• Go Paperless: As we all know that 93% of the paper comes from trees. So don't print anything on the paper unless you need it badly and if you do, consider printing on both sides of the paper. Also, you can switch to paperless option if you have it available at your financial institution. You can save so much of paper which goes wasted by companies in sending notices, updates and statements to their clients.  Use recyclable shopping bags instead of paper bags and plastic bags. Although paper bags are also recyclable and are not harmful like plastic bags, they are made out of trees and more demand of paper bags means more trees will be cut off. On the other hand, re-usable bags are made of cloth and can be used again after a wash.

To print Sunday edition of New York Times, it requires 75,000 trees!

•  Go Biking: If possible, cycle/bike to work. Carpooling is an another option we can choose to save on fuel/gas. Using public transport is also a convenient way in which we can contribute not to pollute the environment by using our own cars/scooters/motorcycles. More people can commute together in public transport system which not only reduces the air pollution, but also help reducing the noise pollution due to less vehicles on the road.

• Poverty: More than half of the girls in the poorest families of the developing world are married as children. Marriage is seen as their security option when the poverty is acute. The parents also believe that marrying off their daughter early will also leave them one less person to feed in the family. Moreover, if the girl is very young and uneducated, they end up paying less dowry for her. 
• Genetic: Most of the early marriages happen in some parts of the world because they have been happening in their families from generations. It is a part of their culture and tradition. In some communities, a girl is considered a woman as soon as she has her first periods. She is then forced into another phase of womanhood by becoming someone's wife and then mother. In some cultures, a young girl is married presuming she is a virgin which is a big credit for her family's honour, robbing of her own dignity and honour.
• Inequality: Gender inequality is another major reason for child marriages. Most of the families involved in child marriages prefer boy child to their girl child. They prefer to spend money and resources on the upbringing of their boys while girls are considered just an economic burden. They try to get rid of them by marrying them off early so that this economic burden can be further shifted to her husband. Most of the time, girls don't have a say in this because she is not the decision maker in the family. It is the father, the male member, who takes all the decisions.
• Insecurity: Another reason for child marriage is girl's insecurity. In order to prevent girls from being physically and sexually harassed or assaulted in the vulnerable neighbourhood, parents tend to marry them off as soon as possible so that they can secure their married life irrespective of their age. They tend to think that it is in her best interest. Sometimes, a girl also thinks that marriage is the only way to escape the challenges of her current life and she agrees to get married at a young age.
• Inadequate laws: It is not true that there are no laws against child marriages. The laws are just not enforced properly. In India, the laws against child marriages have been placed since 1929 but India has the most number of child brides in the world due to its population. About 47% of the girls in India are married before their 18th birthday.

• Poverty: Child marriage means end of the childhood, forcing the child into a matured life which is full of violence, deprived of education and her economic growth. The girl cannot contribute towards her own and her family's economic development. She is more likely to be poor and remains poverty stricken all her life.
• Poor health: Child brides face high risk of injury or death. The girls who give birth before the age of 15 are 5 times more likely to die in their childbirth than the girls in their 20s. Also, their children are less likely to live beyond their 1st birthday. Child brides also face more risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases because their husbands are generally old and they have more sexual experience. Girls between the age of 15 to 19 are 2 to 6 times more likely to contract HIV/AIDS than boys of the same age in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Domestic Violence: Child brides are more likely to experience domestic violence than their peers who marry later. It has been reported that child brides are slapped, threatened, and beaten by their husbands. They are more likely to describe their first sexual experience as forced. They are also more likely to show the symptoms of sexual abuse and posttraumatic stress such as feelings of depression and hopelessness.

WHO CAN DO WHAT? 

• Unmanageable Workload: When you have so much to do to meet the deadline. Either you are unorganized or your boss is. It is better to set the priorities ahead so as to finish your work at regular intervals rather than accumulating it near the deadline. 
• Work culture: You are probably working at a place where nobody wants to leave at 5 first to look bad. Everyone waits for someone else to leave first so that they can't be judged by the boss as bad employees. Your boss might want to see you the one who always puts in extra efforts in work and the one who does not look forward to go home as soon as the clock strikes 5.
• Workaholic syndrome: Some people like to stay late at work because they love their job and would like to spend some extra time at work. If you are generating more work for yourself just to stay late which doesn't really need to be done, you are not a hard working person but a workaholic.

Risks involved in working hours

• If you somehow managed to finish your task on time by putting in extra long hours, you may be asked again to do so. The deadline may be tighter next time because your employer knows that you'll do your best to meet it.
• You may be a slacker in your regular work hours because you know that you'll catch up in the extra working hours. If you prioritize your work and be efficient in your regular working hours, you may not need to stay late and work more.
• Constantly working for extra long hours may result in fatigue which eventually causes irritability, sleeplessness/sleepiness, poor concentration and increased susceptibility to illness. Extra hours of work will burn you out and it will backfire your productivity. Also, sitting in the same posture for hours at work may affect body's muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves which can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
• According to a study done by Ohio state university, women who work longer hours for most of their career are at a higher risk of developing cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases. On the other hand, men are more likely to get arthritis but no chronic disease. Women tend to share other family responsibilities and they likely to take more stress than men.
• It is very difficult to maintain a healthy social life when you work long hours at work. Extended work hours may reduce the quality of life by not socializing with our family and friends. So "get a life" outside of work.

A person who stays late at the office is not a hard working person. Instead he/she is a fool who does not know how to manage work within the stipulated time. He/she is inefficient and incompetent in his work. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

1.  For health: Vegan diet is full of nutritious value. Dairy products and meat contain saturated fats and reducing them in your diet will improve cardiovascular health. Obesity rates amongst vegans are 5-20% less than non-vegetarians. Increased consumption of fruits and vegetables also lead to reduced risk of type II diabetes and certain cancers. Cataracts are also prevented eating fruits and vegetables which are high in antioxidants. Arthritis and osteoporosis can be prevented by cutting off the dairy intake and instead increasing gluten-free and vegan diet.
2. For the animals: One can contribute towards preventing the exploitation of animals by going vegan. All the responsive creatures have a right to life and freedom. If we can have a dog as a pet why should the chicken be our dinner? Our earth is not only for humans to survive. Avoiding animal products is the most obvious way in which one can stand against animal cruelty. One person can spare about 50 animals a year by eliminating animals from his diet (source). Contrary to some people's beliefs that animals give up their lives after having lived half of their lives happily, animals feel the same amount of pain as humans do while being slaughtered. In over 95% of cases, animals are killed prematurely for meat products. 
3. For environment: Since world's meat production has quadrupled since 1960, animal production has increased massively. This has an adverse affect on the environment causing global warming, deforestation, land degradation, water scarcity and species extinction. In short, if more animals are reared for meat production, they need more crops, water and farms. We already have so many people dying of malnutrition everyday, how can our planet fulfil everyone's demands. Vegan diet use less resources and 3.5 billion humans could live off the food currently fed to livestock. By stopping the demands of industrial animal production, we can find sustainable ways to use our natural resources to feed the human population which sleeps hungry every night.