How about taking some time to pay attention to even just one or two of the global issues on the list that are due to the effects of human activity on the natural environment.
How about finding and defining your own personal strategy to help preserve our planet?
: Climate change - Global warming; Greenhouse gas emissions; Sea level rise
: Conservation - Invasive species; Species extinction; Habitat destruction
: Energy - Energy conservation; Petroleum dependence
: Genetic engineering - Genetic Pollution; Genetic Erosion
: Agriculture - Intensive farming; Overgrazing; Irrigation; Monoculture
: Soil - Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Soil contamination; Herbicides; Pesticides; Soil salination
: Land degradation - Desertification; Crop decimation; Famine
: Overpopulation - Urban sprawl; Increased longevity
: Air Pollution - Acid rain; Air Quality Index; Atmospheric dispersion modeling; Chlorofluorocarbon; Global dimming; Haze; Ozone depletion; Particulates; Smog
: Water Pollution - Marine pollution; Ocean acidification; Oil spill; Surface runoff; Thermal pollution; Wastewater; Waterborne diseases; Drinking water quality
: Depletion of natural resources and non-renewables - Overfishing; Deforestation; Depletion of fossil fuels; Over-consumption
: Waste - Waste types; Waste management; Waste collection; Toxicity; Contamination; Waste treatment technologies
It is easy for us to forget about how much garbage we produce because once a week the truck comes along, sweeps up that trash and whisks it away to a landfill out of sight and smell.
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UPDATE: A Message from human rights activist and poet Ana Elsner on March 12, 2012:
It is now 5 years later. The year 2012. German Filmmaker Valentin Thurn has made his documentary TASTE THE WASTE calling attention to the issue of worldwide food waste and the problem with its disposal. Precisely one of the issues that Al Gore raised these many years ago...
HAVE WE LEARNED ANYTHING in these five years? Have we taken any steps to protect the environment and the billions of people that share this planet? The sad answer is: Clearly NOT! The same old problems still persist, have even escalated and gotten worse on a global level.
How stinging an indictment this is for our so called 'civilized society' that acts as irresponsibly as ever. When will we wake up and rally to the rescue of our abused planet earth? Perhaps not until it is too late...
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At the Supermarket Checkout:
"We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."Gore plans to donate his share of the $1.5 million that accompanies the prize to the non-profit Alliance for Climate Protection.
[See also An Indictment]
[Pass on the plastic]
[Try out a different product]
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