lets make a difference in small ways...

have taken this from the Gaizabonts(tx atul) blogsite. Thought it is relevant to each one of us who are significant computer users...

"Devote 10 seconds a day. Here is a chance to make a difference, by devoting JUST 10 seconds a day. You don't need to go anywhere, donate money, stage protests or shout slogans.How? If you use a computer, just remember to switch off your monitor every time you leave your desk. Very simple, isn't it?What difference does it make? Roughly, normal monitors consume around 150W. Even if your screen remains ON for 1 hour per day without any use, energy wasted per day is 150 W-h (or 0.15 "units"). This is enough to light a small lamp for 10 hours! If you care to switch off your monitor each time you leave your place, you save electricity enough for basic household needs of a small family in a village! If your monitor remains ON overnight, this figure becomes 10-fold - so you can probably save electricity for 10 families. And supposing that you leave your seat 5 times a day and it takes 1 second to switch the monitor ON/OFF, you spend only 10 seconds a day for this deed which saves LOTS of energy on a long run!"

I guess the same would apply to other natural resources like water....our sensitivity is needed , in our closing of dripping taps, repairing of leaky faucets, regulation of quantity of water flushed down our toilets and so on...Natural resources are invaluable...let us recognize them as blessings...no amount of money can ensure we get it when it is no longer there...