How aware are you about the environmental problems?

If you have looked around, you must have noticed how much change our planet has gone through in the last century. Looking back, I realized how much damage mankind has done to this planet which we call our home. Looking at all the mess which we are in and yes it is getting worse and worse with each passing year, I am getting very worried about not only our surroundings, but also our climate. With each passing year our planet is getting warmer. This global warming is due to many factors. Some of the reasons are avoidable and other unavoidable.

Someone mentioned to me why our government doesn’t do something to stop the manufacturers which make plastics and other harmful products and chemicals that destroy our environment especially the ozone layer. Also, the slash and burn method should be stopped immediately which destroys vast forest lands.

After giving it some thought, I think we should not be too dependent on our government to stop climate change as they take too much time to come to any environmentally friendly solution and there are just too many influential industrial lobbies pressurizing our government. I think the best place we can actually start is within our own homes. If at least every home would start doing their own part in conserving energy and recycling and segregating the waste products and help educate other people in their locality, we can actually make a difference. Here are a few tips:

1. Turn of lights when not in use, TV, radio, computer and other appliances
2. Conserve water while taking a bath or washing dishes.
3. Plant as many trees in your backyard or around your property as possible.
4. Try to reuse plastics and paper products.
5. Segregate trash before putting it out for the pick up by the municipality.
6. Take your own bags when doing your grocery.
7. Do not litter when you go someplace,
8. Do not get damage the environment when going on a sightseeing tour.


If you have been listening to the news or reading the print materials you must have noticed that sometimes we are told that the earth climate is getting warmer because of greenhouse effect and at other times we are told that the earth is going to enter into another ice age and it will probably be the end of life as we know it. Which theory to believe? As an individual, sometimes I feel powerless and frustrated. Can mankind be less selfish and care about the earth more? What can we possibly do so that we can save our planet from going hotter and hotter in the future? Do you have any suggestions to stop all these menace so that we can have a healthy planet? How can we limit the damage that we are doing to our planet?

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Good news or bad, which do you prefer first?

I guess everyone has their own preference when deciding which type of news they prefer to listen to first and which one they prefer to listen to later. After some thinking, I think I would prefer to get the bad news first. I have had a tendency in life to want to get the bad over with really fast, so I can move on to the good in life. It kind of drives me crazy when I tell someone that I have good news and bad news for them, and they want the good news first... then I give the bad news and they don't really like the bad news too much since it puts their mind in great turmoil and then they want to go over the bad news over and over and over again. I just don't respond to that type of stuff very well and usually exit real quick. I just think to myself, you should have asked for the bad news first! I guess it all depends on the person’s personality and how they are able to handle the news which is dished out to them.

Reasoning can be sought for either way. If you choose to receive the good news first you will be happy and later on in a foul mood for the bad news that will come later .Then if you get the bad news first you will be sad and then the happiness will come after and be the last emotion you have. Some people claim that it is better to hear the good news first than the bad news later as the good news fills our heart with happiness and joy. After hearing the good news, if we listen to the bad news, the bad news will have some impact on the bad news, and it won’t hurt us much at the heart so much as the good news will lessen the impact of the bad news. While others claim that it is better to hear the bad news first because then they have something to look forward to, being the good news. Like I said a little while ago, I would rather hear the bad news first, be upset for a minute and know I have good news to hear also than be in a good mood and then to have that mood crushed due to the bad news. So which do you prefer first Good or Bad news?