create a secure future for children if we look back to our roots we were a zerowaste ecofriendly society we have to reflect on the wisdom of our forefathers and see how they did things and why did they do it so if we want to ensure a better future for our kids we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children we shouldnt make changes because articles are being written about how preserving the environment is important or because someone else is doing it we should think of what we are leaving for our children they can build their own lives but if we pollute the air water and land what are they going to breathe drink and eat we need to wake up she cautions sternlythe actress who tends to her organic farms herself has noticed several significant changes in the environment over the last year if there were any positives in the lockdown it was the environmental changes it brought about within just a few days of human activity stopping nature came alive in its full glory we saw videos of whales and dolphins just off the coast of mumbai peacocks visited the city and monkeys took over laughs i personally noticed how clean the air was i had not breathed such clean air in mumbai all my life i live in malabar hill and i could see every window of the buildings in nariman point clearly from here the skies were bluer my garden greener there were so many birds and butterflies and squirrels it was joyous she exults adding i wish we would have voluntary periodic lockdowns in our lifea week in a month or a month in every six months the world will be a better place for it while her idea might take some time to be implemented she insists that there are several little things we all can do to bring about a change i started very early so now its a habit to turn off lights fans air conditioners whenever i leave a room we have recently started using 100 per cent recycled paper tissues and toilet rolls which makes me very happy because imagine cutting down beautiful trees to make toilet paper we have also started using ecofriendly detergent soaps shampoos makeup for skincare i use ingredients straight out of my kitchen like almond oil coconut oil lemon honey lemon sugar tomatoes yogurt this way i have cut down on buying 90 per cent of skincare products and i avoid plastic completely though sadly last year with homedeliveries a lot of plastic started entering our house which made me really sad rues the actress adding that she now pledges trees as gifts on birthdays or celebratory occasions instead of sending flowers it gives me an impetus to plant more trees i have planted a few thousand trees this way in the last two years she concludes