Thursday, July 28, 2011

We Care- so should you


Time to Repay to Mother Earth:
Impact
The extent of the impact of Global Warming:


  • Rongbuk glacier of Mount Everest on the tibetian plateau is the best example. This is seen as the sensitive barometer of the impact of global warming and is experiencing accelerated glacier melt and other ecological changes. The glaciers are melting at an annual average of 131.4 sqkm over the past 30 years.



  • The Global temperature is increasing constantly every year.



  • Temperature in Bangalore has gone up by around 6 degree Celsius over 4 years.


  • The max temperature in Bangalore was around 21 degree in summers in 1996. Over 10 years it has touched 43.



  • Ground water was available at 180 ft 10 years back in Bangalore. Then at 350 ft 5 years back and now, in most places even at 1000 ft ground water is not guaranteed



  • The lungspace is reduced with cutting down of trees.




  • Your role



  • Adopt a Tree 


  • Conserve Water


  • Use CFC bulbs that consume lesser energy


  • Use mass transport /Car pooling


  • Take a walk to the near by shops, friends/relatives place


  • Tips to bring down your carbon footprint

  • Take bags for grocessories/vegetables, reusable bags for shopping


  • Think before you ink and print less paper


  • Unplug unused power points


  • Switch off personal PCs over weekends


  • Avoid plastics in your daily usage

  • consume 60% less power by configuring your browser to use black as background.