For my project on how I would like to change the world I am going to talk to my classmates about Global warming. I know you told us that we didn't have to do an idea on the restructuring of our global economic society but global warming is something i've always been interested in.. actually, and it puts me in shock every time I hear about it. I really want to stay on this earth for as long as possible and I would like for it to be healthy when I spend my time on it. So what im going to do is challenge all my classmates to go green for atleast a week. Im not saying that you not aloud to bathe or something like that, but i'll explain some things that I do that you can do to be green and be one more person who prevents global warming.
1) Use the off switch: When your not using your lights in the house just shut them off. It saves energy.
2) Unplug the simpelest things: A night light, phone charger, hair appliances, microwave, anything thats automatic in the kitchen, and even turn your power bars off for your computers and your tv.
3) Replace a regular light bulb with a Flurescent light bulb: Flurescent saves 60% of more energy then a regular light bulbs and i've encouraged my parents to have them as much as possible in the house.
4) When ever you get the chance hang your clothes on the clothes line outside instead of using your washer and dryer.
5) Use less water: It's better to take a shower then it is bath because a shower takes up 4 times less energy then a bath does due to the shower head and the amount of water that comes out of it. Im not saying you have to shut the water off every five seconds because i'll be honest and say i dont do that at all but even the simpelest things like buying a low flow shower head because it's the same comfort as a regular shower head and also shutting the water off when you dont need it. Like when your brushing your teeth.
6) Use the special grocery bags when your at the grocery store. There's really no need for the plastic bags that the grocery stores hand out.
7) Use the 10 second rule with your car: Turn it off when you dont need it.
8) Walk, ride a bike, run, roller blade whatever you need to do instead of using fuel.
9) Carpooling.
10)Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! the 3 r's, Reduce the amount of garbage we put in our land fills, Reuse anything you can and recycle because you can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
11) Plant a tree: A single tree will absorb about 1 ton of carbon dioxide in it's lifetime.
12) and one last thing you could do is encourage others to conserve :)
So I just gave you guys some ideas that you could try and now im going to tell you what i've already done and what I would love to do for ontario. At the beginning of October I got a call from a lady who works with my mother to come and help her and a group of others pick up garbage around the city of Woodstock. I got 3 hours of community service and some people might think thats not enough but to me it didn't really matter how many hours I got. It was the fact that I did something really cool and made a town look a little bit more decent in some areas than it had before. Their was about 15 of us and we split up in groups of 3 and set off to just pick up litter that people were to lazy to throw in the garbage that was 10 steps infront of them. I helped clean the area of Riddell Street where WCI is located and as well as Adelaide Street which sort of branches off from one another and as well as a little bit of the main street. It was a really good experience and I was really happy I got to take part in something like that. One thing I would also like to do is Adopt a highway. Adopt a highway is a group event where you go atleast twice a year and commit to picking up litter on a 2km highway. I think this would just look great. When people drive by and see others helping the ecnonomy I think is sort of a special thing and it's deffinitly something im thinking of looking into. Also if nothing gets done about this problem thats bigger than people think it is all I can tell myself is that i've done my part and what I can and I can just be happy with that I suppose. This is a really important issuse to me and I think it should be adressed more. I dont think people realize what kind of a state our earth is at, at this moment and I want to make sure that when im older and I have kids that their living on a place thats healthy. I dont want it to be run down and I think thats another thing that im more concerned of. Im also getting more concerned over the years for our oceans, the fish within them and our animals that we have. It's not just humans that live on our earth. Each day there is less sea ice for polar bears to be on. The ice moves farther apart and then the living conditions become so much more dangerous for them. Polar bears make their living on the arctic ice which is why global warming is such a serious threat to them because due to our actions the ice glaciers are melting and breaking and they become trapped. As well as the sea animals and fish in the oceans. Over the years more and more animals are found with plastic wrapped around them and some of them even die. I think it's taken a huge toll on us and if we dont take a stand now then were going to regret it in the future when things arn't what we want them to be. The only support I need today is my classmates and possibly even you Mr. Tompkins. If my classmates listen to what I have to say and even you, then just maybe I could make a little bit of a difference today. All you have to do is go green and follow the smallest steps i've listed!
Posted below are some videos that I have found extremly interesting over the years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VrrxMIiwgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-lGDRZOqc&feature=fvwp&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFLCoqn-k8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2WTK94c1U&NR=1&feature=endscreen
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