my Essay :)

Well, this might be weird, but it's my essay that i have submitted for the essay writing competition by NICKELODEON on 14th June 2009. It's an essay about Environmental Issues, so please take a look and give feedbacks about it, thanks

The Relation Between The Environmental Issues in Our Planet

In this 21^st century, we are facing a serious environmental issue called climate change. Climate change means the change of climate or the patterns of weather in a certain place. This environmental issue can cause problems like the rise of sea level, unpredictable weathers, and the melting of ice in the poles. Climate change can be caused by the variations of sunlight intensity and human action. The sunlight intensity has increased since a hole is formed in the ozone layer. The hole is caused by the greenhouse effect that also causes global warming. The greenhouse effect is caused by greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and methane. To reduce the sunlight’s intensity, we have to reduce the intensity of those greenhouse gases in the air. When the heat from the sun is going to get through the atmosphere, some of the heats are reflected by the ozone layer, and when they get inside the atmosphere, some of them will be reflected back to the sun. But, if the intensity of the greenhouse gases in the air is too high, the heat will be reflected back to our earth. This is what causes global warming and climate change on earth. We already knew there is a hole in the poles’ ozone layer that is caused by the CFC (chlorofluorocarbon), which means the heat will go through to the poles. This can cause the melting of ices in the poles. If this happens, it can also cause the rise of sea levels. Besides, the animals in the poles will lose their habitat and have a chance of extinction.

There are lots of things we can do to reduce the effects of global warming. We can do small things like reducing the usage of air conditioner and refrigerator or other electronic devices, recycle our wastes, and reuse stuffs like papers, bring our own shopping bag, eat fresh foods, or become a vegetarian. One more important thing we can do is not to leave our chargers plugged on when we are not using it, because it will suck the electricity even when we don’t use them. These are great ways we can do to help protect the environment because to create items like papers, plastics, transporting foods, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are produced as well. Most fresh foods are produced from the local garden we could reduce the amount of pollution cause when people are transporting other preserved foods, and they contain more nutrition than the preserved ones. By reducing the usage of air conditioner and refrigerator that produces CFC, we can help to reduce the increase of the size of hole in the ozone layer. And by being a vegetarian or vegan, we can also reduce the number of methane in the air that is mostly produced by cow’s wastes.

I’ve been trying to do those stuffs. I also tried to use public transportation as well. By using public transportation we can reduce the number of vehicles on the road and reduce the pollution because vehicles produce gas substances called carbon monoxide (CO) which is the main cause of air pollution. What I’ve been seeing in most vehicles in my country is there are only 1 or two persons inside it, while a public transportation can carry more, like buses. Buses can carry 15-20 people in each. In Indonesia, currently in Jakarta, there is already a public transportation system called busway. The buses are based on routes and they have their own side of the road. It is not expensive but very comfortable. Lots of people are now using it. I hope that more people can use it to help protect the earth.

So, how do you think ? Please let me know. LY !

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