways better than what we have now. As mentioned in the video, it is our right to ask Government to supply better water rather than relying on bottled water.
Just watch this video which is of completely different topic.

Can you guess what I am about to propose after watching this video? I am not going to tell you to stop using your toothpaste or soap or deodorant or shampoo. Because you would have already realized the facts around them. I am going to tell you the things that you already know of but, probably, never understood the importance of them. These are the alternatives to the cosmetics that we are using. Luckily these are part of our Indian tradition. The nature is giving a lot to us and there is no need to run behind these cosmetics. Neem or the Margosa sticks instead of a toothpaste is an alternative. Instead of soaps, you can use, Sunni pindi, a herbal bath powder. Use turmeric powder for healthy skin. How about using Reetha or Gooseberry (Amla) for head wash? Aren't they good an natural? We have to always remember that good and profitable things come in difficult way. Bad and harmful things come in an easy way. These cosmetic companies are experimenting on us? Isn't the Indian tradition more powerful than these products? Please come out of the manufactured demand. We do not need these. If someone asks me are you following these before telling someone? I would say no but I understood the importance of it and rather than using them now and then, I will follow them regularly from now.
The bad luck is that our (Indian) people are making fun of ourselves and our tradition. Let us not do that and let us not cause any more damage to our environment. We are already experiencing the results of the damage. Let us live and let others live by creating sustainable culture. Let us not throw waste just like that and let us not do things that cause damage to our respect. Thanks for understanding and following.
I am not going to talk about this video but just watch it, it is an informational one too.

A new threat, the micro beads. So updating my post.