I was raised to be considerate towards the environment and to take care when using precious resources.

All our resources needs protection these days, but those I feel strongly about are our ozone layer, our evergreen forests, trees and entire ecosystems and the most important of all - our water.

We went on a hiking trip a few weekends back, and did not pack enough water to last us a whole day. It is then that I pictured our entire human race, without water. No more running water when you open the tap, no more long bubble baths or dips in the swimming pool and nothing to mix my Oros with or the ice cold glass when you came from the gym.

This is a wake-up call. Stop wasting resources and do your part to make a difference. When our children look back and ask "What were they thinking" we will no longer have to opportunity to change our actions and the consequences.