WWF believes that all living things desire to do something good for their children and being human, our responsibility is much bigger towards society and environment. There is hardly anybody who would not be motivated towards the betterment of society, but many a time we need to be reminded of what we can do and how our SMALL GOOD DEEDS change society as a whole and make the world a better place for our children.

Environmental protection, conservation, and development is one such area for which we as individuals or as communities can achieve a lot if we start working with little changes in routine life.

The small good deeds are simple, practical steps that every person may perform in day-to-day life that can make a visible difference to the environment. We can practise the actions , listed below, at the individual level, community level, and corporate level, for the overall protection of the environment.

This program is meant to motivate the people to do their bit to protect and improve the environment through simple individual and collective actions. It is neither prescriptive nor directive. It attempts to make people at ground level, aware of the environmental issues in a simplified manner. If we start taking up at least one small good deed a day at the individual level, there will be a billions of good deeds performed daily. A single person may not be able to change society on his own, but if all of us undertake one good deed every day, the society and the environment will change radically for the better to achieve our goal.

WWF urge to everyone to adopt as much as possible some changes listed below to contribute to our mission for better enviourmental conditions under “SMALL GOOD DEED”

• Switch off all electrical and electronic appliances such as fans, lights, air conditioners at plug point when not in use home, office, school, college or club.
• Use energy-efficient products.
• Replace domestic electrical equipment with approved energy efficient models. Buy 5- star label products recommended by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
• Shut down your computer rather than just logging off during intervals at work.
• Use cookers instead of cooking in vessel
• Strictly supervise the use of electricity by employees at office and home
• Use LED lighting system instead of tube lights and bulbs.
• Clean the condenser coils of your refrigerator at least once a year.
• When going away from home, for a long duration, set the refrigerator regulator to a minimum.
• Let fresh air in from open windows to reduce the use of air conditioner.
• Promote the use of natural light for day-to-day tasks.
• Watch TV with family rather than watching alone in different rooms.
• Service your car, electrical appliances/equipment on time to save energy and money. • Reduce temperature setting of the geyser.
• Teach to children about difference between consuming energy and wasting energy.
• Use information technology like GPS navigation for avoiding traffic congestion.
• Do not keep the engine running while the car is in the parking lot or waiting on red light.
• Adopt car-pooling with neighbours and colleagues.
• Use public transport to reduce traffic congestion and to save on fuel consumption.
• Try using School Bus instead of using personal cars to ferry children to school.
• Prefer cleaner fuels vehicles such as biodiesel, CNG or electric vehicles over Petrol or Diesel.
• Never use low quality fuel in vehicles.
• Ensure that air pressure in vehicle tyres is as per the specifications.
• Take feeder service from the Bus Terminals or Metro stations saving on fuel and parking fee for personal vehicle.
• Plant a tree that absorbs carbon dioxide.
• Cigarette smoking harms environment and health. Give up smoking.
• Greener the city, cleaner the air.
• Use a latex based paint. Oil-based paints release hydrocarbon vapours which are hazardous.
• Stop the practice of burning of waste.
• Provide adequate stack height and space for diesel generators.
• Keep garbage in covered bins so that it is not blown and spread by the wind. •
• Do provide adequate emission control system in the kitchen area.
• Try growing indoor plants to filter toxins from the air in your home or office.
• Use less toxic products for household cleaning, painting, washing clothes.
• When possible, conduct meetings by conference calls instead of travelling to meet in person, off-site.
• Follow manufacturers’ recommendations for use and properly seal cleaners, paints, and other chemicals to prevent evaporation into the air.
• Get timely Pollution under Control Certificate for vehicles.
• Vegetation may be used where existing means of pollution control have proved inadequate.
• Use a bucket to wash the car in place of hose pipe.
• Carry cloth bags to collect trash/waste during commute
• Dispose of trash/waste in proper disposal bins. Take shorter showers to reduce water consumption.
• Check your water bill to see how much water you are using.
• Check all faucets, pipes, and toilets for leaks.
• Use mug instead of running the tap while brushing teeth or shaving.
• Use a toilet flush which consumes less water.
• Water your plants early in the morning or late in the evening to reduce water loss due to evaporation.
• While watering plants, use watering-can instead of a running hose.
• Promote drip irrigation and other water conservation methods in agriculture.
• Practice rainwater harvesting. RWAs should adopt this in every public park of their locality
• Skip rinsing dishes before using your dishwasher and save water in each load.
• Don’t allow water overflow from the overhead tank.
• Run your dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer only when you have full loads.
• Dry clothes in sun light
• Make water saving devices in taps mandatory.
• Use rejects of your RO for toilet flushing.
• Set your sprinkler to keep the water on the lawn.