Wednesday, March 18, 2009
11:40 PM
Global Warming
Some of the causes may be from natural sources and others may be from man made sources.
If we look at such man made causes of global warming, some of the areas to be focused on by us present themselves easily as follows, since anthropogenic sources include our activities in
industry,agriculture,transportation,construction andour day to day activities in our own localities.
So, what are the things that we can do to stop Global Warming?
As a family :
We have our family and we have our priorities as a family. We can think about how to prevent global warming as a family.
If we have school going children, teach them about environment, pollution and conservation issues and the ways to prevent global warming.
Find out whether their schools have campaigns for bringing out such issues to the notice of the community as regular on-going programs. If so, take an active part in such programs.
If they do not have such programs, try to discuss the issues with the school authorities and try to bring out such programs for the benefit of the community from time to time.
As an Individual :
We can limit the use of appliances and products which contains CFC. CFC is the major reason for the depletion of the ozone layer causing global warming. Another reason for global warming is the emissions from cars.Identifying fuel efficient cars, use of bio-fuels, correcting the engine designs or even using electric cars are great ways to reduce emissions. Preferring walking, cycling and transportation by bus, train can also help to prevent global warming.
Global warming is also caused due to less knowledge about it. Therefore awareness should be provided mainly to children and those in the factories so that they can also think about ways to conserve energy and to prevent the global warming. The future generation must be encouraged and taught to save the earth, our habitat. The media has a major role to play in making people understand the importance of global warming and its concerns.