Question: Are we doing less for the environment even though we know more?

I do agree with that. Now it's all about convenience and what is the cheapest. Except in the long run, the environmentally friendly things really are the cheapest...in terms of the impact on the earth AND our pockets. Our gas situation alone says a lot yet the other night I drove 20 miles (in a rural area) and I did not see one single car, only trucks, vans and SUV's. Granted all we have is a van and a truck ourselves. And why are we still driving these gas guzzlers? Because even though we know they get bad gas mileage it's cheaper, short term, than buying a car that we won't be able to drive during the winter. The environmentally friendly thing to do would be to get the car and just limit our winter driving but that would be "inconvenient".

Yes, agreed. I'm sure most of us are aware on the right things to do for our environment, but when come to action, we might get lazy, having a perception that our small effort won't help much, so it is OK for us not to do it in the right way. A simple example is plastic bag usage. It is still very common in most of the countries to use plastic bag although we understand the how harmful it is to mother of nature. Luckily, I've started to make a move, e.g:seggregate the garbage into different categories for recycle purposes. Hopefully, more and more people will think "every big improvement starts with small effort from me" in saving our earth. Cheers!

Yes, I agree with that. not just environmentalist but some other individuals are mostly aware with the environment now. but you can't blame if they are doing less. i mean, people may not have the knowledge or step no how to start..