Think Green!

After the election campaign period in the Philippines, one common sight is the improper disposal of wastes particularly papers. At the polling precincts, what you is campaign paraphernalia mostly of papers.They haven't thought of the outcome especially on how to dispose such wastes. The candidates should have also consider that beforehand.  

 dirty political campaign posters

Global Warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface. The warming of the world was recorded since the mid 20th century and until now. If you could feel the today's weather is so different even for just two to three years ago. In the Philippines, since it's a tropical country, the weather is warm but this summer, the hottest recorded  temperature reached to 37 degrees. The hot condition of the weather in the Philippines is also triggered by the el nino phenomenon.

Many would ask, what are the main factors in Global Warming? There are many principles that contribute to the warming of the Earth's surface. The biggest factor is the coal emission. We have been using oil as the main source for energy but we haven't really thought of the possible outcome it would cause. Many activists, particularly the Greenpeace, really opposed in large consumption of the of the coal and oil. They also have asked the government heads to tackle the issues regarding the coal companies. In the Philippines, they even asked our government for the closure of the coal power company which generates large income. 

The second factor is the deforestation which is a common scenario in some tropical countries, especially the Philippines, Brazil, and some South African and American tropical countries. Since trees is the main source of making papers, large paper industries doesn't think of the great effect it would cause. Yes, we have heard them saying they replace every cut-down trees but didn't they think that a fully-matured tree reaches up to many  years to grow? Also, trees provide us the source of oxygen which also cools us down. But without trees, carbon dioxide which is exhausted by humans and animals, contribute more to the warming of the earth.

smoke emissions

There are some natural factors that contributes to the earth's warming, some of these are the solar-flaring and the distance of the earth to the sun. But there's nothing we can do to the natural forces but on the factors that are human-made, yes there is! We can do a lot of changes in our earth's temperature. 

Just like what happened in the Philippine electorate, many politicians who ran for the office didn't mind of the outcome of their political campaign. They left a large number of papers which in fact can be recycled. As of the moment, many environment-conscious groups collected the paper for recycling. Just imagine how many trees that we could save if we just recycle waste papers. We just haven't helped the environment, we also helped the economy by conserving.