Lia And Kim Case Study

First, we can start by making small changes around our houses. For example, changing little bulbs to the compact fluorescent ones which not only save us $40 each but also help us save energy which creates carbon in the atmosphere and increases our carbon footprint. According to “What is Carbon Footprint” By Sarah Gosling, “Some of the actions which produce carbon dioxide include using electricity, heating or cooling at home.” (par.1) This includes heating water, wasting paper, throwing away plastic products and leaving plugs connected to the outlets. How can we make these changes you ask yourself? Well, you can use shower heads and toilets

Getting CFL bulbs can save you over $40 a year rather than keeping your regular incandescent lights. Purchasing water conserving showerheads and toilets can also help not only by cutting emissions, but it will save you money too! When building or purchasing a house, be sure that the insulation in it isn't bad. It needs to be good and reliable. This saves on energy and your money as well. Widows are important too. These are just a few out of the hundreds of ways that you can help. So when people think that they can't help, or have no authority when it comes to reducing the amount of carbon dioxide you use, each person can help. If every person took this serious and pulled their share, maybe the carbon dioxide emissions wouldn't be as high and maybe our oceans wouldn't have to suffer.

With fossil fuels powering 85% of energy in the United States and the ignorance towards the negative impacts of burning them, dependency on these harmful resources have skyrocketed and will continue to. In 2006, around 7% of America’s gross domestic product was spent on fossil fuels which is greater than what was spent on education and the military (1). The fight to teach the public to be less dependent on fossil fuels begins with decreasing usage. Decreasing energy consumption can be as simple as turning technology off when not in use, ensuring the home is efficient, and changing light bulbs to fluorescent ones. These simple changes can be taught to everyone not just save them money, but also to make sure that future generations reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the future. In addition individuals in a community can also band together to encourage local lawmakers to make areas more people friendly and use less cars (2).

The United States Department of Energy states that money and energy can be saved in our homes and cars if we started making small changes today. (Source F). Yes, it is absolutely true, that small changes can lead to a big compound interest over time. Unfortunately, most of the people are considering this as a ‘chore’ when trying to help others. They must also understand the fact that only a portion of their leisure time is necessary to help the world everyday/ The U.S government, hopefully, is giving Americans freedom to take recommended steps rather than trying to pressure them to do a certain task. However, if the government further addresses this issue in a proper manner, people would be less reluctant to practice green living. For instance the government can implement a fixed tax for everyone. “ten dimes a day” saves the planet gradually and ultimately if possible, eliminate the whole issue.(Source D) Instead of spending most of the money on infrastructures, they can spend at least 50% on green

If we don’t collaborate and decreases the levels of gasses added to our atmosphere , “Someday, our children, and our children’s children, will look at us in the eye and they’ll ask us, did we do all that we could when we had the chance to deal with this problem and leave them a cleaner, safer, more stable world?” - President Barack Obama, June 25, 2013Buy organically and locally grown foods. Avoid processed items. “ since 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions come from meat and dairy production”. Reduce emission in transit by; Flying less.”Aviation is responsible for 2% of manmade CO2 emissions worldwide”. Rely on public transportation, biking and walking when possible. Become informed, search and become familiar with the topic. Share it, not everybody is aware of climate change, how are we contributing to it and what can be done to decrease the percentage of gasses added to the greenhouse effect every year. Volunteer and donate, Find ways to help out the community. This includes but not limited to recycling and helping the environment

In my community, and most other communities in the United States, there is a huge lack in energy conservation, a very pressing issue currently. Large amounts of fossil fuels and fuel emissions are given off daily, but many of the sources of these emissions and harmful chemicals can be prevented if the community puts its mind to it.

We can help prevent or slow down global warming, by switching out normal appliances for energy efficient appliances. Some states have even started now. As a school, we could change the school light bulbs to energy efficient light bulbs.

We don’t need to wait for governments to find a solution for this problem, each individual can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle, starting from little and everyday things. It’s the only reasonable way to save our planet.

“Anyone 's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit,” -Lillie Langtry(BrainyQuote); air is important part of life without we cannot live, yet the people in China breath in pollution air which is slowing killing their population. Most of us take the air we breathe for granted and never stop to think that we are slowly causing the very thing we need to live to become a poison that will enter our lungs. But how does air get polluted one might ask? The main cause of air pollution emission is from the burning of fossil fuels and the burning of these fuels cause the air to become harmful to people and the environment (Facts and Details). So in this essay I will bring up how bad China air is, how it got to be so bad, why it is important for you to know and solutions to the problem.

Our drastic climate change and oil peak are the two biggest environmental issues we face today. Scientists around the world have been sending warning signals for years, sadly society and governments only now that the effects can be physically seen have started to take notice. Cycling the most energy efficient form of transportation ever invented. Cycling reduces air pollution as the use of a bicycle has virtually no carbon footprint. It reduces water pollution by means of no brake fluid, anti-freeze or transmission fluids flowing into water systems. Cycling also reduces the amount of noise pollution, as cars and especially taxis go around hooting all day, whereas bicycles bring a calm and tranquil way of life. Less oil pumping: with the reduced use of cars, we are less reliant on petrol, this therefore decreases the demand on pumping oil from our scared resourced

It is very obvious to notice the impact of climate change in my hometown, China. I was born in Shanghai in 1998, when I was a child, it was not a fresh news when people saw the blue skies. But now, it is. Currently, almost every adult around me is talking about air pollution issue. Filtering face masks and air purifiers which can be placed in homes are two popular goods. Although everyone understands that this issue is very serious, it seems that no one can explain it clearly in details. Since the influence of climate change in China is a fairly wide range of topic, I choose to mainly discuss air pollution as a result of it closely relating to the quality of people’s daily life which people have to breathe every minute.

continue to do nothing about global warming. Despite the seemingly inevitable future of climate change there are actions that if taken now can make a real difference, and slow it down.

Air pollution in the form of carbon dioxide also increases the earth’s temperature; climate changes expand the production of air pollutants. People are trying to put things in order so there is less air pollution and it will not have a big impact on climate change. Airborne pollutants are contributing to global climate change; air pollution can create a disastrous outcome for the nation. Cutting carbon pollution right now so the next generation will not inherit the climate changes would be a good start. President Obama created a plan to address this problem. Thinking Obama's Clean Power Plan would make the issue better it made the issue a bigger dispute between companies because it would be expensive (Adams

Some things we can do to help stop or slow down climate change are, recycle, do not burn plastic, compact stuff and start using natural ways for energy. If we keep burning coal for our fuels we will continue to

In the research by the Statista, it gives a graph to show passenger and commercial vehicle sales in China from 2008 to October 2015. About three million commercial vehicles and sixteen million passenger vehicles had been sold in China (Statista, 2015). According to the research, Beijing has over six million on its road. The huge number of vehicles also stand for the release of plenty of automobile exhaust in China. The automobile exhaust makes the smog problem be more serious. Because of the urbanization, the green belts are reducing. Most of cities prefer to build more buildings in the center of the cities. Everyone know plants are the important roles to absorb dirty air and release fresh air. However, the urbanization breaks this cycle. In addition, the air has its own self purification capacity, which is an ability to clean itself. However, the progress of self purification capacity is slow because of the rapid development of cities. The air does not have enough time to clean itself and the ability become weaker. The reduction of plants and the increase of automobile exhaust make the smog problem become the most serious problem in China.