There has been a lot of wastage and mismanagement that has been done by humans in our planet earth that has resulted in so many people being deprived of the basic necessities of life. Like people who acquire the resources don’t utilize it in a environment friendly way .Thus the gap between the poor and the rich just grows indefinitely
I think there comes the basic tool of cost efficiency and effective management of resources that should be known to all the people, applied by the corporate giants and also at the government level. There is a very thin line between cost saving and cost efficiency and as I said that we must practice cost efficiency means we must not compromise on the quality of the things we do by better planning.
The individual level steps that we can take can start from our very own kitchen, garden, attire etc. Like I always have been fascinated by the idea of kitchen garden and I think many people practice it. However, the ratio has been very low against the high tide in the food inflation, with kitchen garden I, myself have planted mint, coriander, spinach, spring onion, garlic shoots and for a starter they turned out to be good they smell awesome and the happiness I feel as I eat the home planted herbs is beyond words .It has also saved the extra cost of buying these herbs and im sure anybody can do it even in the small pots with a variety of vegetables and fruits.
I have also came across a recent article about home made manure that includes paper clippings ,fruit peels, torn tea bags and tea water to be used a manure instead of the chemical infested cow shit . This is an amazing thing that could tremendously take care of the everyday waste in an effective although I have not tried it but I’m aching to do so. Other ideas like putting the left over tea in rose plants are also tried and tested by me as they make the roses grow beautifully while doesn’t block the drain if I get rid of by the sink J .
Then there is a thing about left over food as many affluent people just throw away the left over in a trash and waste it without even thinking that there are human beings who can die to get what we are throwing. I find myself lucky in the fact that iam living in country where you can get domestic labour and feed them the food or if the food is very stale than there are stray dogs, crows who can always eat them. There is also a very good tip to deal with left over’s if the person is a bit creative and loves hard work ,not for me, they can always use the meat from the curry to make burger patties or meat pie and I love the potato paratha ( AAOLO KA PARATHA ) that my mother makes from mashed potatoes . I actually in order to do something for eid did fill the samosa ( a triangular snack filled with the filling meat ,cheese . potato popularly ) with left over spaghetti and the guest just loved it and me too finally got rid of it hahahah ..
Then always the old clothes and stuff can be sold at the internet sites like eBay at reduced prices to at least cover some of the original price .Its again all about anticipating the future fashion and popularity of the stuff although for some it might look pathetic, desperate attempt to get cash so they can use any other name to make a face book page, change the voice when picking up the phone from any other sim card ,after all humor is the spice of life , acting skills could also be improved with this exercise as well . Students can also sell their old books at half the price better not to sell their current semester books otherwise the parents could practice anger control by beating them hard, my mother has invented a unique way of torturing me as she cooks food that I hate or in summer morning switch off the fan and yes I succumb .
On a bigger level again there are a lot of things that a government or the corporate giants are supposed to do like waste management, consuming less energy, alternative energy production than the current fuel production, utilizing food and water in a efficient way so that people of the developing countries could have access to it.
As we all know that one of the biggest threat to the world is damage to the ozone layer that has already been started at a rapid pace due to carbon emissions and electricity production by fuel .Electricity production by fuel is a dangerous threat to environment ,recently it has been proved that the climate of the world will change to such a level that extreme situation will be experienced all over the world like floods, heat wave, mass level migration that will bring a lot of casualty in the world. Then there is problem like increasing world population that has already reached 7 billion that needs to be controlled immediately.
US is a menace to the world as it is less than 5 % of global population and uses upto quarter of the world's fossil fuel , burning up to 25 % coal, 26 % of oil and 27 % of natural gas . The solution to the fuel is that there has to be solar paneled cars, the American people should stop using big, giant cars that takes a lot of fuel. There has to be alternative sources of the production of the electricity like bio fuel, wind mills, hydro power plants. I didn’t mention the thermal power plants as they are a threat to the environment, yes, due to recent Fukishima accident. Then I think Pakistan, India and US, should make heavy fines on couples who would go for a second baby and make it illegal to control increasing population and food starvation although difficult it is but not impossible so that couples would think thousand of times before planning a baby .
For the corporate giants the government should make sure that they make their objective that is aimed at being environment friendly linked to saving cost rather than just aimed at profit maximization. Like they can promote the use of recycled paper bags, reusable shampoo other bottles and building up of healthcare and school facilities out of their profits for free to masses as compulsory.
However I think there has to be a limit to it and one should live life as they want to and sometimes its fine to follow your heart out by buying things that are expensive and which one desire to have and yes one cant be cost efficient by staying naked, using pigeons instead of mobile phone or eating nothing to help to the cause of starvation. It is good to fulfill your desires as you get life just for once. As I think there is no point in curbing your desire if you have money in order to save money but if you’re stingy then it’s something else. One of our relative is famous for their stinginess, my siblings has defamed them of using just one underwear to save cost J
Then, There is a classic joke about memons who are famous for their penurious and stingy ways, they use to get excited after watching porn in reverse as the girl returns the money the excitement used to go to the peak and the motive is achieved. If you know what I mean.
