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    This document discusses several common household practices that can lead to ecological stress. It notes that burning fallen leaves daily can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. As an alternative, the document suggests composting leaves instead of burning them. It also discusses the excessive use of plastics and recommends recycling to reduce pollution. Finally, it mentions that while hygiene products are necessary, their chemicals still enter waterways when washed off, so limiting usage can help the environment. The key message is that small changes in daily household activities, like alternatives to burning, reducing plastics, and limiting product usage, can collectively help reduce ecological stress.

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    This document discusses several common household practices that can lead to ecological stress. It notes that burning fallen leaves daily can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. As an alternative, the document suggests composting leaves instead of burning them. It also discusses the excessive use of plastics and recommends recycling to reduce pollution. Finally, it mentions that while hygiene products are necessary, their chemicals still enter waterways when washed off, so limiting usage can help the environment. The key message is that small changes in daily household activities, like alternatives to burning, reducing plastics, and limiting product usage, can collectively help reduce ecological stress.

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    Jerry Barro Jr.
    This document discusses several common household practices that can lead to ecological stress. It notes that burning fallen leaves daily can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. As an alternative, the document suggests composting leaves instead of burning them. It also discusses the excessive use of plastics and recommends recycling to reduce pollution. Finally, it mentions that while hygiene products are necessary, their chemicals still enter waterways when washed off, so limiting usage can help the environment. The key message is that small changes in daily household activities, like alternatives to burning, reducing plastics, and limiting product usage, can collectively help reduce ecological stress.

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    BARRO, JERRY JR. B.

    BSED SCI 2C NSCI 203

    Household Practices Leading to Ecological Stress

    As we live in this world everyday there are many things in our homes that we do that
    affects the environment. We may not be aware of its effects to our surrounding but these
    practices are already doing so. We do things day by day in our lives that we haven’t noticed that
    we are perhaps contributing to what we call, ecological stress.

    For instance, it is a practice of some elders that every afternoon they will burn the leaves
    they swept from your backyard earlier in the morning. Even its effect is minimal if you burn these
    leaves, frequently doing such can give a great impact. This daily activity will contribute to the
    addition of greenhouse gases that will eventually worsen climate change. One known way to
    mitigate this is to do composting. Fallen leaves from trees can be a great component for a
    compost. This will not only stop the wrong practice of burning but will also give you a product
    that you can use for your plants.

    Another one is the excessive use of household plastics. We all know that plastics can
    live a life longer than humans because of its long decomposition period. Most households use a
    vast number of plastics that are only thrown away after use. These plastics are one of the main
    contributors of land and water pollution. Recycling will be the great way to lessen the use of
    household plastics. Buying products that uses recyclable containers is a great idea.

    We all know that in our daily living we need to use products for hygiene like shampoos
    and soaps. We cannot stop using these things because it us a necessity but we cannot deny the
    fact that these are also affecting the environment. To visualize the effect, when taking a bath,
    we use these products. The water we used go to canals after we take a bath. This water will
    eventually go to the bodies of water containing the chemicals from the products we have use
    which can seriously affect the living creatures in the bodies of water. Limiting to minimum use of
    this products can contribute to the reduction of its effects.

    These are only some things we do at our homes that adds to ecological stress. Winding
    down these activities can really have a good impact in the downsizing of the effects it can give
    to ecological stress. Remember what we do will affect us.

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