Good practices! January 12, 2008
Posted by [[aaron alexander]] in Enviroment, Global Warming.Tags: Environment, Global Warming, practices
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It came to me as a big issue when I saw what some of my blog readers were requesting to know when searching my blog and I though.. Hey! Of all the negative impacts I’ve talked about Global Warming, I didn’t mention HOW we can curb it.
Basically I think these rules are already what we know yet we didn’t really make tham a practice.
• Switching off electrical appliances when not in use
• Use energy efficient appliances
• Use energy efficient lightbulbs
• Turn down air-con’s temp higher when room is cooled
• 3R’s
In Singapore, we are always reminded about the 3R’s Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. However how many percent of the people really put it to good practice? I know of people changing handbags so often, and almost everyone taking plastic bags for granted! I personally hate to take plastic bags when out shopping and always keep afew in my bag to be used when the need arises. Why then can’t people adopt this habit of carrying bags rather then taking them and wasting them?
Australian woes! January 4, 2008
Posted by [[aaron alexander]] in Enviroment, Global Warming, Pollution, climate.Tags: Environment, Global Warming, practices
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I guess many would know that Australia is facing the longest period of drought of the century for the past eight years or so. Hence they know pretty well the disastrous consequences of Global Warming to take this big step.
It was published in the news that Australia is going to impose a fee on plastic bags and this is in an aim reduce the number of plastic bags of up to 1.1 billion plastic bags in Victoria alone.
I’m really glad that Australia is making this move as this would deter consumers to accept free plastic bags that is one of the damaging harm to the environment. I wonder when would such a ban be imposed worldwide. Just consider this: 1 plastic bag takes 50 years to decompose. Just imagine 6.9 billion of them.
