Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 10, 2007 - 13:21.
I wish people would quit arguing about whether man is responsible for global warming or if it's even a reality. Regardless of the truth of either of those things, there are plenty of undisputed reasons for our country to have a crash program to promote conservation of resources and develop alternative enery--such as health problems, the dwindling of finite resources, the ever-increasing world population, increasing energy prices, and burgeoning demand for energy. This fall my elementary school organized an environmental team (with staff and students). We're starting with a recycling program and education about ways to cut down on waste, but we have harder goals in mind--such as persuading our district to quit using throw-away styrofoam trays (which will never decompose) in the cafeteria. I shudder to think of the number of them that go in our landfill each day, and our garbage bills have recently gone up substantially because we had to open a new landfill. Most people have no idea how many ways and to what extent each of us is negatively impacted by our wastefulness, consumption, and pollution.
Global Warming
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 10, 2007 - 13:21.
I wish people would quit arguing about whether man is responsible for global warming or if it's even a reality. Regardless of the truth of either of those things, there are plenty of undisputed reasons for our country to have a crash program to promote conservation of resources and develop alternative enery--such as health problems, the dwindling of finite resources, the ever-increasing world population, increasing energy prices, and burgeoning demand for energy. This fall my elementary school organized an environmental team (with staff and students). We're starting with a recycling program and education about ways to cut down on waste, but we have harder goals in mind--such as persuading our district to quit using throw-away styrofoam trays (which will never decompose) in the cafeteria. I shudder to think of the number of them that go in our landfill each day, and our garbage bills have recently gone up substantially because we had to open a new landfill. Most people have no idea how many ways and to what extent each of us is negatively impacted by our wastefulness, consumption, and pollution.