{"id":7995,"date":"2022-07-15T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog2\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2022-07-11T18:33:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T09:33:55","slug":"nic-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog2\/nic-34\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Nic\u5148\u751f\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3092\u8aad\u3082\u3046\uff01\u3011Helping the environment is as easy as 1-2-3!"},"content":{"rendered":"

First off, I\u2019m sorry! I know I promised last time that I would be back with more information about BC\u2019s wonderful renewable energy grid, I can\u2019t help but change the topic ever so slightly this month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you have connected with me on Fruitful English already, you\u2019ll know that I finally achieved my dream: I\u2019m back in Japan! I couldn’t be happier, especially now that the rainy season is over, and all my clothing has finally started to dry out. I swear, I didn’t see the sun for the first week or more that I was here\u2026 But I digress.<\/p>\n

Though I said I\u2019d be changing the subject, I\u2019m not doing a complete about face. Instead, I wanted to lament something that I didn’t remember from my previous times in Japan, but has definitely come back to me since being back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From my previous writings, you\u2019ve probably noticed that BC is relatively progressive when it comes from the environment. Of course, that doesn’t go for everyone, and my parents are no better than the average person, if I\u2019m being honest. But, I have to say that I notice a lot of fairly wasteful behaviour in Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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First off, I asked my friend when I first arrived if he had a spare wine bottle. He did, and asked why I wanted it. I mentioned that I would use it as a water bottle at home.<\/p>\n

His question, shockingly, was \u2018Why don\u2019t you buy a bottle from the store?\u2019 I\u2019ll let that sink in for a bit.<\/p>\n

Now, I know that my friend doesn’t speak for the entire country, so to speak ;), but he\u2019s far from an outlier either. I am truly surprised at how little the country seems to have come since I was last here, from an environmental perspective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I noticed that bags are no longer free. And yet, my friend still has a massive bundle of bags in his house, and I would say that 90% of people where I live still buy single-use bags. In Canada, that trend died out years ago, and I still can\u2019t understand why it hasn\u2019t here either. After all, Japan has no oil resources of its own, so it has to be either buying those bags from abroad, or at least importing the oil itself, at a higher and higher price nowadays. It just doesn’t make economic or environmental sense!<\/p>\n

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Oh no, I\u2019m rambling and I\u2019m out of time. I don\u2019t want to make this sound like a rant, so I\u2019ll end on a high note. I love all my friends here, and I got the warmest welcomes from everyone. Now, I\u2019ll just have to teach them to pick up a piece of garbage or 2 every time they come back from the beach, and we can really make a difference!<\/p>\n

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