The Green Dominó

I am going to tell about my experience. I think I have learned about eco-friendly practices because of my brother. There has been a lot of iniciatives from the local authorities to raise awareness about the pros of taking care of our environment. But in my case, I lived the whole process with my brother’s support.

Diego Tabilo is my brother, and he has created a foundation called “Rescatemos Juan Fernandez” to protect the archipelago from the bad practices of the people. Basically they create consciousness as a way to stop the damage produced by the invader species (fauna, flora, etc) that the humans have brought from continent.

I invite you to his website : www.rescatemosjuanfernandez.cl

So, keeping that in mind. I have seen my brother doing this job, and of course I have incorporated some of this practices in my habits. For example, we recycle the trash, bottles, plastic, etc We reuse things to create new ones, in fact, we are planning to get a new couch, but instead of buying one we are going to reuse some pallets, there are very interesting designs, here’s a photo:

As you can imagine I don’t use a car to get to the university. I use my bike. It’s faster, healthier, etc, etc. I love my bike. That reduces the carbon print of course. Sometimes I think if just 2 from 4 use their bikes we would live in another city, Santiago wouldn’t have this disgusting air.

We have missed the focus of where we want to go. I remember the candidate from last year Alfredo Sfeir. He proposed a whole new way to see our lives, the economy, the culture, etc. If we want to change our world into a cleaner place, we have to stop consuming things just to throw them out. We are better than that.