Hi y’all! I am here with a new blog (after a really long time)! I really got caught up in school work and whatever but here I am again! Anyways, today’s blog topic is an ‘after-effect’ of what happens after you enjoy your “festivities” by bursting crackers. Like I mentioned in a previous blog of mine, Diwali is about spending time with your family and not bursting crackers. But those of you choosing to burst crackers, here is how you are contributing:
First thing first, firecrackers pollute, and like a lot. After launching these, they release particles of dust, zinc, copper, sulphur, carbon and many such pollutants. These pollutants not only harm the quality of air, but also the health of the organisms inhaling this air. Ok, so for all of you animal lovers out there. These firecrackers pose a great danger to animals in a close and far away proximity due to the dust particles in the air that these animals inhale. They also affect the animals when these animals ingest or get too close to the litter that is left after all the festivals by causing severe burning in the eyes and even death. Also the sound is really bothersome for the animals. Lastly, producing the oxygen needed for these fireworks to explode, many fireworks are made up of chemicals called perchlorates. Perchlorates dissolve in water, polluting rivers, lakes, the biodiversity living in these water bodies and drinking water. That’s it from me and I hope those reading this blog will stop or at the very least reduce the usage of fireworks! Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 #FireworksAreHorrible #SayNoToFireworks #BeCoolDon’tBurstFireworks Sources:https://lucknow.apollohospitals.com/how-crackers-affect-our-health.html, https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.in/blogs/fireworks-distressful-celebration, https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/are-fireworks-bad-for-the-environment/
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The carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by a person or organization. It's a way to measure how much impact we have on our environment, and it can be used to guide policy decisions regarding climate change.
What is a carbon footprintCarbon footprint is a measure of how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are emitted by a person, organization, or business. It's a way to measure the impact of human activities on the environment. The concept was originally devised by environmentalist Paul Hawken in 1992 as an expression for his concern about global warming and other ecological damage that could be caused by overpopulation and industrialization. Climate change is happening, and it's not just the polar ice caps melting or rising sea levels. The world's ecosystems are changing as well, affecting everything from the food supply to our health and economy. In this section, we'll explore how climate change affects our world today and in the future. Carbon dioxide and methane are the two biggest contributors to greenhouse gasesYou may not know it, but your carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases your activities contribute to the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and methane are the two biggest contributors to greenhouse gases, which cause climate change by contributing to global warming. The agricultural industry is a huge source of CO2 emissions because it uses large amounts of fossil fuels for fertilizer production (often made from coal) as well as heavy machinery like tractors or combines. Animal waste also contributes to this number since cows produce methane when they belch out their food after eating something tasty! Once you factor in all these things together with human activity like driving cars or cooking meals at home—you'll find that we're actually responsible for almost half our total global CO2 emissions! Methane, in particular, comes from landfills. Methane is a greenhouse gas, and it comes from landfills. Landfills are an important source of methane, which contributes to climate change. For example, the waste generated by one American family of four can release as much as 20 tons of methane into the atmosphere during their lifetime—the equivalent of 200 cars on the road for an entire year! Recycling benefitsRecycling is a great way to reduce the amount of waste in landfills, which reduces the need for new space. Recycling also reduces the amount of energy used to create new materials and reduces pollution created by mining or manufacturing. Recycling is also beneficial because it prevents pollution from being created when transporting goods: If you take old products with you when you buy new ones, then there will be less chance that those products will end up as trash in your home after they’ve been used up! Public transportation can get you around without emitting harmful gases into the atmospherePublic transportation is a good way to reduce your carbon footprint. If you use public transportation, you can get around town quickly and easily. You won't have to worry about finding parking spaces or trying to pay for gas every time you go out of town on vacation; all of that hassle will be taken care of by the public system itself! You might also think about using public transportation if it helps save money. Not only does this mean less money spent on gas and other forms of transportation, but it could also help reduce traffic congestion in cities across America by encouraging people who live there but work elsewhere (like myself) not only drive less often but also take advantage of other modes besides driving alone such as biking or walking instead! We can do our part to protect the environment in many ways.The carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by a person or organization. It includes transportation, manufacturing, and electricity use. Greenhouse gases are substances like carbon dioxide and methane that trap heat in the atmosphere and cause global warming. The main contributors to your carbon footprint are:
Bonjour amigos! I feel like it's been decades since my last blog (Oh gosh! I would be old, eh?) Anyways, I was going through some of me old blogs and I suddenly felt like, "man! I should blog more often!" So I decided to resume my blogs again! Isn't that exciting! So I will try my personal best to post every Saturday now! No promises 'aight. Just trying my best!
That's it, just wanted to make that announcement and I'm out! Peace #Returnoftheboss #Let'sgo #Welcomemeback! Hey. It’s Neev and I have rather sad news. So, I have gotten caught up in my school work with schools coming back to normal so there will be fewer blogs. The ones in May will still be published, but otherwise I mostly won’t. But you can always go read my blogs at www.seasofchange.com.au. Thanks!
Bonjour! Hola! Hallo! It’s me Neev! It’s been ages since my last blog and I’ve been missin’ ya all! (Don’t know if you have been missing me…) But anyway, today’s topic is “Wildfires” In the Summer season, here in India you get to witness several wildfires. Not like the ones in Amazon obviously but some dangerous ones.
Several people burn the hills purposely. If you burn the grasses on the hills then you get a better crop for your cattle and leave the trees unharmed, which is understandable but, several birds suffer and die due to the harmful emissions of the burning grass. Besides, do you think that there is no pollution when there are hills that get burned? Of course, there is a lot of pollution contributing to our most hated thing, Climate Change! We can’t possibly control natural forest fires, or can we? Generally, the fire spreads only if there is a continuous supply of fuel (Dry vegetation) along with its path. The best way to control a forest fire is, therefore, to prevent it from spreading, which can be done by creating firebreaks in the shape of small clearings of ditches in the forests. So there you have it. A little about forest fires. We will talk about more such info in the next blog! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 Sup! It’s me. Now I know I said that no blogs until the 22nd of this month, but… Ya. So as most of you know that the Indian festival of “Holi” is on the 18th of this month! It’s exciting, isn’t it? It is for humans but, not so much for the planet.
So here’s the deal. Holi is cool and all but the amount of water that gets wasted is like… BRO! JUST STOP! I don’t mean to disgrace or insult the festival so here me out. An average person wastes about 30 litres of water on Holi! That is basically 10 litres more than the daily per capita requirement. So, you just waste too much water. I get it. It’s all fun and games for us but there are 3-4 million people who die due to lack of water every single day. I am not insisting on not playing Holi. Just that don’t play Holi with water, play it with dry colours like I do! Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 #WaterLessHoli #SaveWaterThisHoli #DryColoursRule! PS: This is seriously my last blog till the 2nd:) Hiya! So today’s blog is kinda about a devastating topic. So I am sure most of you if not all of you have heard of the devastating, raging war between Russia and Ukraine. Now in this blog, I am gonna tell you about this war and a few other related things.
For starters, let us understand why Russia attacked Ukraine in the first place. While there had been tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, for a long time, the situation began getting out of control in early 2021. In January last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged US President Joe Biden to let Ukraine join NATO. The reason Russia is against NATO is that On 1 April 2014, NATO unanimously decided to suspend all practical cooperation with the Russian Federation, in response to the Annexation of Crimea, but the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was not suspended. This means that NATO won’t work with Russia. Russia recently took over a nuclear plant in Ukraine called Chernobyl. Now, this is bad because if this plant even gets touched by any of the weapons Russia has, then Ukraine and Russia will be in great trouble not to mention several other European countries that will be affected. Ok so now, this war devastating. It is pathetic! I mean wars, in general, are no good but this war is just some next-level stupidity right there. This war is not only taking the lives of thousands upon thousands but also separating families. There are thousands of kids not sure if they can see their fathers again. All the males between the age of 18-60 are not allowed to evacuate Ukraine but have to stay back and fight! I will leave the links to a few YouTube videos, you guys should seriously go watch ‘em. Also, you guys should do whatever you can to stop the war. We all can and we all will! Another important thing is that we should not forget this, many times people do things when they are in trend and later just forget about it! Let’s not forget about this! Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 Check - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kS7RWy5NxnQ, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kS7RWy5NxnQ Sources- https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-the-conflict-explained-in-5-points-2786200, https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GCWQXGHBHVMJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%25E2%2580%2593NATO_relations+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in #StopTheWar #StandWithUkraine #WeStandWithUkraine PS: This is my last blog, for the month, next blog will come after 22nd of March due to my exams coming up. Thanks, Neev Heya! So here’s a question- Don’t you love beaches? Like all the water, sand, fun and sun. Well, the last bit, sun, do you know the reason you enjoy the warm rays of the sun? It is the Ozone Layer! It stops you from just sizzling up like a brownie in the sun’s rays. The reason I am talking about the Ozone layer cus there is a huge problem!
But first, we need to understand what is the Ozone layer and why is it important. So, for starters, the Ozone layer is this nice, kind little sheet that sits in the Stratosphere and has agreed to protect us. What I mean is that the sun sends out super harmful and scorching hot rays called ultraviolet rays and without the Ozone layer bocking the harmful rays and letting the good rays in, we would be toast, literally! It acts like a personal bodyguard for our planet. Time to understand what is the problem? In the 1970s, scientists discovered that the Ozone layer was being depleted. Temperature, weather, latitude and altitude and substances ejected by natural events such as volcanic eruptions can affect ozone levels. However, these natural phenomena could not explain the levels of depletion observed and scientific evidence revealed that certain man-made chemicals were the cause. Ozone depletion is greatest at the South Pole. It occurs mainly in late winter and early spring (August-November) and peak depletion usually occur in early October, when ozone is often destroyed in large areas. There is a huge hole mostly in the Antarctic region. It is one of the major causes of Global Warming since the “Ozone Hole” allows harmful ultraviolet rays in through its hole. Now, this is a big problem cus it can make Global Warming worse and practically make the planet like Venus, not suitable for life. Its causes are primarily the pollution we as humans make, the smoke emitted from our vehicles, industries and more. The only way I can think of to reduce the size of the hole is to reduce pollution. Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 #PatchTheOzoneHole! #NoVisitsToTheBeachesThen #TooWarmToLive Sources- https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/protection-ozone-layer_en Hello! I am back! So before I start, there is a surprise at the end! Wait! Don’t scroll down, no cheating. Only read the surprise after you finish reading the entire blog!
So, I am sure at least one person in your family uses silk, right? Like a saree, purse or anything. But do you know how silk is made? It is the cruellest fabric ever made! Many of you may even know how it is made but for those of you who don’t know how it is made, here it is- Silk producers treat the cocoon with hot air, steam, or boil it in water, in a process called “stifling.” But when you boil the cocoon in water or bake it with hot air, you’re killing the pupa inside. And mass amounts of pupas are killed in these ways to make the world’s silk. To make one pound of the lustrous, revered material requires about 2,500 or more silkworms. So here’s how people make silk, it is super cruel. And it is also a reminder to us how cruel humans can get just for the sake of money and fashion. Just to make a small buck or look super stylish, modern and stunning or just to experience the premium quality, mankind can get so cruel, even to the point of cruelly taking the life of an innocent being. Next time you try to go for fashion, think beyond it and about the cruelty that goes into making it. Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 #CrueltyFree #BanSilk #DoWeReallyNeedSilk? Sources- https://qz.com/quartzy/1309227/asos-is-banning-silk-but-is-it-really-unethical-to-wear/ Don't worry, I didn't forget. So the surprise is that in the first week of May I will be posting blogs every single day! This is what I would like to call the "Rapid Fire Week!" So mark your calendars for this wonderful week! Sup? I am back, and I was thinking that I am an idiot. Well, I talk about soo many environmental issues, but hold up! How in the world do we solve ‘em? Well considering it’s the Gen Z taking charge, here are some Gen Z options-
1) Solar Glass- What if every window in a skyscraper could generate energy? That's the promise of solar glass, an emerging technology that's getting a lot of buzz in design and sustainability circles. Just like it sounds, solar glass is suitably transparent window material but also captures the sun's energy and converts it into electricity. 2) Plant-Based Plastic!- Ok, this is straight-up gold for me! I have been talking about a substitute for plastic for ages, and here it is. We have to put an end to single-use plastics. In many places, straws are only given out upon request and single-use plastic bags have disappeared from grocery stores. Plant-based plastics that biodegrade are one palatable solution, as they could, in theory, replace many of the plastic products already in circulation. An Indonesian company called Avani Eco has been making bio-plastic out of cassava since 2014. Like fake meat and solar glass, this should become a booming sector in the years ahead. But beware: Not all bioplastics biodegrade, and the merit of some production techniques is debated. Part of becoming a responsible consumer in the next decade will be knowing the life cycle of the products we choose to buy, from creation to entropy. 3) Carbon Tiles- In India, there is a man who makes tiles out of carbon dioxide! He collects the pollution in the air somehow and converts it into tiles, one tile is equal to 1 day of fresh clean air! Let’s support this initiative! These are just a few of the inventions, but there are so many more that we have to explore, if you would like a part 2 where I talk about more amazing tech, comment so. Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 #GenZSolutions #NewTechForNewFuture #TechIsTheAnswer Sources- https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-technologies-most-likely-to-help-save-planet-earth/ , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0M3Fp4i9oI |
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