Small simple things for a big difference
“Uh, what a hot day!” maybe you often hear that. Either from you, your friends and the other people. But wait, you aren’t wrong. Our beloved earth is heating up. Just look at some disaster that happens recently. Floods and a-day-sunny-a-day-rainy weeks. Of course all of these things related to a phenomenon called “Global Warming”. What is global warming? Global warming is the increase of earth temperature. In the last 100 years, the earth temperature was rising about 0.74◦C or 1.33◦ F
Global temperature increasing or global will make lots of extreme climate change. The glacier will go. If we don’t have glaciers anymore, where does the polar animal could live? So, the global warming might cause animal extinction.
Most people think that global warming cause by uncontrolled human activity. It is. Such like throw the garbage into the river, cutting the trees, transportation fumes, and waste which not properly processed, etc.
Here are some facts that you might not know. Some simple things that we don’t expect become the biggest emitter contributor.
The biggest emitter in the world is not transportation fumes, but from the farm. In the report of the UN (FAO), entitled Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options, gas emissions from the farm industry include 9% of Carbon Dioxide 37% of methane (the effect is 23x stronger than Carbon Dioxide), 65% of nitrous oxide (the effect is 296x Stronger than Carbon Dioxide) and 64% of ammonia that cause acid rain.
Do you know, about 70% of forest in the Amazon were cutted down for make a farm industry.
And also plastic bags. Who does not knows what plastic bag is? People usually use plastic bag to wrap something. We can find it at the supermarket, cafeteria, and traditional market. Do you know dangerous effect caused by plastic bag?
- About 100.000 animals were killed after swallowing plastic bags.
- We used plastic bags only about minutes. But plastics are needs a thousand year to be crashed.
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If we don’t take a small step to reduce the global warming, global warming might cause the worst, for example: The ice in the pole could melt overall. The forest as the world lung could be disappear. We cannot breathe with fresh & clean air around us. Clean water becomes rare. The land that we use to planting food, become contaminated by dangerous chemicals. Finally, the human life will be unbalanced, and destroyed. Indirectly, global warming caused some general disaster just like what happening now. Just like hunger, the increasing of food price, and some disease growing anywhere. Do you know the
So what can we do?
For reduce the transportation fume, we can go to school with bicycle, school bus, or public transport. First, bicycle. If we go to the school with it, we could reduce the pollution. And the second with school bus and public transport. if 25 student go to the school with their own private car, they will produce more pollution. Try to compare with 25 students and 5 school bus. The pollution will be reduced.
And the farmer industry, we could be a vegetarian. If we can’t, just make a menu with less meat. Hey, being a vegan isn’t bad. You could be healthier, and the bonus is, you can reduce the pollution of the farmer industry.
And the last one is the plastic bags. Actually, the easiest way to stop the global warming is to reduce the application of plastic bags. We should buy one large cloth bag. When we go to supermarket, use that cloth bag to wrap your groceries. And if you go to the bookstore and buy just one or two book, it’s not a big deal to not accept the plastic bag to wrap them all.
Therewith, don’t leave the electronic equipment in the standby condition, because it still uses the electrical energy. But, it could be better if we turn the energy off, or immediately pull the cable off. And also save the water. Two examples above are easily practiced by the student of our age.
How to save the water? To not to use them? Not really, we can do the “Water Saving Movement” from the simple things. Just like when we brush our teeth, don’t leave the tap opened and let the water flows useless. The perfect way to brush your teeth and do the “Water Saving Movement” is hold the water for gargling in a small glass.
So, what are you waiting for? It’s easy to stop the global warming. All we need is a sincere intention and we have to believe that these small things could bring a big difference. And don’t forget to spread this new habit to our friends, family, and the public.
