Global Warming

Global Warming

Global warming is a “hot” topic these days! Is our planet actually heating up? Are humans responsible? Is there cause for concern? Is there anything we can do about it?

Scientists studying climate change know three things for certain:

  • Greenhouse gasses – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide – warm the planet.
  • Human activities are adding greenhouse gasses to our atmosphere.
  • The Earth’s surface temperature is rising.

Make Every Day Earth Day - And Put the Brakes on Global Warming

Global warming - the rising of temperatures across the planet - is caused by human activities associated with industrialization, economic development, and deforestation. The carbon dioxide emissions that result are thinning our earth's ozone layer and trapping heat inside the atmosphere. Global warming has accelerated in the past two decades, and increasing temperatures will gradually cause devastating changes on our planet. Here in the Pacific region, these impacts can be observed in the rising of sea levels and the degradation of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems.

Curbing Global Warming - Your Everyday Choices Make a Difference!

Burning fossil fuels (oil and petroleum) releases CO2 into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Here in Hawaii over 90% of the energy we use for electricity and transportation is produced by burning oil! Reducing CO2 emissions can seem like an overwhelming challenge, but the choices we make in our everyday lives can help curb global warming. If you think you can’t make a difference, check out the results of taking these seven simple actions.

    Vegetarianism: Cure for Global Warming

    It is difficult to ignore the grave threats that global warming may someday cause ( coastal flooding, increases in extreme weather, spreading of diseases, and mass extinctions). Yet the mainstream public has managed to ignore the simplest and most practical way to curve global warming – adopting a vegetarian diet.

    Vegetarian Solution - Part 2

    A real environmentalist does not eat meat. Rather, they understand that raising animals for food is wreaking havoc on the Earth by polluting and depleting our land, water, and air and they want no part of it. Read on and you will see why the most important step you can take to save the planet is to go vegetarian.

    Global Warming

    The "True" Inconvenient Truth

    The quickest and most effective way to reduce global warming will come through diet change, according to a letter that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent to Al Gore. PETA wrote that his film, An Inconvenient Truth “...failed to address the fact that the meat industry is the largest contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions.” Their argument has teeth.

    Want to reduce global warming? Be a vegetarian

    Everyone is talking about so-called “green” solutions. It is a lucrative business for many companies. Not all these solutions are as useful as one would think.

    The Earth Heats Up and Coral Reefs Diminish

    While scientists and policy makers have grappled for decades over the hot-button issue of global warming, a groundbreaking new study firmly establishes the fact that the earth is heating up as a result of worldwide industrialization.