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The Terms Global warming and greenhouse effect have become common topics of conversation world wide. Synonymous with climate change and pollution, this issue tis the contributor for mass speculation. Every individual has the ability to help ensure the health of our environment and awarness and education is the first step. Please do recycling the resource. Don't make more damages to environment. Share your opinion.

Thanks for that very informative post. I hope people will get awarness through this kind of informative post and with this forum. Every one should educate the people about recycling and reusing. This is our duty. What is your opinion?

Really good article from you. I really feel happy to read it. Yes Global warming is really very dangerous issue arised last few years. We have control pollution by doing recycling and reusing of resource.

I think we can prevent the global warming by minimizing the draft in your home, by reducing waste electricity use, with the more efficient light bulbs and by turning down your hot water heaters. By knowing this start preventing the gobal warming.

Plants trees! Don't drive town for nothing. Small things will always help.

Each and everyone in this world can do their bit to reduce global warming. People can save energy by not over charching their cell phone batteries, using power saving bulbs instead of the big mercury bulbs. If anyone knew some other measures that will save our earth please post them.

the most important thing that we all should do is grow more and more plants... so please recycle used papers so that we don't have to cut down trees for making paper and manyn more....

The terms "global warming" and "greenhouse effect" have become common topics of conversation worldwide. Synonymous with climate change and pollution, this issue is the contributor for mass speculation. Every individual has the ability to help ensure the health of our environment and awareness and education is the first step. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the sole fault of large corporations that our environment is in crisis. It is us, the individual consumer. Without our need and demand, these companies would not be producing ecologically harmful products. Information is our best defense and making more environmentally sound decisions our best offense. There are many substitutes for products and merchandise that would be more environmentally safe, it is just a matter of knowing what they are.


Chemicals-



Avoid chlorine at all cost! Use of any chlorine compounds is very harmful to the environment including bubbles in plastic foam, spray paint, fire extinguishers, bleach and a multitude of discarded household and industrial chemicals. Phosphates found in many laundry detergents and soaps contributes to water pollution and should be avoided. Aresols such as air fresheners and hair sprays can contain butane/pentane which contributes to air pollution and should be avoided. What out for products that are "bleached" white (ie.baby wipes, writing paper) and look for companies that offer the same products which are whitened with peroxide and chlorine dioxide which is less harmful to the environment.


According to Seventh Generation, "boric acid and pepper sprinkled in places like backs of cupboards" are effective methods of pest control as a substitute for harmful insecticides and poisons. As well "planting mint around the house" will help discourage pests from entering your home. Cedar chips are effective for moth control, and even feeding your dog brewers yeast will help control fleas.


Appliances-


It is very important to keep up on the maintenance of your refrigerator and air conditioners as they can leak very toxic and harmful chemicals. Furnace maintenance will help to reduce the amount of heat you need, thus reducing fossil fuel production.


Waste and Recycling-


It is very beneficial to use recycled paper or to use products that are manufactured from ecologically managed forests. According to Seventh Generation "if every household in the US replaced just one roll of 1000 sheets of toilet paper with recycled toilet paper, could save 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space (equal to over 1682 full garbage trucks), 155 million gallons of water (a years supply for 4465 families of four) and avoid 62,000 pounds of pollution". It has been said that it takes roughly 19 trees to make one ton of paper and that the usage of one ton of recycled paper will save approximately 17 trees. Of course there is the importance of recycling your trash, separating the cans, glasses and papers.


Home maintenance-


Due to the harmful process of making fossil fuels, we should do what we can to reduce their production. Weatherstripping, insulation and proper ventilation will go along way to reducing the amount of heat your home needs. Use of cold water instead of hot will reduce the amount of energy needed, as well only running dishwashers and washing machines when full.


Composting will help you to dispose of biodegradable waste in your home and planting trees on your property will enhance the appearance of your home. As well as being visually appealing, trees help to control carbon dioxides in the air, and helps to dispose of toxins in the soil. Thus preventing them from being released into the atmosphere.


Arguments are being debated over how extensive this problem is and according to Albert K Bates who wrote "Climate in Crisis", "the current warming is happening much faster than it has ever happened looking back millions of years". He also continues on to say, "it now seems evident that this most recent warming is caused by human activity, rather than by geological or astronomical processes" If it is by human practices that we have caused this issue, then it should be by human intervention that it is impeded or reversed.

There has been a lot of talks about Global Warming but it seems like only a few are doing anything about it. On the recent Democratic Presidential debate, the question was asked to one of the candidates, “What are you doing personally to help prevent global warming?” His answer showed me that even though he talked publicly about Global Warming, he did nothing privately. Could it be that people just don’t know where to start.

Here are a list of simple but practical things you can do personally to help in the Global effort to save our planet by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

• Make sure you re-cycle newspapers, glass bottles, tin cans, and magazines.

• Reuse your shopping bag plastic instead of getting new ones each time you go to the market.

• Place a brick or something heavy into a plastic bag and place it into your toilet drum. This will cause it to fill faster and use less water each time you flush.

• Donate your unwanted clothes.

• Turn off the faucet when you are brushing your teeth.

• Turn off electrical devices (lights, fans, tv, computers, etc.) when they are not in use.

• Use “Energy Efficient” appliances. They will save you about a third on their energy bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing features, style or comfort

• Check for leaks (toilets, faucets, pipes, irrigation systems, etc.).

• Install a low-flow shower head

• Car pool to work or school if possible.

• Ride your bike instead of driving. You’ll get your daily exercise while your at it!

• Have showers instead of baths.

• Plant native and/or drought-tolerant plants. Some grasses, ground covers, shrubs and trees do not need to be watered as frequently.

These are just a few things you can do. By having a conservation awareness mind, you will find other ways to contribute to the effort of saving our planet.

Just surf through the web to know about - what are the effects if the earth's temperature would reach 6 degrees or more? Results you'll come to know are devastating. summarising the results is impossible here coz its that much huge. Please go through National Geographic contents about Six degrees.