Let's Save Our Earth

Greenpiece University

2009-06-15T17:38:00.003+07:00

A pride for Indonesia students who selected to attend the Greenpeace University. Activities like this is required to bear a warrior. They are taught to communicate, campaign, conduct research, and also held fund-raising, they also be asked to participate in the Greenpeace project for the campaign in Indonesia.

Indonesia countries as greenhouse gas emissions to three biggest must support and also play a role because I think in addition to creating the people who love the environment like this really help to reduce greenhouse gases from the logging, because Indonesia country is the third largest producer of gas emissions glass. We can do activities like this to us in the family. Students come to love our children their environment. We do not have to wait activities like this to act , because global warming does not waiting to destroy the earth...

Amazing Clouds

2009-04-29T06:52:00.004+07:00

Buto Awan, we called it like that. In this video taken by my cousin in Bali. We have no explanation for such things, even to our country that is still warm on spiritual issues.
I can only say that we are really makes the earth angry, viewed from the right side of the eye such as crying, but that the left eye as the person who angry.what can u say?

This video is not from edited effect, what's pure in a cellphone recording taken at the time of the incident. only one answer for us is here, the earth is angry....

what about you?

Click here for the video

Climate Change Conference

2009-04-23T11:00:00.007+07:00

Once again, Greenpeace has moved to protect our earth. With the new video here, you can actually see how we treat this earth.

December 2009 will be held on climate change conference in Copenhagen by the United Nations. With the theme, we hope that the awareness of the large countries to reduce their industrial gas emissions. greenpiece said "every day to the conference in Copenhagen is earth day" more or less as it is said. But does not have to wait for the conference to make a change, with the small things such as send an email to the world leaders pledged to make changes ...
I have done so, now your turn ....

Airplot

2009-04-03T05:37:00.006+07:00

From Heathrow, UK. government there plans to build an airport that is greater than before. with the reason to create jobs in the economic situation more difficult, the government will be flattened about 700 homes, businesses, schools, and pubs. to view a map of the location of the airport, click here ...

But in reality, the airport is one of the contributor biggest glass gas emissions. and if we want to seriously address global warming, then it must be antidotal. Greenpeace uk has been to buy land in the area proposed airport development. if we are serious, tell your friends, do the action, and visit the Greenpeace.
because thousands of people have joined here ...

Earth Hour

2009-03-31T08:32:00.004+07:00

Earth hour is an International event that was first forged by the WWF (World Wide Fund) Australia with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 in Sidney, Australia. How to turn off the lights and other electrical equipment are expected awareness of the importance of the global warming. We will not be able to overcome the global warming alone, and this action be a big change that is now done by the people of the world's various countries. the first action of the city, now the world of action. some of the city would celebrate events such as the new year, fireworks, the actions to see stars, etc.. This would make the world more cohesive society.

But not all the city's follow participation, because the action depends on the weather at the time of celebration, and also this event can thus spend more. but if we see more objective, whatever the price is a reasonable price for our earth. that we do is turn off lights for one hour, not the hard for a better future. at this time already in 2100 the city participate, and 1 billion already vote to earth, it is your turn? so please give your comment to a better world ..

Water scarcity

2009-03-26T14:29:00.001+07:00

Sea level rise is projected to increase salt-water intrusion into groundwater in some regions, affecting drinking water and agriculture in coastal zones. Increased evaporation will reduce the effectiveness of reservoirs. Increased extreme weather means more water falls on hardened ground unable to absorb it, leading to flash floods instead of a replenishment of soil moisture or groundwater levels. In some areas, shrinking glaciers threaten the water supply. The continued retreat of glaciers will have a number of different effects. In areas that are heavily dependent on water runoff from glaciers that melt during the warmer summer months, a continuation of the current retreat will eventually deplete the glacial ice and substantially reduce or eliminate runoff. A reduction in runoff will affect the ability to irrigate crops and will reduce summer stream flows necessary to keep dams and reservoirs replenished. This situation is particularly acute for irrigation in South America, where numerous artificial lakes are filled almost exclusively by glacial melt. Central Asian countries have also been historically dependent on the seasonal glacier melt water for irrigation and drinking supplies. In Norway, the Alps, and the Pacific.

Spread of disease

2009-03-26T14:26:00.001+07:00

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global warming could lead to a major increase in insect-borne diseases in Britain and Europe, as northern Europe becomes warmer, ticks—which carry encephalitis and lyme disease and sandflies which carry visceral leishmaniasis are likely to move in. However, malaria has always been a common threat in European past, with the last epidemic occurring in the Netherlands during the 1950s. In the United States, Malaria has been endemic in as much as 36 states (including Washington, North Dakota, Michigan and New York) until the 1940s. By 1949, the country was declared free of malaria as a significant public health problem, after more than 4,650,000 house DDT spray applications had been made.

Forest fires

2009-03-26T14:20:00.001+07:00

The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report predicts that many mid-latitude regions, such as Mediterranean Europe, will experience decreased rainfall and an increased risk of drought, which in turn would allow forest fires to occur on larger scale, and more regularly. This releases more stored carbon into the atmosphere than the carbon cycle can naturally re-absorb, as well as reducing the overall forest area on the planet, creating a positive feedback loop. Part of that feedback loop is more rapid growth of replacement forests and a northward migration of forests as northern latitudes become more suitable climates for sustaining forests. There is a question of whether the burning of renewable fuels such as forests should be counted as contributing to global warming.

Glacier retreat and disappearance

2009-03-26T14:16:00.002+07:00

In historic times, glaciers grew during a cool period from about 1550 to 1850 known as the Little Ice Age. Subsequently, until about 1940, glaciers around the world retreated as the climate warmed. Glacier retreat declined and reversed in many cases from 1950 to 1980 as a slight global cooling occurred. Since 1980, glacier retreat has become increasingly rapid and ubiquitous, and has threatened the existence of many of the glaciers of the world. This process has increased markedly since 1995.

Temperature rise

2009-03-26T14:13:00.001+07:00

From 1961 to 2003, the global ocean temperature has risen by 0.10 °C from the surface to a depth of 700 m. There is variability both year-to-year and over longer time scales, with global ocean heat content observations showing high rates of warming for 1991 to 2003, but some cooling from 2003 to 2007. The temperature of the Antarctic Southern Ocean rose by 0.17 °C (0.31 °F) between the 1950s and the 1980s, nearly twice the rate for the world's oceans as a whole. As well as having effects on ecosystems (e.g. by melting sea ice, affecting algae that grow on its underside), warming reduces the ocean's ability to absorb CO₂

Sea level rise

2009-03-26T14:11:00.003+07:00

With increasing average global temperature, the water in the oceans expands in volume, and additional water enters them which had previously been locked up on land in glaciers, for example, the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets. For most glaciers worldwide, an average volume loss of 60% until 2050 is predicted. Meanwhile, the estimated total ice melting rate over Greenland is 239 ± 23 cubic kilometres (57 ± 5.5 cu mi) per year, mostly from East Greenland. The Antarctic ice sheet, however, is expected to grow during the 21st century because of increased precipitation. Under the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenario (SRES) A1B, by the mid-2090s global sea level will reach 0.22 to 0.44 m (8.7 to 17 in) above 1990 levels, and is currently rising at about 4 mm (0.16 in) per year. Since 1900, the sea level has risen at an average of 1.7 mm (0.067 in) per year; since 1993, satellite altimetry from TOPEX/Poseidon indicates a rate of about 3 mm (0.12 in) per year.

Al Gore

2009-03-26T14:08:00.001+07:00

Here are 10 simple thing you can do and how much carbon dioxide you’ll save doing them.

1.Change a light
Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pound of carbon dioxide a year.

2. Drive less
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.

3.Recycle more
You can save 2,400 pound of carbon dioxide per year for recycling just half of your household waste.

4. check your tire
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more then 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keep 20 pound of carbon dioxide out of atmosphere.

5. Use less hot water.
It take a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pound of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 saved per year).

6. Avoid product with a lot of packaging.
You can save 1,200 pound of carbon dioxide a year if you cut down your garbage by 10%.

7. Adjust your thermostat
Moving your thermostat just 2 degree in winter and up 2 degree in summer. You could save about 2,000 pound of carbon dioxide a year with the simple adjustment.

8. Plant a tree
A single tree would absorb of carbon dioxide over its life time.

9. Turn off electronic device.
Simply turning of your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you are not using them will save you thousand of pound of carbon dioxide a year.

10. Tell your friend to see this site….

Tips to stop global warming

2009-03-26T14:05:00.002+07:00

1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)
CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
We recommend you purchase your CFL bulbs at 1000bulbs.com, they have great deals on both screw-in and plug-in light bulbs.

2. Install a programmable thermostat
Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 a year on your energy bill.

3. Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer
Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

4. Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner
Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

5. Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases
Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.

6. Do not leave appliances on standby
Use the “on/off” function on the machine itself. A TV set that’s switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

7. Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket
You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.

8. Move your fridge and freezer
Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.

9. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly
Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

10. Don’t let heat escape from your house over a long period
When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.

11. Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing
This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.

12. Get a home energy audit
Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.

13. Cover your pots while cooking
Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!

14. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full
If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.

15. Take a shower instead of a bath
A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximise the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.

16. Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.

17. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible
You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.

18. Insulate and weatherize your home
Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.

19. Be sure you’re recycling at home
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.

20. Recycle your organic waste
Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing bio-degradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul.

21. Buy intelligently
One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.

22. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can
You will also cut down on waste production and energy use… another help against global warming.

23. Reuse your shopping bag
When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.

24. Reduce waste
Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.

25. Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership.

26. Switch to green power
In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don’t use for yourself.

27. Buy locally grown and produced foods
The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.

28. Buy fresh foods instead of frozen
Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.

29. Seek out and support local farmers markets
They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer’s markets in your area, and go for them.

30. Buy organic foods as much as possible
Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!

31. Eat less meat
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.

32. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible
Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.

33. Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates
Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year. eRideShare.com runs a free service connecting north american commuters and travelers.

34. Don’t leave an empty roof rack on your car
This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.

35. Keep your car tuned up
Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.

36. Drive carefully and do not waste fuel
You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car mantainance.

37. Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated
Proper tire inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!

38. When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle
You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid! You can find information on fuel efficiency on FuelEconomy and on GreenCars websites.

39. Try car sharing
Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance. Many companies – such as Flexcar - offer low emission or hybrid cars too! Also, see ZipCar.

40. Try telecommuting from home
Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week. For more information, check out the Telework Coalition.

41. Fly less
Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investingin renewable energy projects.

42. Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions
You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.

43. Join the virtual march
The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to bring people concerned about global warming together in one place. Add your voice to the hundreds of thousands of other people urging action on this issue.

44. Encourage the switch to renewable energy
Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them. U.S. citizens, take action to break down those barriers with Vote Solar.

45. Protect and conserve forest worldwide
Forests play a critial role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Conservation International has more information on saving forests from global warming.

46. Consider the impact of your investments
If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming. Check out SocialInvest and Ceres to can learn more about how to ensure your money is being invested in companies, products and projects that address issues related to climate change.

47. Make your city cool
Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation. If you’re in the U.S., join the cool cities list.

48. Tell Congress to act
The McCain Lieberman Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act would set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it.

49. Make sure your voice is heard!
Americans must have a stronger commitment from their government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Get the facts about U.S. politicians and candidates at Project Vote Smart and The League of Conservation Voters. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!

50. Share this list!
Send this page via e-mail to your friends! Spread this list worldwide and help people doing their part: the more people you will manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action on first person too)!

City Gridlock

2009-03-26T14:05:00.001+07:00

In 1996 according to an annual study by traffic engineers [as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle December 10, 1996] from Texas A and M University, it was found that drivers in Los Angeles and New York City alone wasted 600 million gallons of gas annually while just sitting in traffic. The 600 million gallons of gas translates to about 7.5 million tons of carbon dioxide in just those two cities.

Ranch

2009-03-26T02:06:00.001+07:00

Intergovernmental Panel of on Climate Change ( IPCC), one body of UN which 1.300 man of science from whole world, expressed that 90% human being activity during 250 year make our planet progressively heat. IPCC also conclude that 90% glasshouse yielded by human being, like dioxide carbon, methane, and oxide nitrogen, specially during this 50 year, have drastically boosted up Earth temperature.

But, according to report United Nations about published environment and ranch in the year 2006 laying open that, " ranch industry is producer of biggest glasshouse gas emission ( 18%), this amount more than entire transportation in the world ( 13%).” Almost one fifth of (20%) of carbon emission come from ranch.

Ranch sector have contributed 9% of dioxide carbon, 37% of methane gas ( having warm-up effect 72 times stronger than CO2 in duration 20 year, and 23 times in 100 year), and also 65% of oxide nitrogen ( having warm-up effect 296 times more stronger than CO2). Ranch also generate 64% of ammonia because human being interference so that result sour rain.

May be you like to know how ranch industry produce glasshouse gas. Following its outline according to FAO:
1. Emission Carbon of making of livestock thing:
a. Usage of fossil fuel in making of manure contribute 41 million ton of CO2 every year
b. Usage of diesel in ranch contribute 90 million ton of CO2 a year.
c. Displace farm function used for to ranch contribute 2,4 billion ton of CO2 a year, farm changed to plant soybean as livestock food, or cut the forest to make new ranch.
d. Processing of farmland for the food of livestock ( for example corn, wheat, or soybean) can reach 28 million CO2 a year. Need you know, at least 80% soybean crop and 50% corn crop used as food of livestock.
e. discharged carbon from eroded grassland become desert contribute 100 million ton of CO2 a year

2. Carbon emission of digestion system of animal
a. discharged methane in course of digestion of animal can reach 86 million ton a year
b. discharged methane of animal dirt manure can reach 18 million ton per its year

3. Carbon emission of processing and transportation of livestock animal flesh to consumer
a. Emission of CO2 for processing of flesh can reach tens of million ton a year
b. Emission of CO2 from transportation of livestock animal product can reach more than 0,8 million ton a year

CO2

2009-03-26T01:59:00.002+07:00

We have learned about solar system, and we also know how sun illuminate the earth. Until now it is still happened, and continue happened

Sunshine make the earth become warmness, and ozone coat good for maintaining the heat. Few year ago ozone coat still stabilize, this matter because human life pattern which still modestly, so that the amount of excessive heat of sun will easy to bounded.

But with our life pattern today like car , computer, player dvd, and other luxurious goods have produced dioxide carbon too many for several last year. this matter cause ozone coat become thickerly, so hot from the sun will be snared more and earth will become hotter…

Why goods like car, computer, and other goods can cause dioxide carbon production? simple example, when we turn on the computer, automatic it require electricity, electricity yielded by various energy type which is the each producing c02 as its waste..