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Carbon Footprints
Carbon Footprints is a measure of all greenhouse gases that an individual, a nation, an organisation or event produce. It shows how the things we do day-to-day impact the environment, particularly, climate change.
See how you can calculate your Carbon Footprint here: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
What we can do to reduce ...
christelyay Since we all own Iphones and Ipod Touches, there are actually also many apps that help us reduce our carbon footprints.
Some of these apps calculate your carbon footprints, moniter emissions from your driving habits, Others keep you updated with green tips and timely news about the enviroment. Also, there are apps that educate you on the types of plastics that can be recycle and access information on recycling centres. All these promote greener living.
I think its good that we do not need to only focus our efforts on traditional mass media to send out green messages to the public. Creating Iphone Apps and utilising social media is also essential and effective in connecting with like-minded people.
Review on Iphone apps: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/more-than-100-iphone-apps-for-green-shopping-eating-travel-and-fun.php
Money Hungry
Does it occur to anyone that all this going-green efforts thing would not be so abundant if there is no money to be made from it at all?
lizziebee I mean think about it : Countries like the US and China refuse to back down on carbon emissions because that would mean slower progress for their country- they don't bother about their contribution to the greenhouse effect because there's nothing in it for the country.
While companies, on the other hand use this whole 'green image' thing because it's seen as an ethical thing to do, having a desirable image, etc etc. It just boils down to satisfying what their consumer wants so that they can reap more profit in sales, and investor support etc.
What if there was no benefit (other than saving the earth of course) to going greegreen
lizziebee What if there was no benefit (other than saving the earth of course) to going green, like there is no profit to be made from it and what if the green issue is deemed taboo by the society of the world?
Would companies still be taking so much effort to promote their green cause? Would SP want to project a clean and green image to outsiders?
I would think not. companies after all, want to earn money. The efforts to save the environment are not yet on a global scale, and I\'m worried people are not taking measures fast enough.
lizziebee Therefore, I think the solution lies in us citizens of the world.
If we all become ambassadors of the green cause, more companies will be forced more than ever to go green, and reduce their carbon emissions.
When companies do that, the amount of carbon emissions per country would automatically go down (and then the worlds diplomats wont have to force their colleagues to keep tight sanctions)
It is us who have to keep making companies believe that they have to go green and be environmentally friendly- or we wont buy their products.
I guess we have to accept the \'driven by money\' idea to save the worldafterall.
soapandshampoo Yes i agree! In fact when it comes down to making sacrifices, the countries committed to \"Going Green\" seem to be less enthusiastic about it. Take the USA for example, they are consuming 20.5 million barrels of oil daily and yet there they are preaching about the importance of Going Green. They have signed but refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, an environmental protection effort billed as necessary to sustain life on the planet. The reason being economic factors. I agree with you fully that our destiny lies with the people of today. Ultimately, if everyone decides to commit to going green, change is inevitable.
ruskinong Partially agree with you. The money sense is indeed a pushing factor for companies to go green and keep the net carbon footprint of the world down. But what is more important is that these companies have to come to their senses that what they are doing is a new way of management; sustainability of the company.
If they continue with their old actions, there will be future implications to them as well. And by changing themselves into green corporates, you can sell yourselves in a better light and at the same time adopt a much more sustainable practice that can save your company from the environmental impacts in the future.
blinglim I agree with what you say about \'driven by money\'. let\'s not talk about what you have said, about companies. Even at a much smaller scale, normal citizens like us would not take special interest in going green. I mean, let us face it, how many people would go green, and STAY green just by their own choice? i would dare to say, very little. I believe that many of us are just lazy.
Just a simple example : someone needs to throw his/her rubbish, there is no rubbish bins in sight, but he/she sees recycling bins. it will either be \"oh i\'ll just chuck it into some bushes or something\" OR \"oh whatever, it makes no difference if i throw my rubbish into the recycling bin\" & there you have it, laziness.
shaunmaniax It's on us? I would like to believe that a large amount of it should be on the companies. Let's look at it this way, the market has a large amount of green products, most of them charge about 1/4 more than similar products out in the market, like an energy saving aircon set is probably about 2.5k( I dont know the market price, I'm a media student, not a damn electrician) and the regular sets are even cheaper. Lets not even go down to mention organic food because 4 bucks for a loaf of organic bread is ridiculous. I believe that these products do not cost that much more to produce, in fact, it should be cheaper considering the amount they save on chemicals/ fertilizers and the lot. So is it really our fault when we do not want to pick up a greener lifestyle if it comes with a price?
Are You Guilty?
Well, Singapore(at least the government & some organisations) is doing their part in saving the earth. There are also several green campaigns that can be found for us to support going green. But how do you actually support going green when your favourite yogurt(or food) is being served in a Styrofoam cup? Do you not buy the yogurt? Are you ...
notsosunnily Arguably, that matter would be something the brand of yogurt(or food) has to take into their hands. Although, that doesn\'t mean that we consumers aren\'t to blame at all. It\'s just, what are they doing serving their products in Styrofoam cups, when the whole world is pushing to go green and save the Earth.
Other than food products that use Styrofoam cups, there are also electrical appliances that use Styrofoam as protection and padding, so what can we do about that as well? And until a better material is found that can replace Styrofoam, there isn\'t exactly a solution to it.
Unless of course, we all bring our own bowls around the place asking for yogurt to be
notsosunnily "served in this cup please, I'm trying to save the Earth."
*my message got cut off. GRR.
Green In Your Cash?
In my opinion, what drives most businesses and companies into going green is the cost-saving factor as well as how it would build their corporate image. At the end of the day, if going green cost way more money then the usual, most people wouldn't find it feasible. For example, some people buy Hybrid cars because it can save petrol and the LED ...
kimberlyn Yes I think so. The companies will also earn more if they have the "green tag" due to the increasing number of people being concerned about the environment. A consumer will definitely choose the company with the "green tag". So why not? Save cost, more business! GO GREEN!
joel well money is one of the main, motivating factors for the majority of the people. It really makes you wonder if there are people who actually care for the environment.
So is it ethically right for companies to make use of this leverage. Well knowing that their actions are at the end of the day motivated by making more money?
tiffooo With money involved, people not only save money but also save the earth as well. Although they may have bought the items based on its cost-saving factor, but at the end of the day, they also unconsciously save the environment, so its a good thing!
Thus, we should try to create awareness among people on the things they use that are actually saving the environment!
canopyabdillah Money is always the main issue so even if someone who does not care about the environment, he would still save money in the long run as the result of petrol consumption is lesser and also the save the environment at the same time.
Its a win-win situation for both parties!
canopyzhiwei The idea of creating new energy saving appliances to replace existing old units may not be environmentally friendly as more materials are being used during this process. So, whether people or companies actually contribute towards saving the environment by supporting the use of such products is questionable.
canopynut It really makes you think whether people are trying to prevent global warming out of their genuine care for the environment or because they want to save their own skins?
Regardless of their stand, whatever actions they take be it for themself or for mother nature, would be a step closer to a more sustainable future.
I leave you with this quote: We do not inherit this world from our ancestors, but borrow it for our children.
I recall this famous quote made by Deng Xiao Ping which reflects my stand on this matter. \" It does not matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches the mice.\"
kodi Yes i agree with the writer that most business and companies go green due to saving cost. In a business perspective, by spending more now on investing on a "green" product, in the long run the company may find that it will be able to save the costs for energy. In addition, customers may opt for a "green" product to save energy cost, especially during recession. This increase in demand for "green" products will further encourage the companies to "go green".
As companies earn higher profit when sell energy saving products, they are also promoting the "save the earth" campaign, which benefits the earth, companies as well as the customers.
chuaxyy I agree, too, with the point that the purpose of "going green" is mainly for the image and advantage of most companies.More often than not, companies involved in the "saving the earth" activities seem to make use of the mass media such as the television or the internet to do some form of publicity for their company.
Also, people mostly buy these products due to the saving of cost on the long run. Other good examples would be the energy-saving electrical appliances, which will probably reduce the shock of parents when they receive the household's monthly electrical bill :)
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Do You Believe It?
You've heard all about it in the news, watched it on documentaries. The environmental damage seems to just be getting worse. Do you believe all that you're told? Here's your chance to share your thoughts.
"The media exaggerates the dire condition of the environment in which we're living." Do you agree or disagree?
reeohnah I think it goes both ways.
Disagree.
I think media is being use as a tool to reach out and create awareness about our dying world. One example is Al Gore\'s inconvenient truth. After watching it, i do not feel the slightest exaggeration cause what he did was to present the truth with statistic and numbers.
However, indeed one can argue that numbers can be edited or change. Yet i chose to believe it because of the what i have previously read up, combined with the actual evidence or personal experience(environment i am living at everyday).
Following with an example:Rising Temperature.
According to Al Gore in Inconvenient Truth, he had shown statistics of the temperature rising every year. This is something we can feel.
According to the internet survey by Nielsen and Oxford University in July 2007, 74% of the viewers say that they have change their daily habits to a more green one after watching the film.
Therefore, i disagree that the media is exaggerating the dire condition of environment. It is through media, we have a better understanding. And this allow us to take the first step ahead in playing a part to save our mother earth.
But then again, media tends to exaggerate the condition of our environment so as to attract the attention of the public to this issue.
One can argue that the exaggeration may be too extreme.
However, with some governments showing less support and their doubts, this perhaps is the only way to raise awareness.
People like John Howard, then australian Prime minister prefers to not \"take policy advices from films\"
In addition to that, the Copenhagen Summit in 2009 only created and began the blame game.
Develop countries versus developing countries.
Who is responsible for the most emission of green house gases? With governments pushing the blame on each other and not going straight to the topic, this may be the reason why media are exaggerating. So that we can sit down and be serious about taking measures to protect our environment.SO that through each and everyone\'s power and effort, we make a difference.
Or else we probably will see the scenes from the day after tomorrow.
xi4oxiong I do not agree that the media exaggerates the dire condition of the environment in which we\'re living.
What ever that is shown on the media is true. Though at times, they might exaggerate it too much, they made it this way to arouse our concern for our dying planet which is a good cause. Humans are ignorant about the dangers that they are facing everyday and are avoiding the facts to remain happy or trouble-free. Under such circumstances, the current situation will only deteriorate. I feel that the fastest way to save the earth is that the government impose immediate rules on going green.
deadlyraven I disagree that the media is exaggerating the dire condition of the environment in which we\'re living.
It is not possible to confirm that what the media say might be true or not but saving the earth is our responsibility. Even if the media do exaggerates, it is a form of notice to us that we should stop we are doing now and think of ways to salvage the situation. I do think that media is the best way to raise our awareness on doing our job and preserve the earth. Global warming is a really important factor that we have to consider. As we all know, due to the large scale of burning fossil fuels and deforestation, the polar caps are melting which will lead to the rising of water level.
nankk Another Disagreement added to the tab.
Despite the known tendency for the Media to over sensationalise news, the events one may look into are still pretty much based on actual happenings than pure speculation. I do not deny that these events can contain hidden agendas but even as i would say beyond it, that i can and probably would believe in such a protrayment. The trend that i am seeing is an increasing case of severity and lacklustre in conservation efforts. To simply put, pardon my ignorance, but no commended achievement had been documented ever since the \'big hoo-hah\' of a hole in the sky had been publicly announced. Rather scenerios of failed policies seemed to continue with devastation becoming more and more commonplace. Reports ( which i may have read on random basis ) seems to claim that global efforts are inadequete, with global emission cuts targets listed not reached, alone with more envrionmental hazards occuring such as oil spills, wildfires. The booming global population and its voracious appetite in consumeric and exotic goods should also be adding in quite a strain to the environment, in terms of heavy industrialisation (deforesting, pollution) and a reverse \'pull\' element that can cripple any short run radical changes (even if it may help due to fear of short term losses and market confidence). Thus, if i take a \' no smoke without the fire \' policy on these, it would sound very credible for us to be running in an unhealthy notion or so i believe. Of course the direct impact on our lives by such \'hazards\" (unless it actually happened ) can be quite elusive with any participation on green efforts quite meaningless on an individual part with the general spectrum heading in a detrimentive direction.
jones92 I disagree that the media exaggerates on the dire condition of the environment that we are living.
The Earth that we are living in, is currently undergoing lots of \'work\' to keep the world a better and easy place to live in. That means that technologies are improving continuously and more energy is required to fulfill the needs of the people too. More energy required,that means that more pollutions are produced.
Media has been advertising about hybrid car productions. For me,there\'s a lot of meaning in between those lines. It means that the car production companies are playing their parts to save their own world too! It\'s to say that our Mother Earth is dying of \'illnesses\' of all those creations by human activities.
What we can do as a citizen is that we can play a part to save our Earth by putting in little effort and when everyone plays a part,it makes a difference in it.
jagades Media attention to the issues does help raise awareness to combat those environmental issues globally. They might exaggerate it too much but that is to increase awareness and to reach out to public. Locally, television coverage features the issues repeatedly and reporters have put together articles covering Earth Hour etc. Therefore, media has an important role to play in educating the public. Personally I think media is playing an important role on the green issues. Because Singaporean like me most likely will watch television almost every day, which is why I think if media can take lead on the green issues it will definitely will be a great influence to the public. Therefore, I disagree that the media is exaggerating the dire condition of the environment in which we're living.
reynardo I disagree that the media exaggerates on the dire condition of the environment that we are living.
Because there isn't a need to. People living on earth do not need to listen to radios, watch tv or even read
the newspaper to know what's happening to our environment. We, as people living on earth, are or have begin
to experience the drastic change in our environment, both locally and globally.
However, I do not exclude the possibility that the media may exaggerate the situations of our environment
to meet their personal objectives. For example, attracting the attention of the public and gaining the sympathy
of the government.
The truth is, our environment is slowly experiencing extreme changes. The north pole is slowly melting and
the tropical rainforest is slowly being razed down year after year. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the media
to tell the truth, because the public deserves it.
sandman I disagree that the media exaggerates the dire condition of the environment in which we're living.
It's because the media have a role to create an awareness about the state of our own home planet. They also have responsibilty to educate the public.
And its the truth that our climate is undergoing extreme changes. Not to mention rising temperatures, melting icebergs. Even without the media telling us, we can surely feel it by ourselves.
We cant deny that some of these occur because of what we reap. Logging, mining, what else? Our own activities hurt the Earth.
Even if there is exaggeration, in the end, it is still for our own good. For example, the government might be more commited in protecting the environment because of the exaggeration. Like the saying goes, 'prevention is better than cure'.
I think that those people who say that the media is exaggerating is people who try to run away from reality.
mipm0427 I disagree as i think what the media is saying about the conditions of our planet is true. Everyday we can see and hear on the news the changes that is taking place on planet earth. The sea level is rising due to the global warming which is cause by us. Everyday the earth temperature is rising and each one of us can feel it and we know it. Than if we are experiencing the changes ourselves how could we say that the media is over exaggerating.
benchia I disagree as I believe that the media is trying to educate people about the environmental issues and is attempting to inspire us into action. They show the real dangers that we could possibly be facing in the near future, caused by gobal warming. Ice caps in the North pole are melting because of gobal warming and green house gases. We have to take responsibility as we are the cause of gobal warming and green house gases. We deplete our natural resources, burn fossil fuel and deforest at an alarming rate, which contributes and causes gobal warming and increase green house gases. Therefore, i believe that the media is not exaggerating.
zan I strongly disagree that the media is exaggerating about the environmental damage. One is that we are already experiencing the increase in temperature and as said in documentaries, the increase in temperature is caused by environmental damage. Two is that news are usually telling us the truth and we have even seen footage of incidents caused by environmental damage. Three is that we ourselves know that we are damaging the environment and one example would be the logging in Kalimantan. The media take note of the things that are happening around us and letting us know so that we would stop damaging the environment. Therefore, the media is not exaggerating as we can see the truth for ourselves.
jadendew I disagree that the media is exaggerating the condition of our environment. Although there is a possibility that the information reported to the public is altered, it does not changes the fact that events that were reported had occurred.
Also, occurrences such as the rising sea levels and deforestation within the Amazon Rainforest as been reported by not one but multiple sources within the media. Thus, it is unlikely that such occurrences has been fabricated.
jiancheng I quote the views of the author of a book,the book names is <The Skeptical Environmentalist>.From this book we will know,the past time,a lot of media reports exaggerated our environment problems.Because the factors cause many non-essential waste of resources to solve our environmental problems.Future slowdown the progress to improve our enviroment problem.So, I agree that the media is exaggerating the condition of our environment.
jiancheng Add noted the book name is The Skeptical Environmentalist
cookies I disagree that the media is exaggerating about the situation because I think we've all experienced it for ourselves firsthand how dire the condition of the environment we're living in is. Case in point- global warming. I think it is pretty obvious how we're being affected by it tremendously and it(the all-too familiar global warming, that is) needs no further introduction or explanation.
However, I do not deny the possibility of it; that the media could be exaggerating about the situation. They might be capitalizing on the situation for their own benefits i.e. fund-raising. Again, I am assuming, because I feel rather strongly that the environmental problems we are facing is actually as dire as the situation that the media has portrayed.
p0918783 I believe that what the media claim of the damage of the environment is true but only exaggerated in terms of the given time that it will happen.
However i also believe it is better to exaggerate the time of events to motivate people to do some changes rapidly due to the fact that humans do love to procrastinate when it comes to the environment. Most people do not take climate changes seriously. I see people throwing rubbish into recycle bins and using plastic bags like using tissue papers.
The media have been broadcasting many informations about how badly the environment continues to be damaged for so many years even before we were born but till this 21st century, people are still living their lives as though climate change does not exist.
It is better people believe the media of how serious the world's environment has become rather that take it as a revenue for the media to earn money. Because when we stop believing, we stop reducing, reusing and recycling.
When that happens, climate change will hit us faster and harder.
youwantfish I disagree.
The media is not exaggerating about the dire condtions. Because we can feel it and experience it ourselves. Example like Global warming , Polar icecaps melting, climate changes, increased natural disaster like flash floods and drought due to climate change has proven that the media is not joking around with us.
We are the cause of global warming but we denied the truth. So the media have to re-educate us, telling us to reduce the burning of fossil fuels and seek cleaner and greener alternative of fuel to help save the earth.
One example of a documentary, is Planet Earth. It shows us how beautiful the earth and the animals are, but all of it will change as polar ice is melting, the polar bears will soon die out and become extinct. The culprit of this is global warming, which reflects to us as we cause global warming.
In the events that the media is indeed exaggerating, It is done out of good will. As people need something hard to hit them before they realize that they need to do something for the earth. So we should do our part and make a difference.
kylie614 I disagree.
We can saw and feel all the effect of the environment that happen around us. The environment of the earth is worsen and become troblesome to our life style. The people still continue destroying the environment and they do not realize the dire condition of the environment.
Therefore, the media act as a tools that remind the people that the earth's environment is worsen and need the help from the people to make the environment become better. As a example, billions of people face food shortage due to global warming. Half of the world’s population could face severe food shortages by the end of this century as rising temperatures shorten the growing season in the tropics and subtropics, increase the risk of drought, and reduce the harvests of dietary staples such as rice and maize by 20 percent to 40 percent, according to a study published in the journal Science. We can know all of these information through the media. The media is try to help us to avoid such condition happen around us.
The media is not exaggerating the condition of the environment, the condition still haven't happen around us. Somedays, such condition will be happen in our country but wwe still cannot confirm when will be happen. Therefore, we need to keep our place clean and recycle all the things that can be recycle. This may help us avoid from the condition happen around us.
jasmine1801 Media is a good form of source in educating the public and letting us
know more about the environmental problems. They are caused by a few factors. First of all, it is the human factor. As our society are constantly pushing for convenience, one of the invention are plastics which are daily produced.
As a result, the production of plastic bag has caused a large amount
of gas guzzler which causes air pollution that further leads to global warming. On top of that, the media shows that global warming causes the raise of temperature , that will also cause the ice at the north pole to melt, leading to a rise in sea level.
However, there is a change in temperature which we can experience it ourselves. On top of that, the weather recently is getting warmer and the seasons were inaccurate. This allow the media not to have the need to exaggerate on the dire condition of the environment.
Personally, i feel that the with the media, we can have a better
understanding of the problems we all have created and being able to solve them quickly.
All in all, i disagree that the media is exaggerating the
dire condition of the environment in which we are living.
syahirah I believe that media is one of many tools that is used to store and deliver information or data , and that everything's sent are the facts . In this case , i disagree that the media exaggerates the dire condition of the environment in which we're living . We do not only hear or see the news about the environmental problems , but also , im sure we're experiencing it now . The extremely hot weather that we're experiencing these few days is unbearable .
Therefore i strongly believe that media does not exaggerate the dire condition of the environment in which we're living right now .
xueer I disagree that the media exaggerates the dire condition of the environment in which we're living.
Media plays an important part in educating people which are ignorant about the conditions of the world they're living. Global warming, deforestation are human acts that contributes greatly to the dire conditions of the environment. The disasters such as soil erosion, floodings, famine are evidence that the environment is being seriously damage by the humans. These, we could see from the fatal crisis that is happening around the world, especially the increased in human impact earthquakes which are caused by human's massive destruction to the earth with aid of massive mahines.
Thus, the media show us what's the reasons of all this crisis which are happening around the world we're living in, especially in documentaries and they're not exaggerating.They show people what are the consequences humans are facing in the far or near future if they continue to take the the environment for granted.Lastly,they serve as an warning to humans so that they'll think before they do anything that will harm the environment.
nonamegiven93 I agree that the media would sometimes tend to exaggerate the dire condition of the environment in which we're living. However this is just to raise our awareness to the condition of our environment as i believe that this exaggeration would soon become a fact as the years go by if we do not solve the issue.
I am sure that most of us have felt the effects of global warming because the moment we reach our classroom, we are already perspiring with our T-Shirt wet and sticking to our back. In the North and South Pole the polar icecaps are melting, also the size of both have became smaller as it was 10 years ago. Besides if you the ice and snow keeps on melting the ocean level would rise. How many more levels do you think it would rise before it would cover a small island like Singapore?
Also, Global Warming is causing the destruction to some of our ecological systems such as the mangrove swamps and/or coral reefs. Animals, plants or any other organisms living in these ecological system would go extinct at an alarming rate. Earth would then lose the beauty of these ecological systems.
In conclusion, the media may exaggerate the condition of our environment, however it is all just to create an awareness. By having an awareness of such you can help do your part by preventing Mother Earth from suffering anymore damage.
Are You Doing Anything?
Climate change. Global warming. We often hear about it on the news, the radio and read about it in the papers and magazines. But are you acting on this large scale problem? Has the media influenced your attitude and behaviour when it comes to saving the environment?
jervaishowes In regards to whether or not I am doing anything to save the environment, I would have to say, no I am not. I think that the media has not gone very far in promoting the green movement, we may hear of earthquakes and natural disasters all over the world, but we never hear about how climate change may be affecting it. Thus people would take it to be just a chance event as they have for millions of years. Thus the media would need to try engage the audience in rational discussion in order for a positive change to take place.
noisebomb Hey guys. The media has somewhat influenced me as i am more aware of the state of the world and start to recycle recycable stuffs. I think that the media does not fully influence everyone as we still see people not recycling, not saving electricity for example; they do not turn off their lights when there is no one in the room. I believe that the media can put more effort to make sure that most people are going green.
ncoleey I do think I am playing my part, like using both sides of a paper, rejecting the use of carriers if I do not need one. I might not be organizing or participating in large scale environmental events, but i do think my little actions do help, at least. I may even be able to influence my friends to follow too. I do not think the media has influenced me in my attitude and behavior. My opinion is that, you don't actually need someone to tell you "hey, you should play a part to save the environment!" . To me, it came naturally that i should help preserve the environment.
savitha I would say that i am playing my part in saving the environment as i do recycle things at home,save electricity as it saves money and save paper.It is not because of the media influence but simply because of my awareness towards global warming and my understanding on the situation that I play my part in saving the environment. If the media could give a stronger message across people on the issue of global warming, it might influence people to start playing a part in conserving their environment.
jiaqi I think that i did play my part in saving the environment by recycling recyclable stuffs, and use both sides of the paper to reduce the amount of papers waste. By understanding the situation that happen to our environment, i knew that it is a need for me to play my part in saving the environment. I think that the media doesn't influence me much in my attitude and behavior towards saving the environment. As we still get to see people not willing to play their part to save our environment, where some are even worse by causing more pollution to our environment. I think that if the media could give a more powerful message across to the people about the important of saving our environment from global warning, it may boost more people to put in their effort in going green.
minli I think the media had influenced me to be more environmentally-friendly such as switching off the lights when no one is using the room or recycling papers; but not effective enough to change my attitude or behaviour in saving the environment on a large basis. Personally, i don't think that the media has stressed the problems of not saving the planet enough to get more people to start recycling their unwanted items. Perhaps they should send a stronger message to the public to let them know the importance of recycling. Though i'm not recycling on a large scale, i believe that everyday actions will contribute a little to saving the environment somehow.
candy023 I have became more aware of the global warming problems through the media. I have been cutting down on the usage of the air-conditioner, not over using plastic bags and have been making an effort to try and recycle recyclable products due to the influence of the media. I believe that the media have been making an effort to spread the need for recycling and stopping the pollution. However, I think that the media can only do so much and the rest is up to the people to put in their efforts into saving the environment.
farahani On a personal note, the media does influence me on saving the environment. Everyday, news on the climate change and global warming would be broadcasted on most local channel news. Its almost impossible to miss. I do feel I am playing a part in saving the environment like recycling used papers, plastics and cans. Not wasting paper and such. Eventhough my actions are not something noticable, but, it does help the environment in many ways.
martinpriscilla Yes i think the media has influenced me on the climate change and the global warming. I like the idea of the 60 Earth Hour, where you switch off your lights to take your stand against climate change. I suppose it is a very attractive way for people like us, to participate and help save the environment at the same time. I won\'t lie, i am not helping a lot though, i just do my little part such as switching off the lights or fan when not in use, but, i do believe that these small parts helps in a little way.
timothychuahsienyin Well it depends on what you consider doing your part. Are you the extreme type that says any sort of pollution is bad and that we should go back to living in tents?
To explain what i mean, as we are doing what seems right in the eyes of the public an example would be not littering in public, burning things just for the fun of it. Then i think you are doing your part.
If everyone just followed common sense then don\'t you think the place would be so much cleaner??
I think less emphasis on going green and promoting social/civic mindedness would be better. This way everyone would actually bother to care for the earth a place that whether we like it or not is our home and that if we neglect it, It will come back to haunt us.
However i digress, I do try to cut down on my paper usage, turn of lights/fans use the air conditioner to cool the room then use a fan. I don\'t bring the items for recycling down to the bin, but i do place it in a bag set aside for recycling and leave it to my brother to bring down.
I still feel that hammering some common sense into ones head is key, treat public areas like you\'d treat your home-With Pride!
Unless your home is not exactly the neatest place, then please still bear in mind that others use the common space dirtying it would be a kin to spitting in someones face or chucking your litter in front of them and walking off.
meiyue Honestly i dont think the media are very active in promoting anything link to global warming, save the earth, and climate change. But the school is the only place that really influence me a lot. They keep promoting green day project and it helps to motivate us.
huiling Personally, I feel that the media did influence my attitude and behaviour when it comes to saving the environment. Media let people understand the importance of saving the environment and how to save the environment. Since we are all living in the 21 century, people will get their latest information from the media because it is accessible to everyone. Thus, media play an importance role in influencing the mindset of the people and I will also fully utilize the paper before throwing away.
junhao Frankly speaking, I do not feel the media has really influenced me much on saving the environment. Partly the reason because I do not watch advertisement or listen to radio like I use to in the past, but nonetheless, I do try to use the fan instead of the air-conditional system to cool myself and off the light when there’s no one in any room. To me, these little actions are pretty common sense to me because as a Singaporean, what comes right into our minds are to save as much money as we could in order to survive in the future. Furthermore, I do feel that certain people, not only in Singapore, are more money driven and as well as benefits driven in the society. Therefore, they tend to only do things which really affect them in a way or by gaining benefits out from it. As for the other part of the community, they might be thinking that in a population of 100 people, so what if I don’t help save the environment if 99 people are doing it, does that make a different? Think about it, if everyone could gain extra benefits such as lower taxes in our country, I am pretty sure everyone would start caring for our environment. Sorry for my selfishness, but I will only do something extraordinary if it’s really came to a point it affects too much. Peace.
iamagoodboy Yeah I did my part , and I believe others do too . Little things like using both sides of the paper , not asking for plastic carriers , using less toilet paper , taking shorter showers and so forth
But do yo really think all these gonna help ? Do yo really think all these ‘small things’ will return the former glory of Mother Nature ? I am not saying that our efforts are insignificant and useless , I find it very heart-warming that they are people who are well aware of the environment and are actually doing something . But there is only so much we can do as an individual .
Then what about the persons who can really make a difference , the governments of the world . Are they doing anything ? Take the Kyoto Protocol for instance , in my opinion it’s just rubbish . They meet , talk , sign , talk and more talk . So where is the change ? Everything is only in theory and paper . Even the world’s only ‘superpower’ have no intention of joining ‘the club’ . Why ?, the big question . It is because of the economic and financial interests . No one wants to give something for ‘nothing’ .
Most people tend to think on a short-term basis , and of course saving the climate is completely absurd in that context . However , they do not know that they are paying an even a greater price in the long term . I took Pure Geography in secondary school , I know how bad the climate change and excessive global warming can get . Will money be able to protect them when Mother nature unleash her wrath ? Does collecting pieces of paper and yellow shiny metal outweigh saving ‘The Blue Marble’ , our only home in the vast universe ?
For the media . I think they have done their part . Although the message is somewhat not clear . Most commercials only show how to save the environment not why we should save it . Other than these commercials and posters , the government have to step in to enforce this positive new culture of reducing , reusing and recycling .
phamnguyen In my personal experience, on the way home everyday (2-3 Km)...I come to notice that there is only one Bus Station provided with a 3-bin dustbin, where rubbish will be classified correctly. Therefore, eventhough I do convince myself not to anyhow throw rubbish into dust-bin, but just what can I do in this situation besides dump it into a normal dust-bin or should I choose the second option, where I need to walk for 1-2 km just for the sake of throwing the rubbish.
And personally, I think the Media has done a fine job, educating people not to littering, saving electricity, not wasting paper..ect...but what really matters is the mindset of the people who watch those advertisements...For instance,littering or not pretty much depends on how they actually think of it, whether It is bad or It is okay to do so. To be honest, turning off the lights, turning on the air-conditional systems only when necessary, saving paper and reusing the re-usable are the only things that I actually do.
zhongqiuyue i think media did influence my attitude and behaviour on saving the environment.In this modern knowledge-society,media plays the role of facilitator deveplopment,disseminator of information and being an argent of change.Environment awareness is one of the important issues which media presents consciously and effectively to say a few things to the people.Media plays a vitual role in spreading th etrue message.It is one huge factor in our environment that influences decisions and acts to spire people.People like us start playing our part to save the environment like recycle and reuse.
zhongqiuyue i think media did influence my attitude and behaviour on saving the environment.In this modern knowledge-society,media plays the role of facilitator deveplopment,disseminator of information and being an argent of change.Environment awareness is one of the important issues which media presents consciously and effectively to say a few things to the people.Media plays a vitual role in spreading th etrue message.It is one huge factor in our environment that influences decisions and acts to spire people.People like us start playing our part to save the environment like recycle and reuse.
farid Yes, when I shower in the bathroom, I turn on 1 less light
alybelle Honestly, I'm not the type of person who would go the extra mile just to find a bin which is made specifically for dumping plastic, glass or paper that is. I think, it is a common thing for all Singaporeans. We only throw it in the bin when we see one, otherwise, back to the normal green bins that you see everywhere. I think we are used to being pampered with everything that we want, everywhere we need or want it. However, we are not to be blame for it as we are living in the city which is full of ease.
I think that media did quite a good job in reminding people to save electricity or throw rubbish in the specified bins. It may not be effective to some people, but I'm certain that it has affected a minority percentage of Singaporeans in the effort to save the Earth. Despite that, I do try my best to switch off all the lights or electrical sockets which are not being used when I\'m at home.That's the best that I can do for now.
hasif
Large scale problem?
Maybe not, but for normal daily activities, yes.
I do apply \'going green\' concept daily such switching of the lights when I\'m not using, turning on the fan instead of the air-conditioner and even maximise the water when do the laundries.
Yes, it might be minimal, but if each of us do our part, it can be a large scale impact. I do feel that the media has done its part, as more people including me are Aware of the situation now. I do feel its important to save the earth, as we human, are living and sharing it. The disasters and climate change are like a wake up call for us to be more \'friendly\' to mother earth.
Afterall, we have only 1 earth.
=D
elvi Media really did influence my attitude in saving the enviroment. Honestly, last time I was a person who would just throw away any rubbish in my hand anywhere. I really don\'t care about the consequences of all these. But after listening to the radio, reading some news, article, and magazine about the effect og the global warming, I feel like I should have the responsibllity to save the Earth - the planet where I live in.
\"Saving the Earth start from ME. will you be joining me?\"
melvina Nowadays we often hear a lot of environmental issues from earthquake, global warming to the issue of high sea water level. I would say that media plays a great role not only in promoting the negative effects to this issue but also in influencing people\'s behaviours. From media, I have become more aware of my part to the environment and have started in participating in many ways to reduce this negative impact such as bringing my own recycle bag whenever I go shopping, turning off electricity whenever not in use and bringing my own water bottle to reduce the unnecessary usage of plastic bottle. Media did help in promoting the eco-friendly solution to solve the environmental issues but it is still sad to see that only a minor percentage of people are actually take action to do it.
lazieekel Well, to say the truth I am not doing anything large scale about it. The media actually plays a big part in influencing peolple, as people are always looking to the media for information. However, for me, the media did not really pays a large part in influencing me about it. For my part, I recycled more and reuse more.
wenjie we can only do things like recycling which will only slow down the process which will not solve any problems. Furthermore saving electircity is also just slowing down the process whereby not much have been slove !! But well its just part of our contribution to help slowing down the process so that they can invent more stuff to replace. Well got me i recycle unwanted materials and off lights when im out of the room .
wenjie (continue from top as i accidentally pressed publish ><) Media have already done a great job in telling us all to reduce reuse recycle. But telling us and making us do is another problem. Because some people are stubborn and like th do what ever they wan the media will never get their aims. I've done my part on recycle and reducing so its up to the others.
jiaqi909090 Yeah , the media has slightly altered my view on my attitude and behavior when it comes to saving the environment . Without media , there are some people in the world would have not known what are the environmental issues people in different parts of the world are facing . Thanks to the media , many people are starting to recycle the things they use everyday to save the environment .
nurulshahira I believe that the media has play a crucial role in encouraging us to save the environment whether in a minor or major role. The fact that the media keep emphasizing the need and the impact of saving the environment has motivate me to do bits for the place we call home.Personally,I try to make a conscious effort to practice the 3-Rs which has been drilled in us since primary school.Personally,I would make a conscious effort to recycle plastic bags,use both sides of a paper and to switch off electricity when not in use even though it may be tedious.But I do believe that this are habits we should cultivate and practised even though it may only be small acts.All in all,I do believe that the media has played an important role in raising awareness of the importance of conserving.But at the end of the day,it is the choice and responsibility of the individual to act on it.
khamisah I think that the media has influenced me on saving the environment. Well it does not influence me that much i must say. But i am aware about it through the media. I am saving the environment by recycling plastics and cans and also saving electricity. But to save the environment , everyone has to play a part. So everyone must not depend on the media to help spread the word to save the environment. They have to take the initiative and be aware that they have to save the environment.
wongliying Yes. I feel that the media has played a slight role in influencing me to save the environment. A few years back, there was this advertisement whereby a few teens explain the harms on why we need to save the earth and how to. After that advert, I realized that I actually followed and switched off the electrical sockets every time I stop using the appliance. However, I feel that the media is still lacking as these adverts are getting lesser and it’s not played often. I feel that parents play a greater role. My parents keep nagging at me at a young age to off the lights or fans. So it’s already a habit. However, I will not go the extra mile to recycle items. If I see a recycle bin, okay, I will try my trash according. In my estate, there’s only one recycle bin and it’s located a few blocks away from mine. Thus, I feel it’s a chore to carry the heavy trash and walk quite far just to throw it. Thus, I feel that they should increase the number of recycle bins and place it at the area where everyone can easily access to it.
chewping I felt that media did play a part in influencing the attitude and behaviour of saving the environment. However, not all singaporeans are playing their part in saving the enviroment like recycling. Taking myself as an example, i will not throw my rubbish according to the paper bin,plastic bin but rather just a normal bin. Therefore, even though media did play a part, i think that is not enough. Maybe having more advertisment and posters can constantly reminds more singaporeans to recycle in order to save the enviroment.
wanqi i felt that that media has done alot in promoting the importance on playing a part to help to save the earth, the environment. however, sadly to say, it does not really influence much on my attitude and behaviour in helping to save the environment.
despite the fact that i know that our actions are harming the earth, but not much people are really concern about it. like me, i wont really save paper even though i know that i can still use it at the back or something like this. i wont go extra mile jus to look for a recycle bin and throw them according to it. thus, i feel that everyone should play a part to help save the environment. not jus one or two person effort is enough. therefore, the media should put up more poster/ have more advertisement,campaigns or promotions they can think of to improve on this situation and serve as a reminder to all the people.
farid Some global warming proponents are accepting a good financial income from the global warming scare and have become global warming propagandists to promote their interests. These include some researchers who obtain research grants and some environmental organisations who need donations. They are making a living by promoting fear of man-made global warming. Their behaviour is similar to that of the ‘snake oil salesmen’ in the nineteenth century. Snake oil salesmen sold snake oil that did not require real snakes to make it. Global warming propagandists are selling fear of man-made global warming and that does not require real man-made global warming to make it.
The success of the global warming propaganda has induced some observers to argue that a conspiracy has created the imagined risk in the public’s perception But consideration of the origins of the global warming scare deny the existence of any such conspiracy. Interests coincided and supported each other. And a coincidence of interests usually has a more powerful effect than a group of conspirators. The origins of the scare are political and have resulted in political policies that now threaten serious economic damage for the entire world.
almost everything in this world is political
and politics is dirty
Man-made global warming has become a major international political issue. The imagined risk has become a real risk in the form of proposed government policies to inhibit CO2 emissions. The Rio Summit in 1992 proposed actions to constrain the emissions and the Kyoto Summit in December 1997 is intended to establish binding agreements that will commit nation states to the constraints. Although there are no real and potential risks of the global warming, the effects of the constraints will cause real and severe economic damage.
All industrial and economic growth requires an abundance of available energy supply. Anything that inhibits energy supplies reduces economic activity. At Kyoto, governments will be pressured to reduce CO2 emissions to far below their 1990 levels. This requires cutting fuel supplies and, therefore, economic activity. The effects would be much more severe than the ‘oil crisis’ in the 1970s because the constraint on fossil fuel usage would be greater, the increases to energy costs would be larger, and energy demand has increased since then.
Already, OECD countries (Europe, Japan and the US) have agreed in principle to adopt the ‘Berlin Mandate’ that requires them to cut their CO2 emissions to 15% below their 1990 levels by year 2010. The US Department of Energy (DoE) estimates that this would increase US domestic energy prices by between 80 and 90% and would increase the coal price to US consumers by 300%. Also, the DoE study determines that the Berlin Mandate would not reduce world-wide emissions of CO2. Energy intensive industries would be forced to move from the US to places where the emission constraints did not exist or were not enforced. This could even result in an increase to the emissions because the less-controlled places are likely to have less energy efficient industries. The DoE study goes further by saying that its findings are not specific to the US but apply to every industrialised country.
yuming I felt that the media have do a lot of things to encourage people to save earth, but I don’t think that all of the people have aware of the importance of that. For me, thouth I felt that it is very important to save our earth, but sometimes I was very lazy to do something, like the seperation of the rubbish. For the seperation, we can select something useful from the rubbish, avoid waste of the material. I think the media can do more to let people know the importance of that and encourage people to participate in saving our earth.
christine To me, the media did influenced me on my attitude and behaviour by doing a part in saving the environment. In the recents years, we had come to the notice of global warming through the media through the news, magazines, radio and even videos. Its the MEDIA who make us aware of the climate changes. The MEDIA had pass down a message in saying\" People, its time to do our part in saving our environment!\" So, its the media who make me aware how i can do.
Now, i will turn off the lights whenever no one is inside the room, i will turn on my aircon at 25 degree celsius and will only switch on during bedtime. I always use both sides of the papers before throwing them away and reduce my usage of plastics bags. Here are some of my ways in contributing to green enviroment.
Despite all this, i believe the media can do more by doing more advertisements, campaign to promote GREEN. They will definitely cause a greater impact on us.
So people, lets GO GREEN!!
yveline The media has somehow influenced me towards my attitude and behaviour when it comes to saving the environment. But somehow, I don\'t think that it has a big impact on me and maybe it is due to my habits from young. What I have done to save the enviroment is that, when I buy things from shop, I would try not to take pastic bags if it is not necessary(:
sixuan i feel that the media had done a good job in saving the environment. however, despite of such effort made to influence people, everyone is still not making the effort in saving the environment. the media had even made it to such extent that it's through news, magazines, radios, television, websites (YouTube videos) and even in the threater.
Yes, i am aware of such acts. however, i think ive been a failure in doing a good job to save the environment. this is because, even till recently, i will still ask for plactics bag. however, it was till one day that i eavesdropped a father telling his daughter to not get the fast food cup cover so as to be environmentally friendly.
somehow, after this incident, i am more aware of the needs to take good care of our environment. though the media had done a fabulous job in promoting the needs of it. but somehow, i feel that the best way is not always through the media but from the behaviour of others.
from the above incident, though not impactful and influencial but somehow just by seeing others making the effort in wanting the environment to be save, gradually, you will also follow.
now, i will not get plastic cup covers if im eating in. also, not getting plastics bags if i can put everything in my bag. though this is the very basic, if everyone is also making the same effort, this world will be a better place to live in. :)
sixuan i feel that the media had done a good job in saving the environment. however, despite of such effort made to influence people, everyone is still not making the effort in saving the environment. the media had even made it to such extent that it's through news, magazines, radios, television, websites (YouTube videos) and even in the threater.
Yes, i am aware of such acts. however, i think ive been a failure in doing a good job to save the environment. this is because, even till recently, i will still ask for plactics bag. however, it was till one day that i eavesdropped a father telling his daughter to not get the fast food cup cover so as to be environmentally friendly.
somehow, after this incident, i am more aware of the needs to take good care of our environment. though the media had done a fabulous job in promoting the needs of it. but somehow, i feel that the best way is not always through the media but from the behaviour of others.
from the above incident, though not impactful and influencial but somehow just by seeing others making the effort in wanting the environment to be save, gradually, you will also follow.
now, i will not get plastic cup covers if im eating in. also, not getting plastics bags if i can put everything in my bag. though this is the very basic, if everyone is also making the same effort, this world will be a better place to live in. :)
phamnguyen in my opinion, the media has done a fine job, educating the people to save the environment, I really do act differently from what i did in the past by the way I used electricity, water and paper. however, I think its time to take some realistic actions, which is always more effective.Starting with the change of all normal dustbins by recycle-bin comprising 3 different bins meant for different trash, paper, bottle and wasted-food. and by doing so, it provides a more convenient way for people to practice proper diposal of refuse.
Llittle from my experience, many bank-outlets keep the the lights on even during the night, after office hour, which is very eletricity-intensive even though I know that its somewhat for security purposes. it seems like large companies tend not to act appropriately. The electricty saved by 10 people may just be wasted by this kind of unconsiderate behaviour.Therefore, the media should be a better job to influence these companies.
As i mentioned in my earlier post, trying not to waste paper by using both faces of the paper, saving electricity by turning off the light where it is not necessary, using water mindfully...are basically what a single individual like myself could do.
p1011405 Many people use disposable plastics for sheer personal convenience; however, they fail to realise the amount of damage and impact disposable plastics have on the environment. Plastics are non-biodegradable and are extremely hard to dispose, they require huge landfills as just your average plastic bottle takes approximately 500years to decompose, this poses a huge problem as the plastics take up space in landfills for an indefinite period of time. We have to learn to stop our inconsiderate consistent usage of disposable plastics and switch to more sustainable alternatives, and the time to start is now!
bernard Well,honestly speaking,i think the media,newspapers and radio,etc has influenced me,with regard to my mental attitude towards this issue.As it has made me think, why shouldn't i do my part to save the earth from global warming? As a result,after viewing such advertisements, that display the effects of such issues as global warming, i've in fact try my best to save the earth by recycling used water bottles, used paper and etc. therefore, the media has in fact made a impact on me,with relevance to such issues. Also, it has motivated me to spread the message around to others,so that they'll be also aware of such issues and try their best to do their part in saving the earth.
peiqian89 the media did influence me in saving the environment. if we were to continue using more plastic and not recycling them ,we will have lots of pollution coming in 50years time.If everyone contribute a part to saving our environment , it will be make a different. Knowing the global warming condition from the spread of media, we are more aware about the important of doing our part in environment saving.
qianyuan I personally thinks that media doesn't really play a part in influencing people's attitude and behaviour towards environment. It is the people around us who influence it. During my secondary school life, we play a part in saving the environment by collecting recycle materials (newspaper, old clothes, plastic bottles, etc.) I think that we, the people can participate more in recycling and try not to use non-biodegradable materials if we can.
prodigypatrick what i can say that it doesnt influence me at all. not saying that the media is not doing enough, but what they are lack of is telling us the importances of it. to me, what commonly heard is to reduce the emission of some gases which will cause or add on to the speed of tearing the ozone layer, but is that important and is it effective if i'm the only one doing it? how would i know that there are other people doing it as well?
so in conclusion, it does not influence me at all..
joekirno89 i think media influencing in effecting people to save this world. Instead of saving world advertisement, they will advertise more about new style of car. As we know, cars produce carbon monoxide which is the major cause of Global warming. if media really want to influence people about global warming issues, they should support people to reduce the use of personal car and start to use public transportation which is very efficient in singapore.
hamizah I feel that I did do something to save the earth but I don’t think i had done the very best. To my opinion the media does not very influencing us in saving the earth. They should make it more influencing by telling what the side effect of it is. But on our hand, we must ourselves more or less know the side effect and at least do something about it by example bring your own recycle beg.
xiaohy I always recycle my used papers and bottles. Off lights and fans when not in use. We should really contribute something to our earth and should have start now. As we can see the climate is keep changing around the world, e.g. winter came very early.
Do our part for future generation. ^^
xiiaowayne I see the people in the world becoming more environment-friendly on their daily lives,recycling,reusing anything that can be.For their groceries,they would bring their recycled bags to hold the items. I am sure in the future,people will be more aware than before on going green.
townes Personally, I did help the environment to a small scale such as recycling used papers and bottles. However, the media has not been much influence to the people in Singapore, as I feel that it has not impacted upon us over the seriousness of it all.
neslee92 About saving the environment, I feel that the media had certainly played a part on influencing us about consequences. However, we treat those warnings very lightly to the point where we don't care anymore as we feel that it does not affect us in the short run.
I don't think anything can be done anymore to stop global warming now but as humans, what we can do now is slow the process of global warming so that our future generations can at least live through it.
xiiaolaii GO GREEN SAVE THE EARTH =)
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adindasavitri I started following the issue of climate change more closely after watching an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, titled "It's Easy being Green". The show outlined some simple steps we could take to contribute in mitigating the climate change: http://www.oprah.com/world/Its-Easy-Being-Green_1
I think it's important for people not to blindly follow the pop cultures if you intend to save the earth. Bjorn Lomborg's skeptical take on climate change is very compelling and reasonable: http://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities.html
Also, I recommend this book to debunk myths about climate change mitigation, also to understand the real issue better: http://www.brianclegg.net/ecologic.html
xiiaobk To me personally, i do occasionally recycle stuffs and not taking plastic bags when there isn't a need for them to save the environment. but when it comes to media influences, i do not think so as for example earth hour, i am still able to see my whole estate lighted up and no one is even trying to save electricity after constant reminder only for some to save on their bills. For one to do alone, its possible but to influence others to saving the environment, it's hard.
so lets have everyone have to try play their part to make the world a better place! =)
xiiaothomas The government has already put out many plans to save the earth such as, reducing the use of plastic bags, re-using all sorts of junk, and increasing Electricity bills.
What many does not understand is that this is part of the natural cycle the planet, just that it came earlier than sciencists expected.
There is totally nothing humans can do now to "stop" any of these "global-warming".
Why does the government and media put it like the problem is becoming big?
Its because they gain a lot from it, like selling "earth-saving" products.
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle,
reduce salaries, re-use GST, recycle Urine.
and its getting very successfull!
Congratz to the government!!
weiliang91 I do play my part in saving the earth, switch off the electricity when not using it. Maybe I will install a large solar panel in the future ,reuse plastic bags and STOP burning trees!!!!!
Everyone have their part to play in preventing global warming.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Use Less Heat and Air Conditioning
buy energy saving efficient products
use less hot water
plant a TREE!!!!!!
tokenix I think media plays a large role in helping to save the earth. Through advertisments on televison and poster, people can be educated on the effects of 'not taking care of their mother earth'.
Media educates majority of the people but for children, parents play a larger role. Through their actions, parents can show their children how they can help save the earth. For example, packing plastic bottles and throwing them into the recycle bins, accumulate newspaper and unwanted paper and selling them to rag-and-bone man or throwing into the recycle bin.
Law also play a part in helping to save the earth. If one litters in public, and unluckily, they get caught, they will be fined. The thought of being fined, will deter people from littering.
Self discipline is also important. If one is not self-discipline, no matter how educated he is, it is also useless. For example, on the light and air con 24 hours even if nobody is at home. This is a waste of electricity. Explains partially why electricity price keeps increasing. Natural resources will deplete at a faster rate if people continue this act.
Therefore, media, government and parents have to work hand in hand to help save the earth. It is everybody's effort.
xiiaock i dont use air-con cause i dont really have :)
i switch off all my lights... in the day and when i sleep at night.
i bathe with heater off sometimes too cause SG weather is so hot.
Has the media influenced your attitude and behaviour when it comes to saving the environment?
i DONT think so. More and more people are using Air-con now thanks to the hot weather..
More air-con --> global warming--> even more ppl on air-con ---> even more global warming .... so it's like not helping
adindasavitri I think is a bit too late to start saving our environment. It should start it earlier. In Malaysia there is no plastic bag in every Saturday in all the supermarket. Better than nothing, hence we should start saving our environment now before the end of the world.
xiiaojt Dangerous effects on our environment.
* The emissions from the cars we drive
* The pollution emitted from factories used to make everyday items
* The power plants that produce non-renewable electricity for our every day lives
* The massive landfills overflowing with our garbage
* The conversion of forest land into pasture, urban or wasteland areas
All of these things that we rely on and typically take for granted are making the earth a less friendly environment for us... for our children.
tcs Yes of course, i always reduce the use of plastic bags when purchasing small amount of item. And place those useless paper, clothes and others into recycling bag for collection every weekend. Recently, lots of natural disaster has happen, such as the australia flooding , si chuan earthquake and etc.... These are a type of wake up call for citizen to save our planet. Just keep remembering and doing the 3Rs (reduce, recycling and reuse).
adelinekoo I think is a bit too late to start saving our environment. It should start it earlier. In Malaysia there is no plastic bag in every Saturday in all the supermarket. Better than nothing, hence we should start saving our environment now before the end of the world.
zwx123 The world is going to end!! The world is going to end!! We must save the world, the earth!! The media isn't enough, we need more!! education and more :D!. We must start from young. Lets spread the news and play a part..
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elixia We often hear about the climate changes around the world and on global warming on the news and such. However, the media only showed us the surface of this problem, it does not inform us of why it is currently happening. As for myself, I did researched on the current topic for one of my project in the past and learnt about global warming through one of my subject in secondary school (Geography).
I feel that everyone is acting on this large scale problem in their own way. We are building more environment friendly malls (City Square) and have more recycling bins on the streets. In the individual households, we would collect old newspaper and magazines to sell to the rag-and-bone man. We would also use environment friendly lightbulbs, electricity saving air-condition and turn off the electrical appliances that are not in use. Even though we gain from our contributions to the environment, earning a few more dollars from selling newspaper and have lower electricity bills, we are actually saving our environment.
Media plays a part in influencing those that updates themselves with the current society by watching the news or reading the papers. But what about those that do not? How are we going to inform them about this problem? The media should also inform us about why the climate is changing and emphasize on the 3Rs (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle).
I help the environment by reusing papers and turn off the lights when not in use. Although it is not much, but it helps the environment, as less electricity = less burning of coal etc. I feel that its better to start late then never, we should do our part for our home.
sailesh I definately play my part in sustaining mother earth. I started saving electricity at home and and even buy groceries with resuable bags. Everytime I see plastic bag that is thrown away, I would pick it up and reuse it. I would go three days depressed if I purposely threw a non biodegradable item. I refrain from driving and I would take public transport. I always recycle paper or mash it up to create paper. We all should love your planet because it is our home, our habitat, our live. Long live mother Earth. We should not just survive, we must thrive.
dog16 Thanks to media, my family and I will bring our own plastic bags on every Wednesday to buy our groceries. =D
elijahykw When it comes to topics like global warming and climate change, I think I can speak for most of the youths that we are not really aware of what's happening with the environment globally cause we don't get involved or we just don't care. Even though we are aware that the Earth is dying by the "little harm" that every individual is doing everyday, we still carry on with them because we don't experience the after effect (consequences). As for the media wise, I think they are doing their best to encourage people to be green, like the recent "Go Green" song that they released in the media by NEA. However, I personally feel that we are the ones who don't participate in being green. Furthermore, we, Singaporeans, follow the concept of "monkey see, monkey do" and for whatever we don't see, we don't follow.
lamekenny I feel that we are not really bothered by this problem as we have a "bo chap" attitude towards the environment. Most (typical) Singaporean would not even bother to help save the earth by recycling papers, switching off the air-condition etc. Unlike the Japanese, where they would really make an effort to separate the trash (paper,plastic and glass).
The media has certain influences on us, we may follow their advice on bringing your own bag to the market etc... FOR a while. But give us time, and we would revert back to our old lifestyle ! Which is just to "hack care" everything...
ieatmanga The media has influenced me to play a better part in saving Gaia from global warming and climate change. I have been recycling my old used papers as well as plastic bottles.Ever since I realised about the delirious situation of global warming, I have been only using the fan only and that is on absolutely hot days when ventilation is necessary.I have never used an air conditioner since I got self aware of the global problems.I do not use plastic bags when I go shopping at NTUC supermarkets as I know that it affects the situation a small teeny weeny way. XD
yougotsole My family took up the habit of recycling when they have sent us a few recycling bags. We took this initiative because we believe we are doing little bits to save the earth. My mother in particular would pester us not to throw the tin cans and plastic bottles that we e had purchased en masse during birthdays and special events just to put them in the same bags and give to the green agents that come down every Thursday morning. With this believe the Sabtu family had fulfilled their call to mother nature.
songyang123 Honestly,I think that i am not saving our envirnoment,Personlly,i think the media did not influence me so much because media did not teach us much about how to go green.It only shows us the end of the result due to our ignorance.but from now on we should help save the earth as much as possible,even though, it is a bit late.
jer92 When it comes to saving the earth, I honestly have not done my part=) Even though there are news and media coverage about these stuff, like when the 070707 go green concert was being held, trying to reach out to the younger public through concerts, I didn't feel the need to start recycling. As I feel that humans will not start to act until they have experienced the consequences of their lack of actions on saving the earth. Also as singaporeans, we are more selfish in nature, more "kiasu". We would only do things that would benefit others only if others are doing it. However I feel that if we do not start taking measures now, our future generations will suffer for it. Peace!
zamiraskerali HELLO~
Everyone has a part to play in saving the environment.The things we do everyday,for example switching off the lights,throwing away our rubbish in a proper rubbish bin,recycling our old newspaper when the 'karung guni' comes to our estate during the weekends and not littering helps alot in saving the environment.
As for me,i do play my part in keeping the Earth and Singapore clean and green.I dont use hairsprays which has CFCs,my family rarely use the airconditioners and i recycle stuffs like papers,bottles and cans and put them in the colourful bins located around my estate.
I feel that the government has done a good job instilling the idea of saving our environment by organising campaigns,planting new trees,making our malls green like our very own City Square mall and introducing vehicles that do not give out harmful gases.
SMOKING also causes the ozone layer to break down in the long run.The whole world is trying to counter the amounts of smokers by banning cigarettes,etc.Therefore if we are a smoker,we should think of ourselves and also the environment.
Haven't you heard,even cigarettes are GOING GREEN! .With the invention of electronic cigarettes,the harmful smokes are now just water vapour! Amazing.
have fun reading baby.~
leonlee23 The overwhelming effects of global warming alarms us humans but in what percentage does normal users actually contribute to the carbon emission compared to large manufactoring companies? But one small step could go a long way. It would take just one individual to stand up against this growing trend to really make a difference.
kuxuezheng I think that the media did not influence me much because there is not much related to climate change and global warming. I think that each and everyone one of us should do their part to prevent climate change and global warming. Because global warming is getting worse every year.
However, there is one show that I have watched about different countries that do their part in saving the earth. One of the country is Japan. For example, when throwing their rubbish, they will separate every different type of material such as plastic, paper, glass and other material and not throw everything in one dustbin. I feel that this is a very good example to follow. This is because it will greatly reduce the effect of global warming as materials such as plastic are remove from prevent burning.
I do help the environment in a small part by reusing the water that is use to wash rice to water plants, switch off light when not in use ...
pochs The fact that it's not an election issue so far means that Singaporeans in general would just leave it to the authorities.Although the media would talk about the issue every now and then,personally,I don't feel that such a long-term issue has made me feel 'vulnerable',even knowing the fact that we're surrounded by (rising) waters.I would only start to feel worried when frequent floodings happen here,especially in Orchard Road to start off with.
And no,I don't recycle that often.But sometimes I would give my old newspapers to the karung guni man.
Perhaps the phrase "clean and GREEN" can be redefined again to the general public.
garys Honestly no. You could say that I'm an average citizen that struggle to keep up with society, juggling my social life and my studies. It is just way to tedious to make visits to the recycling bins as its like a park away.
The only way i contribute to recycling is selling old newspapers to the "karang guni". Which i think is the most common in this society as it literally pays you to "recycle".
anusha Its really bothering that a lot of people do not pay attention to problems of Global warming and climate change. Recently because of floods around the world, many people are becoming more aware of whats going aroung them. But how many people are taking actions to help the environment?
link Fact is even though we reduce our wastage on plastic bags,papers or anything harming the enviroment,there is little humans can do effectively.Even if 1% of the worlds' population does recycle,the effect on the current rate of global warming or cardon emissions still outweighs the benefits.I'm not saying that we should not help, as every little effort does counts in the end.For carbon emissions to effectively reduce it is still up to the big companies to do their part as they are the main contributors.
The media has done an okay job,here and there we see advertisements on tv to reduce electricity water etc.However, it is still up to the viewers to heed their advice.
zudang We acted but i feel that we can do more. Why we have to do more ? Although we can't reverse the situation but we can slow down global warming. NGOs are highlighting concept like 5Rs , Reduce,Reuse,Recycle,Repair,Redistribute and through these steps we can do our part for the environment. Certainly, we can't expect any single individual to change over a night practicing like a "green-man" but we can start bit by bit for the good of environment and in the long run we will achieve our goals.
Media certainly played their role well, we can see more and more information regarding the environment. Finding artists to be green ambassador and integrating environmental factor in shows & dramas are good head-start.. However, the media can still increase more statistic or detrimental effects of our irresponsible actions to warn the public.Letting the public see, for every sheet of paper they are harming their decedents.
Let's do more for the green drive. With us doing first , we can influence more individuals.
janewalks perhaps we need a 'Green Revolution" to convince the world to care for Mother Earth... Most of us have left the responsibility of going green to the government, assuming that we don't have enough 'power' to do our part for the environment- or not even bothering at all. It's really sad how the earth is slowly deteriorating, but majority of us humans do not care about it. I, personally have been well-brought up by my parents, as we collect our recyclables and drop it off at the recycling bins weekly. I have a suggestion as how to 'urge' Singaporeans to be more Earth-friendly- like how the government mass-publicized the proper care and hygiene to be observed during the dengue/SARS period... Mother Earth's health is failing, and we, as her children, should take good care and restore her health.
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