Trying To Be More Sustainable

At this moment in time I do believe I lead a fairly sustainable lifestyle, but this is mainly because i have no other choice as I'm a student and can't exactly afford to do things which may be seen as unsustainable.

For example, I can't afford to drive as running a car when I'm at uni would be way out of my budget. I guess that's a good thing as I'm one less person on the road and I'm not contributing to the increase in CO2 emissions, and as a result not speeding the rate of global warming. Having said that if I could afford to run a car at uni then I definitely would as public transport is unreliable and you don't have as much freedom. So in that case my lifestyle is only sustainable because it has to be.

There are many ways that I can improve my sustainable lifestyle, which are out of choice. I could do more recylcing and as result decreasing the demand of natural resources by reusing materials etc. When I'm making a cup of tea I could boil the exact amount of water needed instead of using up power which I don't actually need. I could also turn the tap off when brushing my teeth instead of letting it run and therefore save water.

I could do all of these things if I really wanted to and potentially make a difference to the world, and to a certain extent I do try to do this as it doesn't take much effort at all. However I still don't really believe that one person can really make any difference what so ever as there are always going to be people who won't try at all. I don't think there are enough people in the world who care about their carbon footprint or their sustainable lifestyle to make a big enough change to stop global warming and stop using up the natural resources.

So therefore I do believe that I lead a fairly sustainable lifestyle, however I think it will only get worse as I get older because I'll choose to drive and have less time to make efforts with other things. I also believe that my efforts won't make any difference in the slightest and I think a lot of other people would look at it the same way. Why bother using public transport if you can drive? Just to stop a bit of CO2 getting in the atmosphere, no one has seen any evidence of it making difference and a lot of people think that it won't affect them directly anyway, so why bother?