“One small step is a big leap”. This saying seems appropriate for what must we do to reduce the great effect of global warming. As we know, right now global warming has been the most interesting issue among the climate observer. Global warming happens when the atmosphere contains too much gas from the burning of fossil fuels. It is called hothouse effect. Actually hothouse effect is useful for earth- living, but if it has too much in the atmosphere can cause the heat of the earth increasing constantly. The effects of global warming can be seen from the weather condition around us, temperature increasing, unstable season, sea level rise, and the worst effect, disasters. It’s our responsibility to aware and concern with earth condition. If you think that doing big things are quite difficult, we can start it from the smallest things.
Everyone uses tissue to clean something. After use, we throw it, even just for a little stain or spot of dirt. Tissue is made of trees. More tissues we use, more trees are cut down. Based on the research, 300 pieces of tissues are same with one tree. If one day we spend at least 10 tissues, it means one month we can cut one tree. Why don’t we try to use handkerchief? If it’s dirty, we can clean it up. Besides that, it doesn’t spend much money to buy one handkerchief rather than boxes of tissue. But, it doesn’t mean we avoid the use of tissue at all, probably by decreasing the use of tissue we can reduce the tree- cutting. Remember that trees are very important to stabilize the temperature of earth.
Well, the coolers like fridge or air conditioner also have an impact to global warming. They have a substance of what we usually call chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). This substance is very dangerous for ozone layer. One molecule of CFC can destroy 100.000 of ozone molecule that is important to protect earth from UV (ultraviolet) radiation. Don’t be too spoiled in using air conditioner or fridge. Use it properly, not too often. If we have finished in using it, turn it off. Don’t let it on while we don’t need it. If we forget, ask somebody else to always remind us about this. Decrease the use of coolers in your home, for instance maybe you can try the fan.
If we want to go anywhere, we use vehicles such as car, bus, or motorcycle. The fuels are made of fossils. Fossil needs hundred or even thousand years until it turns into petroleum and needs a long process in the factory or refinery before ready to be consumed as fuel. Can you imagine how difficult it is to produce one single liter of our vehicle’s drink? If it is compared to our ease in getting fuel in every border of the street, it won’t be synchronous. Furthermore, we can see nowadays many people spend their time with their vehicles, especially young teenagers that are likely to be very comfortable with their car or motorcycle without thinking about the cost that has to be paid in using it, not only the money but also the natural resource itself. Actually in other countries that concern to global warming such as
Instant food also takes place in one of global warming causes. Many people say that this is globalization era; everything has to be fast, easy, and instant, no matter how much we have to pay to get it, especially the food. Fast food is the culture of globalization era. The food- packages are thrown everywhere while it can’t be elaborated by the soil because they are made of plastics. Besides contains preservative, this kind of food can produce much rubbish if there is no recycling. Recycling can be one alternative to prevent global warming. To make it easier, after we have used the products, separate the rubbish from other wet rubbish such as banana’s peel, onion skin, rotten fruit or that kind of things. Dry rubbish can be recycled into other things like bag, shoes, wallet, recycled- paper, or belt. By separating two rubbish into wet and dry, we can keep our environment cleaner and tidier, it can help us to avoid flood, too.
Finally, we ought to realize that the effect of global warming spreads into many aspects. Reduce the global warming doesn’t mean we come back to the ancient age. Modernization is important, but we also have to concern to our environment. It’s almost impossible to stop global warming, but reduce it is better than make it worse.
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