Care for the environment

I am in the process of writing an article on sustainable architecture and have been interviewing some architects for this. One of them from DP Architects had a simple solution to environment conservation - regression in all that we consume. As Gandhi said, "There is enough in this world for every man's need but not enough for one man's greed." We have become voracious consumers with little thought for saving it for the next time. It was a simple solution to go backwards when much of what we consume today was not available and when there was a bit a hardship involved to get what we wanted. With the convenience of having things done in a snap of our fingers, we have become impatient and take the easy route - drive where we can walk or cycle, buy a bottle of water instead of refilling one or use plastic bags instead of taking a shopping bag from home. The tried and tested way: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle still holds good when it comes to being responsible towards our environment. It is also an economical way of leading our lives.