| More frequently we are being given reminders that we | | | | that can be done on foot, and public transport. |
| are living on a fragile and volatile planet. Many of our | | | | Having now looked at the ways to reduce global |
| natural resources have been processed to near | | | | warming in regards to your traveling attention can now |
| depletion. As the world population grows more land | | | | turn to the management of household waste products |
| and resources are being used to cope with the | | | | like old bottles, newspapers, excess paper, tins, |
| increase in demands and deforestation, this in turn has | | | | unwanted toys, food and other such items. Many of |
| a by product, Pollution and Global Warming. Global | | | | these items can be recycled or disposed of without |
| Warming is a "Global" issue and is not particular to one | | | | being put into a general land fill. All it requires is a few |
| event or action, although one event or action repeated | | | | vital minuets to separate and sort it and it's done. |
| round the world by millions of us could make a big | | | | For instance you can make compost for your garden |
| difference. | | | | from food stuff like onion peelings, tea leaves, spoiled |
| Because the effects of Global Warming are created | | | | vegetables and fruit can be turned into compost. The |
| by many different actions it is hard to put a "Cover All" | | | | items like tins, old bottles, papers and newspapers can |
| solution into place. A "Cover All" solution is equally hard | | | | be taken to recycling centres where they will be |
| as it would have to be established as part of an | | | | eventually taken for recycling. |
| international policy, a policy that would need every | | | | You can take your old clothes, toys and other goods |
| country to sign up to, but that's politics and will be | | | | to charity shops so that someone else will have the |
| covered in a separate article. This article is aimed on | | | | chance of using them. This way you can prevent the |
| focusing the individual actions. | | | | many garbage dumps from becoming too full. This is |
| What can one person do? | | | | another way to reduce the effects of global warming |
| Alone, not a lot but imagine if millions of others just like | | | | that rarely crosses our minds. |
| you done the same thing round the world! That would | | | | As you can see, while the large industries and |
| make a big difference on a Global scale, now imagine | | | | companies work to reduce global warming on a large |
| this happened with various different products at the | | | | scale, the small scale reduction is down to the individual. |
| same time! | | | | For those of us who are looking at the ways to stop |
| The biggest pollutant in most of our lives is our beloved | | | | global warming our homes, the way we travel and our |
| Car, for most of us the car is an integral part of our | | | | lifestyles can be looked at with this goal in mind. In the |
| lives. Without taking the drastic measures of not having | | | | end it is all of our collective efforts to stop global |
| a car and hampering our lifestyles there are still a few | | | | warming which will help us to live a better and cleaner |
| tricks left to reducing the motor vehicle carbon | | | | life. You may only be ably to change one element of |
| emissions. Car sharing work journeys, lower c02 | | | | the above at a time, but can you imaging the impact if |
| emission cars, hybrid cars, cutting out short journeys | | | | everybody done just ONE thing? |