Hi there!

I think the most important place where you learn about environmentally friendly practices is at home. You can learn it at school, watching TV, by social networks, but I think the most important is practicing at your home.

My mom is very interested in the topic, so she has always taught to me and my sisters we must take care of the planet, the trees, the rivers, the gas, because is where we live and if we destroy our planet and waste all the resources, in the future we won’t have  a proper place to live. All the manufactured thing take years to degrade and being part of nature again, and while they stay as garbage they cause countless damage to the animals and environment.

I live in Ñuñoa, where like 5 years ago (I’m not sure) a recycling truck started picking all kind of plastic bottles an container, glass, bags, paperboards, tetra-pack boxes, old newspaper, cans… Since then we have 2 different dumpsters: one is for real garbage and other one is for recycling.

I love using my bike as mean of transport. Besides of saving money, I save gas, and that means less air contamination, along with making exercise. Sometimes I must use public transport, so I leave my bike at “bicimetro” station and take the subway. I think it is a very good action the State did, because allows you to mix both means. But there are still very few stations with that service, and sometimes is full.

In Santiago is missing several things, as a recycling truck in every commune, proper bikeways, and mainly, educate people about taking care of the environment. It would help us to have a better health and allow us to have a better quality of life.