Title: What Can You, the Individual, Do to Fight Air Pollution?
Headings: What Can You, the Individual, Do to Fight Air Pollution?
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What Can You, the Individual, Do to Fight Air Pollution?
Sarath Guttikunda
Check your engines and tires
Use public transport or carpool once a week
Also read: Two-Pronged Efforts to Reduce Diesel Fumes Gain Ground
Cycle and walk more
Turn off the engines during long idling
Power down and conserve
Say ‘no’ to plastic
Compost your wet waste and grow a plant
Plant, and save, trees
If you see something, say something

Content: Even though these are individual decisions, the overarching government policy can nudge behaviour in the direction that many individuals choose. If the government builds freeways with no safe walking or cycling paths, and provides no regular buses and other public transport, citizens will have no option but to use private vehicles. But if it provides sustainable alternatives, there’s no reason the people shouldn’t use them. Ultimately, individual actions are consequences of government policy. Sarath Guttikunda is the director of Urban Emissions (India), an independent research group on air pollution, issuing three-day air quality forecasts for all Indian districts. Orcsnet: Support content online
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