“What can we do to make the world a better place?”, I’m often asked and here’s what I tell people…
There are so many different ways to help that I cannot possibly list them all, but it’s a good idea to stop what you’re doing and think critically about how you live your life, and how it could affect the environment around you. Below are some useful ideas on how to do that. Once you’ve thought about it, be the change you want to see and start living that life, and make sure to tell others about it. We know politicians are dreadfully slow to react, but a great way to beat those environmental blues is to start taking action. It could be anything, like contacting your local council, or voting for political parties that prioritize the environment, getting together with similar-minded people, doing online climate activism, or plogging (collecting rubbish in your neighbourhood, at the beach, on a nature hike, etc) or sharing the www.sosquiz.org page…
How critical thinking leads to action
We should critically rethink our consumption of energy, resources, material goods and even how we travel:
Reduce – Can I use less of it? (E.g. a pea-sized amount of toothpaste is more than enough; turn off lights when you leave a room)
Reuse – Can I make it useful in another way? (E.g. old shirts are perfect as cleaning rags; a takeaway container can be washed and reused for leftovers another day)
Repair – Can I make it last longer? (E.g. a broken wheel on an office chair costs 5€ to fix)
Rebuild – Can I take it apart and make it work again? (E.g. buy a rusty old bicycle and replace worn parts)
Refurbish – Can I make it better and prolong its useful life? (E.g. take an old laptop and give it a memory upgrade)
Refinish – Can I give it a second lease of life? (E.g. find an old lamp, paint it and replace the old cable)
Recycle – Can I avoid it going to waste? (E.g. my old leather jacket could still keep someone warm)
Refuse – Do I actually need it? (E.g. a plastic bag in a supermarket or an overseas flight)
Rubbish – Is this really the end? (E.g. my old shoes now have holes in them, and water and dirt gets in)

Acknowledgements
Thanks go to the sources below for SOSquiz inspiration… & friends and family for giving me their continued support (You know who you are!)
Some of the many inspiring Twitter sites I visit…
https://twitter.com/AmiantGlories
https://twitter.com/eixrespira
https://twitter.com/Greenpeace
https://twitter.com/guardianeco
https://twitter.com/sascampaigns
Illustrations and Royalty-free Photos Websites
SOSquiz Glossary of Terms (with links to Wikipedia)
6th mass extinction (Holocene Extinction)
AEEA (Asociación Española de Educación Ambiental)
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
Bad faith
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Coronavirus (Covid-19 or SARS Cov-2)
Electric vehicle
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Human impact on the environment
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Internal combustion engine (ICE)
Internet service providers (ISP)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Particulate Matter (PM 10, 2.5 & UFP)
Psychological impact of climate change
Quality of life (QOL)
Ultrafine particles (UFP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
World Wide Web (www)