'The Inconvenient Truth'

Was watching a docu-film starred Al-Gore ‘The Inconvenient Truth’. I was touched with the part where he told the story about how almost losing his son to a car accident changed his perspective on life and make him think of what role should he play on this planet we called Earth while he’s still living and breathing on it. This film tells about Global Warming & Climate Change, an issue to most people not their problem.

Industrial activities is one major human activity that

contributes to the increase of greenhouse gasses into the air

that traps the heat from being reflected back into space

‘Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.’ (http://www.climatecrisis.net/aboutthefilm/)

Top: Mount Kilimanjaro in 1998, ice cap covering the mountain.

Below: 85% of the ice has melted in 2005.

We have watched the effect of Tsunami in Thailand and the hurricane Katrina in the U.S., the flood and landslides in China and we feel so lucky for not being there and being those victims who have lost their parents, siblings, friends, pets, home, jobs and a place to hang out to have beers and chit chat with friends. All gone within a very short period compared to how long it is that you have known your families and friends, how long it takes to build a building where you hang out or that city, how long it takes for you to get that job and a good salary.

When you really think about it, we are just a tiny particle of life form living on pieces of land sticking out from the sea on a huge sphere (I wanted to say ball, but it wouldn’t sound right to some people). This sphere floats in a huge vacuum (space) along with the other floating objects in space including the Sun.

What can we do to save our planet or to make sure we and our next generation still have a save and livable place to live in 10 years time to come?

Firstly understand what Global Warming is.
2nd: You have to understand what Climate Change is. Try this site, its easy to understand http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/sustainable-resource-use/climate/impact-on-industries/
3rd: Tell your family, friends, colleagues about this phenomenon and make them understand the consequences.
4th: Vote for a politician who is environmentally concern and would fight for that cause.
5th: Think again, what more can you do… (eg: Switch off air con if not needed… use bicycle to go to work if u can, recycle your rubbish and etc.)

All of us should watch this film. Informative and unboring; and makes you think…..

A polar bear have to jump from one tiny piece of iceberg to

another to go around, look for food or rest.

There's cases where polar bear drowned in their effort

to get to the other side of the land/iceberg to get food

as they cant find any iceberg big enough for them to rest on to.

‘Upton Sinclair’

It is difficult to make a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

Sofia :)