Its time we made a change, Think you can help?

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The Earth's temperature is rising.

The Ice caps are melting.

The o-zone layer is getting thicker each year, layered with dangerous greenhouse gases which are only contributing to these problems. If we dont act now, The world is going to be damaged beyond repair. The o-zone layer protects us from meteors and comets, but if it gets too thick, the heat produced by the sun which is bounced back from the earth, cannot escape into space again, meaning the earth's temperature rises each year, Damaging the world in many ways. Many animals living On the Ice caps WILL become Endangered if they are not already, and eventually extinct in their natural habitats, Beautiful animals who have done nothing to contribute to this. Many countries who are on or below sea level and suffering from more and more floods as the sea levels rise more and more each year. Eventually entire countries could be immersed underwater, if we dont do something now. Probably one of the worst things about it is, it will not be us that will see the worst of this, It will be future generations who have done nothing wrong.

There are many things we can do to make a difference, and save the world we live in. They may seem little things, but if everyone does one little thing, a big thing can happen! So do as many of these as you can. Write to your Government, both local and national, with your views and opinions and things you think we can all do to help, Such as fitting all public buildings with Energy saving lightbulbs if this isnt already the case. If Every house in the UK fitted one energy saving lightbulb, 23 power stations could be closed down, think how many would be closed if all the bulbs in everyones house were all energy saving lightbulbs! They last alot longer than normal lightbulbs too.

Switch off any appliances or lights that are not being used, and make sure the red light is not on, because if an appliance is on standby, it still uses 85% of the power used if it was switched on fully.

Recycling is also extremely important, UK households produce 30.5 million tonnes of rubbish in 2003/04, of which only 17% was recycled. Recycling means less fossil fuels and energy is used in creating new materials than reusing the old ones.

Recycling is an excellent way of saving energy and conserving the environment. Did you know that:



1 recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.

1 recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.

1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours.

70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.



Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled.

The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could power a television for 5,000 hours.

The largest lake in the Britain could be filled with rubbish from the UK in 8 months.

On average, 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish.

As much as 50% of waste in the average dustbin could be composted.

Up to 80% of a vehicle can be recycled.

9 out of 10 people would recycle more if it were made easier.



If 9/10 people would recyle if it was made easier, lets make it easier for them!! write to your government or council asking for recycling bins to be provided for each household, If they are not already. Ask for special bins to be put out on the street for rubbish which can be recycled.



Aluminium

24 million tonnes of aluminium is produced annually, 51,000 tonnes of which ends up as packaging in the UK.

If all cans in the UK were recycled, we would need 14 million fewer dustbins.

36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year.

Aluminium cans can be recycled and ready to use in just 6 weeks.



Glass

Each UK family uses an average of 500 glass bottles and jars annually.

The largest glass furnace produces over 1 million glass bottles and jars per day.

Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again.

Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills will never decompose.



Paper

Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.

12.5 million tonnes of paper and cardboard are used annually in the UK.

The average person in the UK gets through 38kg of newspapers per year.

It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.



Plastic

275,000 tonnes of plastic are used each year in the UK, thats about 15 million bottles per day.

Most families throw away about 40kg of plastic per year, which could otherwise be recycled.

The use of plastic in Western Europe is growing about 4% each year.

Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.



Only using enough water in your kettle, or when you are cooking will lower your energy consumption. And not only will all these things help the environment, it will help lower yours or your parents' electricity bills



Tell your friends, let as many people as you know know about this, the more people that know the better!



Theres alot of little things everyone can do to make a big change, dont you think its worth it? I think we can really make a difference if we try, what about you?Its time we made a change, Think you can help?I have made a decision to help our environment by purchasing natural products that are non-toxic and environmentally safe. I would invite you to watch my video and educate yourself about common hazards in the home.

Some of the most influential people in the nation have committed to making their homes safer and healthier. Watch my free video and learn why People Magazine's %26quot;Most Influential Person in the World%26quot; endorsed these products on Earth Day. Email me with %26quot;Show me the video%26quot; in the subject line.

Make you home and life healthier by being clean and green!Its time we made a change, Think you can help?You can do all that but me I'm off the grid as it is and using the money that i save from NOT paying the utility company's tuns of money and putting it into alternative energy such as this http://nanodetonator.com .Go to Q%26amp;A its easyer to understandIts time we made a change, Think you can help?I totally agree about recycling and using less energy etc but one thing does confuse me...the ice caps have always been melting! Millions of years ago we had the Ice Age and the reason we don't now is because of the Earth warming up, and is there really truly anything that will stop it? Is it not just natural progression? Also things go in cycles in nature, this year we've had a lot of floods, in 2 years time we could have droughts, in the 40's the Thames froze over, as it did in the 1600's, if we looked far enough back in history we would see similar tales of various natural disasters or phenonemons repeating in cycles.

But back to the ice caps, not being facaetious at all, but that's what ice does and who can say if it is melting faster or at the same rate it always has? We can't for sure because it wasn't monitored until the 20th century.

I'm not saying we should not look after our planet, of course we should, and we should respect nature, but you can't stop natural progressions even if they don't seem natural to us. A million years ago we might have been sat here saying, what can we do to save the dinasuars. It's sad but it's also a fact that you can't always save everything, nature will rule.Its time we made a change, Think you can help?Yes, and we are helping, come join this group and find out more. It is free!



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