ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Printed Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
Environmental awareness for DIwali
FIVE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE CONSERVATION ON DIWALI
To be able to conserve our natural environment it is important to keep in the following principles -
1. Reduce : the amount of things we use
2. Reuse : the things we have in different forms until we have absolutely no use for them
3. Recycle: items that are no longer functional.
4. Rethink: the choices we make when deciding to buy something an
5. Refuse: things that we do not need at all.
So this Diwali, before you buy something new apply the above five principles and only then pay at the counter!