The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
Clean Development >
is it possible?
clean development seems a little easier to implement in our personal lives yet may be harder than we may think. So many things we use come from factories or things thrashing the environment with pollution. If we plant 100 trees sure we are making oxygen but where did you get the shovel from? Where did you get the gloves from? Where did the supply store get them from? Development lies not only in us but at the source in which we receive our items.
That is very interesting Sean. According to the La Times, there are over 3 trillion trees on the planet, but many are being cut down each year.
Also, as these trees are being cut down, they release large amounts of Carbon Dioxide into the air which can further pollute the environment.
I never really thought of that. It can be seen though, that in terms of trees and plant life, the number is constantly decreasing. Part of it is due to global warming, but the main reason is due to deforestation. In just the Amazon, in the last 40 years, over 20% of it has been cut down, and it still is being cut down today, right no even as we read these posts. And it is true that just cutting them down results in pollution, so it is a double loss. In my own experience, I will notice land with some plants on it that is being cut down in order to sell the land, but it does not get bought for many years, and is a total loss to the environment. However, i do think that clean development is possible.
This post has given me a new perspective on how the world operates. People may feel as if they are doing a good deed for the community, but they don't realize that the supplies they use to complete this task oppose their goal. Thank you for revealing to me and many others the dangers posed as work is done.