Thursday, April 22, 2010

Earth Day (22 April 2010)

Let's save our Mother Earth!


Today is the Earth Day. We shall take measures to save our planet for now and the future. Our planet Earth is endangered now. What have we done to our Mother Nature? Almost all of our activities will harm the Mother Earth and will probably consume the resources of the Earth.

Logging activities cause the soil at the forests to be loosen because the trees that hold the ground are cut down for timber. This will cause landslides. One of the examples is the landslides that occurred at Genting Highlands. These tragedies took lives and caused property loss. Greedy loggers and developers cut trees illegally to gain profits. The loggers earn profits by selling the lumbers of high quality trees. The developers cut trees and clear the ground to build houses, condominiums, villas and bungalows to gain profits. Sooner or later, the number of trees will be insufficient to absorb the carbon dioxide that is released from various sources. Global warming is happening as the number of trees is getting lesser and lesser.

As the countries over the World developing, industrialization happens. As a result, a lot of pollutants are created. Factories are emitting thick smoke and fumes through the chimneys. There are more and more vehicles on the road from day by day. Carbon monoxide that is released by vehicles is polluting the air. Factories also release toxic substances into rivers. This will contaminate the water and poison the organism. This will lead to extinction of marine organism. This may cause harm to human beings as well after they consume food made by this polluted organism.

Ages ago, human beings used charcoal as their source of energy. Nowadays, human beings is using petroleum, natural gas and nuclear to produce energy for daily life use and commercial use. These kinds of resources will also be depleted after some time. Alternative or renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar, biomass and water are created to generate energy.

Ways to save our Earth:

  • Plant trees.

  • Use renewable source of energy.

  • Use energy saving appliances such as products that have "Energy Star" label.

  • Reduce electricity usage in daily life.

  • Avoid using plastic bags.

  • Use products made by recyclable materials.

  • Car-pooling.

  • Factories must treat the waste before releasing into air, water and earth.
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