Climate change, or more widely
known as Global Warming. The Earth has increased 1°F over the past century. No
one knows for sure what has caused this, but many of the world’s leading
climate scientists suspect this is our doing.
Not so many people seem alarmed
by this, but Global Warming can have horrible effects on the environment and
therefore, the whole ecosystem. Others believe that mankind cannot affect its
environment, but take into consideration our population, if we do stuff that
hurt the environment, there is a big chance that the rest of the ten thousand
people in your community do as well.
“Bah, who cares, let the
scientists figure it out, they always do”, that’s what most people would think.
But what each and every one of you do will count, think of it, you and a bunch
of friends take public transport instead of using a car. Using a car would have
taken half a litre of petrol. There are 7 of you in that jeepney, two are your
friends. If each one of you had driven a car instead of riding the jeepney, the
7 of you would take up 3.5 litres of petrol while the jeepney took 2 litres of
petrol. Imagine a lot of other people in the same situation, 7 people for each
jeepney, multiply 3.5 and 2 by say, 5000 jeepneys. All of the people who used
cars would have used up 17’500 litres, while all the people who rode the
jeepney used up 10’000 litres. You would’ve saved up seven thousand five
hundred litres of fuel and cut back a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
If mankind doesn’t act to save
the environment, we will have to adapt to very hot temperatures, and still
rising.
Even if humans may survive, most of nature would already
be dried up or dead.
I’m sure you’ve all seen Greenland before, it’s made of a
lot of ice. Scientists estimate if all the ice on Greenland melts, sea levels
would rise 7 metres. To put this into perspective, you’d think a six foot pool
is deep, but six feet is just above 1 metre.
Now, compare Greenland with all
the ice at the poles. If man ever gets so destructive that even a quarter of
all the ice melts, we’re in for big trouble
It could be worse than what you see in this picture
below.
We must do all we can to help the environment, simple
things you do like turning off appliances when not in use could help the
environment and lessen greenhouse emissions.
It’s either this…..
…. Or this
This photo was taken during the
nine eleven attack. The second tower came down, the photographer that took this
photo was killed in the incident.
Mankind has been irresponsible.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, March 23, 1989 |
It may take a while to clean up
the mess we made. Most are irreversible.
Retreat of the Helheim Glacier, Greenland |
Do
what you can, save what you can. Bit by bit.
What You Do Counts
“A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Forests
are lungs of our land, giving fresh strength to the people”
-Theodore Roosevelt
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has
been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize that we cannot eat
money”
-Cree Indian Proverb
“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging
to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use
it with love and respect”
-Aldo Leopold
“This is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to
the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one” – Arthur C.
Clarke
Razi Navarro
Jared Cagas
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