Environmental Rants!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W74aPF5cH6U
I tried putting up a video but fail . If possible, please go to this website to watch the video . It about animals and plants, just like my posts last time . ( how come cannot put up the video =.= )
Please dont blame me !!
-Xin Ying(Environmental Hero)
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
11:00 PM
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Reflection - Global Warming
Firstly, I apologize if there's any grammar mistakes..
^^
Nowadays, our earth is getting warmer everyday..
In my opinion, we, as humans, have to do something about it..
We heard about the ice bergs that will melt,
we also heard that our earth will be in a 100% water state with no islands..
Maybe we cannot stop it from happening,
however, we can prevent it.
Teenagers, I am sure you want to live longer to enjoy your life,
so let's contribute in helping to prevent global warming.
it's always better to take actions now than regret later.
For example, we can use public transportation like the bus instead of a car.
So it can reduce the number of cars
and the exhaust (carbon monoxide) that is given off by the vehicles..
Personally, i will do anything i can, to save this earth..
As earth is our home and we're responsible to take good care of it..
It's better to be late than never..
But it doesn't mean that we should relax..
So, let's work together!
Thank you =DDD
-Dorothy Cynthia Suma(Environmental Hero)
God bless!
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
7:54 PM
Monday, May 25, 2009
HELLO ppl out there!!! its about time YOU played your part...
HERE'S SOME SIMPLE TIPS THAT WILL COME IN HANDY FOR YOU ALL ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES OUT THERE......#1 Make it a point to copy and print on both sides of paper.
#2 Choose a time to run your washing machine only when your clothes that need to be washed are on full load.
#3 Change your current light bulbs to compact flourescent light bulbs(CFLs) which do not emit heat as incandascent light bulbs do.
#4 Install low flow shower heads to your bathrooms.
#5 Use the 3Rs-REUSE,REDUSE & RECYCLE.
#6 Never put your computer on stand-by mode.Always switch it off when it is not in use.
#5 Use the 3Rs-REUSE,REDUSE & RECYCLE.
#6 Never put your computer on stand-by mode.Always switch it off when it is not in use.
-Esther Ou(Environmental Hero)
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
7:53 PM
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Do you want to suffer with them ?
Global Warming Effects:
Animal and Plant Life
When we hear about global warming on the TV, radio or read about it in newspapers and magazines, we usually think about our families and friends and how we will have to work together to fight the onset of global warming. However, most of us do not stop long enough to worry about the future of plant and animal life on this planet. Most news reports are filled with dire reports of the future, including nightmarish scenarios of violent storms and blazing droughts. But the truth is that global warming is already happening, and we can see how it has already begun to the animal and plant life on this planet.
When we hear about global warming on the TV, radio or read about it in newspapers and magazines, we usually think about our families and friends and how we will have to work together to fight the onset of global warming. However, most of us do not stop long enough to worry about the future of plant and animal life on this planet. Most news reports are filled with dire reports of the future, including nightmarish scenarios of violent storms and blazing droughts. But the truth is that global warming is already happening, and we can see how it has already begun to the animal and plant life on this planet.
Most of us have not stopped to consider the effects of global warming on the animal and plant life that exist on this planet with us. However, many researchers and scientists have started to warn that many of animal and plant species are currently being threatened by the impact of global warming. As the earth continues to warm and the global climate temperature continues to increase, it has become clear that many animal and plant life species are already beginning to become affected by the effects of global warming.
We have heard a lot about how the polar ice caps and glaciers have begun to melt, but we have not heard as much about the animals that live in the environment that are also becoming threatened by the effects of global warming. One example of an animal species that is already being threatened by the effects of global warming is the polar bear that inhabit parts of Canada as well as the Arctic. In both cases, it appears that polar bears are already beginning to suffer as their environment becomes threatened by the onset of global warming. A recent report put out by Canadian scientists shows that many polar bears along the eastern shore of Canada may eventually starve to death as their main source of food (fish) begin to disappear due to the disappearing glaciers and polar ice caps. There are also many other forms of animal life that are currently being threatened due to the effects of global warming. Moreover, many aquatic ecosystems may be among the world's most threatened ecosystems as the impact of global warming continues to be felt throughout the world.
Plant life is also threatened by the growing threat of global warming. As with animal life, much plant life thrives in specific ecosystems. As a global climate change begins a global climate shift, many ecosystems on earth may not be able to survive these sudden shifts in climate change. This means that many delicate plant ecosystems are already being threatened by the rise in global temperature, and more plant species and their ecosystems will surely be threatened as the effects of global warming are more widely felt throughout the world.
What can we do about global warming? Global warming is a complicated and multi-faceted problem and it will take the entire world working together to get a hold of this problem. In order to stop the growing menace of global warming, people must be willing to change the way they look at the world and we must all be willing to seek out renewable energy sources in order to change the direction the world is headed in. Many researchers and scientists continue to make dire projections and predictions about the way global warming will continue to affect the world's ecosystems, and we can already see how global warming is affecting certain plant and animal species. We must do something about global climate change before it is too late to save the first animal and plant species that are being threatened by the weight of global warming.
Just wanted to say something ...(sorry for grammar or spelling mistakes )
As we have known, both the plant life and animals are suffering due to global warming . I admit that many of you will think that it is none of your business so who cares about it . Starting i also have the same thoughts,but think about it , if animals and plants were extinct,what will happen to our food sources ? We will also suffer and die.So if we also don't want to suffer, we should help to save our earth . The most common ways are the 3R .
In addtion,if you want to learn more about saving the earth, look up of the links on our blog . Let us all take one steps at a time .
(I also have diffuculties on cutting down on natural resources . :)
-Lee Xin Ying(Environmental Hero)
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
1:02 PM
Friday, May 22, 2009
SAVE THE EARTH!!! ( And save $)
Ever wondered why your parents are yelling at you 'bout the electricity bills but have no idea why,cause the only thing(s) you are hogging is the computer and/or the TV ?
Here's my suggestion (it may not apply to all as I'm mostly referring to myself):
1) Instead of turning on the air-conditioner for the whole night, on the air-con for around half an hour and then switch to a fan. The fan will circulate the cool air.
2) Switch off idling equipments such as handphone chargers, forgotten hair-dryers and microwaves.
3) Do not open the door of your fridge for too long (make up your mind on what to take out or put in).
4) Instead of using the dryer (definitely NOT the hair-dryer. How could one live without it?) hang your wet clothes outside, just make sure it is not dripping.
And here's a news article for you...
World News
Clinton tells world city chiefs to act swiftly to save planetPosted: 19 May 2009 1419 hrs
SEOUL: Former US President Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged leaders of the world's cities, which produce over two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions, to act swiftly to save the planet for their grandchildren. Executives from the 40 largest cities plus 17 affiliate municipalities attended the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit which opened in Seoul, the third such event since 2005. The former US leader, whose Clinton Climate Initiative develops programmes to help cities cut the emissions blamed for global warming, called for commitments and concrete action at the meeting which ends Thursday. "You do not have the luxury of just debating what we are going to do and how much money we are going to spend on it," Clinton said in a keynote speech. He warned that if the world fails to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, it would pay a high price in food shortages, drought and public health dangers. "It is absolutely certain (that) if we let the worst happen, then the consequences will be so severe that we won't be able to save the planet for our grandchildren unless we are willing to undertake enormously expensive projects which can now be avoided," he said. Half the world's population lived in cities last year and that figure is expected to grow to 70 per cent by 2050, said Clinton, citing UN statistics. Cities occupy just 2 per cent of the world's land mass yet are responsible for more than two-thirds of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The issue of how cities "find a way to continue to thrive and prosper while reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of the central questions in the whole struggle", Clinton told a press conference earlier. He said his initiative focuses on creating "communities that can both provide a greater quality of life and generate more clean energy than they use". Mayor David Miller of Toronto, who chairs this year's summit, said he was confident it could find balanced ways to combat climate change. "We will be able to demonstrate not only how you can fight greenhouse gas emissions, but how you can also build green sustainable neighbourhoods, create green jobs and contribute back to the fight against climate change," Miller said. "To continue the momentum, all cities must be resolute in working together. It's not a matter of choice but necessity," he added. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-Hoon said the South Korean capital would develop a pilot residential and industrial district that would use 20 per cent less energy than the national average and cut carbon emissions by more than 40 per cent. Oh said new technologies and renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic, solar and geothermal energy would be used to fulfil the commitment. - AFP/so
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Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
8:37 PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Reflection on BAGS!
I feel that it is important to bring my shopping bags when visiting the market, as this will help us to use less plastic bags and lesser harm will it bring to our Earth.The government also encourages us to bring our own bags to the market by promoting a campaign every wednesday where we will have to bring our own bags to the markets as every plastic bag used will cost $0.10. This campaign helps my mother to save plastic bags and bring her own shopping bags to the market. I hope this campaign also let others know that we as Enviromental Heroes could also do our part to save our Earth.
-Lee Si Ting(Enviroment Hero)
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
9:23 PM
OMG!!!! What Is Wrong With Our Earth???
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Global Warming
Subhankar Banerjee/Associated Press
On Feb. 2, 2007, the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is "unequivocal," and that human activity has "very likely" been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. The last report by the group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 2001, had found that humanity had "likely" played a role.
The addition of that single word "very" did more than reflect mounting scientific evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes and burning forests has played a central role in raising the average surface temperature of the earth by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900. It also added new momentum to a debate that now seems centered less over whether humans are warming the planet, but instead over what to do about it. In recent months, business groups have banded together to make unprecedented calls for federal regulation of greenhouse gases. The subject had a red-carpet moment when former Vice President Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," was awarded an Oscar; and the Supreme Court made its first global warming-related decision, ruling 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency had not justified its position that it was not authorized to regulate carbon dioxide.
The greenhouse effect has been part of the earth's workings since its earliest days. Gases like carbon dioxide and methane allow sunlight to reach the earth, but prevent some of the resulting heat from radiating back out into space. Without the greenhouse effect, the planet would never have warmed enough to allow life to form. But as ever larger amounts of carbon dioxide have been released along with the development of industrial economies, the atmosphere has grown warmer at an accelerating rate: Since 1970, temperatures have gone up at nearly three times the average for the 20th century.
The latest report from the climate panel predicted that the global climate is likely to rise between 3.5 and 8 degrees Fahrenheit if the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere reaches twice the level of 1750. By 2100, sea levels are likely to rise between 7 to 23 inches, it said, and the changes now underway will continue for centuries to come.
The addition of that single word "very" did more than reflect mounting scientific evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes and burning forests has played a central role in raising the average surface temperature of the earth by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900. It also added new momentum to a debate that now seems centered less over whether humans are warming the planet, but instead over what to do about it. In recent months, business groups have banded together to make unprecedented calls for federal regulation of greenhouse gases. The subject had a red-carpet moment when former Vice President Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," was awarded an Oscar; and the Supreme Court made its first global warming-related decision, ruling 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency had not justified its position that it was not authorized to regulate carbon dioxide.
The greenhouse effect has been part of the earth's workings since its earliest days. Gases like carbon dioxide and methane allow sunlight to reach the earth, but prevent some of the resulting heat from radiating back out into space. Without the greenhouse effect, the planet would never have warmed enough to allow life to form. But as ever larger amounts of carbon dioxide have been released along with the development of industrial economies, the atmosphere has grown warmer at an accelerating rate: Since 1970, temperatures have gone up at nearly three times the average for the 20th century.
The latest report from the climate panel predicted that the global climate is likely to rise between 3.5 and 8 degrees Fahrenheit if the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere reaches twice the level of 1750. By 2100, sea levels are likely to rise between 7 to 23 inches, it said, and the changes now underway will continue for centuries to come.
-Esther Ou(Enviromental Hero)
Little enviromental heroes are everywhere,
they're everyone, me and you.
8:41 PM