Earth Hour
Posted by Kan Hong Hong , Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:39 PM
Energy is transferred/converted from 1 form to another, it has to be in a form and most of the time the latest form is the heat produced. Heat contributes to global warming. In 100 hundred years, global temperature has increased by 0.74ºC whereby, the 0.4ºC increase happened in last 30 years.
Read below, it's scary to even think about it.
[Averaged over all land and ocean surfaces, temperatures have warmed roughly 1.33°F (0.74ºC) over the last century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. More than half of this warming—about 0.72°F (0.4°C)—has occurred since 1979. Because oceans tend to warm and cool more slowly than land areas, continents have warmed the most (about 1.26°F or 0.7ºC since 1979), especially over the Northern Hemisphere.]
It concerns me and I always try my very best to bring out awareness among my family and friends. Here hopefully, I can contribute a tiny bit to help our future, our children and even children's future.
There was a online essay contest which I took part and I was surprised I got a call from the organiser who announced I was one of the winners!! Tell me what you think of it!
My son holding the prize, a limited edition Earth Hour bag
My winning essay:
Remember the days when people drove with the car windows wound down?
That was 30 years ago………Remember the days when our mothers used to sit at the porch doing their daily chores eg. plucking vegetables, sewing or reading newspaper while watching their children playing in the gardens? That was 30 years ago…..Remember the days when we only heard the classroom fans spinning loudly during our exams? That was 30 years ago…
Scientists say that the earth appears to have been warmer since 1980 than at any time in the last 18 centuries. Just imagine that we took less than 30 years to heat up a planet which has existed more than 4 billions years!!! The main culprit? Human’s lifestyle. Most people can’t survive without air-conditioners now. As for me, I love the sun so much that without it shining brightly for even a couple of days would make me feel gloomy. I’m not saying that I would sit under the sun like most westerners like to do during summer. It’s just that I could bear with our hot weather just fine without air-conditioners at most times.
How do I keep my body cool? What I always do is to imagine that I’m feeling cool! Sweating is just a part of cooling process, so it’s fine to sweat! I don’t mind if my body feels sticky! It’s all in our mind. Yoga played a big part to control my mind. Though I seldom practice it now, at least my mind is set to be cool!
When I really really need to use the air-conditioner (especially on hazy days), I would just set it to 26 degrees Celcius and together with a fan operating at lowest speed. This will help in slowing down global warming and help save on my electricity bills too!
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