SINGAPORE — Our ancestors preached it. Our parents taught it to us. The West is adopting it. So why are we Asians abandoning it?
I'm talking about environmental consciousness. Conserving water. Switching off a TV that no one is watching. Calling the municipality to get a recycling bin in the building. Not flushing the toilet at night (that one always raises eyebrows).
Growing up in India in the 1980s, our lifestyle was very different from today's. There was hardly any waste generated in a typical household. Everything was used and reused until it fell apart.