I do not think sustainability begins with massive campaigns or once a year plantation drives. I think it begins with habits so small that most people do not even notice them.

Today, after eating a chocolate, I suddenly realised that the wrapper was no longer in my hand by the end of the day. That genuinely panicked me because I could not remember whether I had accidentally given it to a friend and whether it might have been thrown onto the road. When I asked her, she said she had not, but what mattered to me was that she understood why I cared so much.

Because somewhere along the way, throwing waste outside stopped feeling “normal” to me.

There were even days when I would get upset at my father for spitting on the road. Not because he intended harm, but because habits become invisible when society accepts them for long enough. And change does not happen through blame. It happens when somebody decides to consciously break a cycle.

That is why I try to take initiative in small ways whenever I can. Not because one wrapper or one action will magically save the planet, but because collective irresponsibility is also built one small action at a time.

Sustainability, to me, is not performative activism. It is accountability in moments where nobody is watching.