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GLOBAL WARMING!
Should you care?
How it works?
1: Burning natural gas, coal & oil raise the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere & accelerate the warming effect.
2: Many factories produce long-lasting gases that contribute to the global warming
3: Population growth accelerates global warming as more & more people use fuels for heat, transportation & manufacturing
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Some farming practices & use of fertilizers produce gases that trap heat more than Carbon Dioxide.
For instance, Nitrous Oxide, found in pesticides can retain 300 times more heat than CO2.
To decrease your carbon footprint, you can start with your dinner plate.
A carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activities.
A U.N. report found that 18 % of global warming emissions come from raising
34 million acres of trees, the size of Italy, are cut each year.
Forests are vital for absorbing & storing the world's carbon dioxide (CO2).
When trees are cut & burnt the damage is two-fold:
* The world's capacity to absorb CO2 is reduced. * Large amounts of stored carbon are released back into the atmosphere.
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Economic consequences
Natural calamities do billions of money in damage & disease outbreaks cost money to treat and control.
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* There are 5,773,000 cubic miles of water in glaciers and if they melt today the seas would rise about 230 feet. * The ice caps are fresh water & when they melt they will desalinate the ocean, i.e. make it less salty. This effect will alter ocean currents causing unnatural weather conditions * Temperature rise will endanger several species of animals. * Ice caps reflect excess sunlight back into space to maintain favorable weather conditions. With the ice caps gone less energy will be reflected causing further temperature increase.
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Oceans trap heat and absorb Carbon dioxide. They are like time-bombs, masking the real effects of the Carbon dioxide we have been releasing into the atmosphere. Constant disturbance of the sea currents is a threat awaiting to unleash.
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The threat to future food supplies from climate change weighs heavily on an expected world population of 9 billion people by 2050.
-In India, the Gangotri glacier is receding at an average rate of 23 meters per year.
-This will first increase the volume of water in rivers causing, widespread flooding. Then in a few decades this situation will REVERSE and the water levels in rivers will decline affecting millions living around them.
Coastal Flooding
A NASA high-tech aerial survey shows that Global warming is melting 50 billion tons of ice in a year from the Greenland ice sheet. This is increasing the likelihood of coastal flooding around the world.
Cities like Mumbai, Goa, Kerela & others are in danger.
How does an Individual make an IMPACT on the worlds biggest environmental problem?
Working at the individual level, stabilizing the climate is a challenge but not an impossible task. Climate scientists say that planting more and more trees are quick, easy and cheap ways to prevent further GLOBAL WARMING.
The Art of Living is a multi-faceted non-profit organization that offers life-transforming programs in over 144 countries. It has undertaken many projects out of which one is Tree plantation to help reduce
GLOBAL WARMING.
Past and continuing relief efforts include:
Earthquake in Chengdu, (China), Virginia Tech Campus Shootings (USA), Vidharbha Farmer Suicides (India), Relief in times of War &
The Invitation The Art of Living Foundation, The United Nations Environment Program, World Alliance for Youth Empowerment and Sri Sri Agricultural Institute for Science & Technology in support of the UNITED NATIONS MILLENIUM CAMPAIGN Invites you to participate in
MISSION GREEN EARTH
www.artofliving.org www.standuptakeactionaolunmc.org
As a part of the Tree plantation drive 100 MILLION trees of different types will be planted all over the world.
LETTER FROM
UNMC
LETTER FROM
UNEP
LETTER FROM
Govt. of INDIA
Plant 100 million trees globally to support environmental sustainability. Play an active part in saving the Earth.
STAND UP- 17 OCT to 19 OCT 2008
Take a pledge,
Plant more trees
Thank you