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