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Dear friends…
I am always sending you all the Love of this Amazing Universe…
But are we Loving the Universe Back?
Please take the time to Read this…
since it means nurturing what gives us life in the first place.
Earth!!!
Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets' worth of natural resources every year by 2050 on current trends, the WWF conservation group said on Tuesday. Populations of many species, from fish to mammals, had fallen by about a third from 1970 to 2003 largely because of human threats such as pollution, clearing of forests and over fishing, the group also said in a two-yearly report. "For more than 20 years we have exceeded the earth's ability to support a consumptive lifestyle that is unsustainable and we cannot afford to continue down this path," WWF Director-General James Leape said, launching the WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report. "If everyone around the world lived as those in America, we would need five planets to support us," Leape, an American, said in Beijing. People in the United Arab Emirates were placing most stress per capita on the planet ahead of those in the United States, Finland and Canada, the report said. Australia was also living well beyond its means. The average Australian used 6.6 "global" hectares to support their developed lifestyle, ranking behind the United States and Canada, but ahead of the United Kingdom, Russia, China and Japan. "If the rest of the world led the kind of lifestyles we do here in Australia, we would require three-and-a-half planets to provide the resources we use and to absorb the waste," said Greg Bourne, WWF-Australia chief executive officer. Everyone would have to change lifestyles -- cutting use of fossil fuels and improving management of everything from farming to fisheries. "As countries work to improve the well-being of their people, they risk bypassing the goal of sustainability," said Leape, speaking in an energy-efficient building at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. "It is inevitable that this disconnect will eventually limit the abilities of poor countries to develop and rich countries to maintain their prosperity," he added. The report said humans' "ecological footprint" -- the demand people place on the natural world -- was 25 percent greater than the planet's annual ability to provide everything from food to energy and recycle all human waste in 2003. In the previous report, the 2001 overshoot was 21 percent. "On current projections humanity, will be using two planets' worth of natural resources by 2050 -- if those resources have not run out by then," the latest report said. "People are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources." RISING POPULATION "Humanity's footprint has more than tripled between 1961 and 2003," it said. Consumption has outpaced a surge in the world's population, to 6.5 billion from 3 billion in 1960. U.N. projections show a surge to 9 billion people around 2050. It said that the footprint from use of fossil fuels, whose heat-trapping emissions are widely blamed for pushing up world temperatures, was the fastest-growing cause of strain. Leape said China, home to a fifth of the world's population and whose economy is booming, was making the right move in pledging to reduce its energy consumption by 20 percent over the next five years. "Much will depend on the decisions made by China, India and other rapidly developing countries," he added. The WWF report also said that an index tracking 1,300 vertebrate species -- birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- showed that populations had fallen for most by about 30 percent because of factors including a loss of habitats to farms. Among species most under pressure included the swordfish and the South African Cape vulture. Those bucking the trend included rising populations of the Javan rhinoceros and the northern hairy-nosed wombat in Australia.
Hope we can all do something meaningful every day…
Some times it can be as little as picking up an empty bottle, or not throwing garbage out the window when we drive…
I have seen many do that…
please keep a bag in your car until you find a garbage can.
Please I beg you…
let’s start making a difference !!! NOW !!!
Sending you all the Love of this Wonderful Universe.
Adriana
Things To Do
There are lots of things that you as individuals can do to reduce global warming and they all have a positive effect.
Join WWF in reducing your ecological footprint everyday.Also, by supporting WWF you are helping us to work with governments, partner with relevant industries and assist Canadians to make real and lasting changes that are needed in Canada and around the globe.At home:If you're buying a washing machine, refrigerator, dishwasher or oven, buy the most energy-efficient model you can afford. They might be more expensive but they pay for themselves through lower energy bills.
If living in Ontario, buy non-polluting green electricity from Bullfrog Power. Replace the lights you use most with compact fluorescent lights.
They cost more than ordinary lights but you end up saving money because they use only around one-quarter of the electricity to produce the same light. And they last four times as long as a normal light bulb!
Turn off lights, televisions, videos, stereos and computers when they are not in use.
Eliminate drafts that lose energy from your home. Plug holes around doors and windows.
Insulate your hot water tank, attic, floors and walls.
Fit solar panels on the roof of your home. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when you have a full load. Use energy efficient cycles.
Don't leave taps running.
Set your water thermostat for 50 degrees - this is plenty warm enough for bathing and washing and will save money too. Don't leave fridge doors open for longer than necessary, let food cool down fully before putting it in the fridge or freezer, defrost regularly and keep at the right temperature. Where possible don't stand ovens and fridges/freezers next to each other.
At work or at school:
Buy the most energy-efficient office equipment: computers, copiers, and printers. Get your company to do an audit of all its energy use, including production processes and vehicles, and to look for more ways of saving energy Turn off computer screens when you take a break Save paper (and the energy used in its production) by printing on both sides and by recycling used paper Start a project at your school to track down and eliminate energy waste Out and about:
Leave the car at home when you make short journeys Use a bicycle for short trips and local shopping. Make more use of public transport, such as buses and trains, for longer journeys.
Car pool with work colleagues or friends. If you have to buy a car, buy a fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly one. This will save you money and keep more CO2 from going into the atmosphere.
Don't idle your vehicle.