A Cry to Save the World

How much longer will we turn a blind eye on the crisis destroying our world? Planet Earth houses us, feeds us, and keeps us alive, in return we poison it. Recent reports have been challenging us to pay more attention to this global crisis, and I agree. When we burn fossil fuels, greenhouse gasses are released into the atmosphere, which adds to the crisis of global warming.

Greenpeace has done recent studies proving that South Africa alone can reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200 million tons by 2050 without hindering the economic growth of the country. This can be done by making use of more solar and wind powered appliances. Also we can start being more conscious of our electricity usage and make sure we use it more efficiently.

Also making headlines is a song titled Beds'r Burning, featuring 55 famous celebrities. The song is mainly directed at world leaders, and focuses on raising awareness on the issue of global warming in order to bring them together and come up with a plan on how they can reduce the issue of global warming .This idea came from the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum and was released on October the 1st in Paris.

I think with all this awareness being raised about global warming, the eye’s of the world could be opened before it is too late. It is up to us to decide if we are going to help play a part in reducing the amount of exerted greenhouse gasses or add to the detriment of our planet Earth.

Sources and related news articles:

http://www.climateark.org/globalwarmingcrisis/

http://www.health24.com/news/Enviro_Health_/1-1308,52912.asp

http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/

http://www.news24.com/Content/Entertainment/International/1044/9902c259e9ff4476ae6743aff69db655/15-09-2009-11-56/55_celebs_for_climate_change