Everybody knows that there is a da
rk cloud hanging over us called Global Warming. But still people tend to ignore the disastrous consequences and want to make the make the maximum profits from their ventures. Who needs to worry about what is going to happen in fifty years or so? Why not make the maximum profits from today rather than limit ourselves in fear of harming the environment? Well some of bureaucrats of the developed countries still hold this opinion. But they hadn’t realised till now that what was theoretically supposed to happen in fifty years or so could start now itself. Scientists studying climate change agree that more than fifty percent of the natural calamities happening in recent times would have been much less destructive if not for Climate change and hence Global Warming. Anyone who has watched Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” would be shocked out of their senses. If we don’t act now maybe we never will.
The alarming rate at which the earth’s atmosphere is heating up could lead to some drastic consequences. Global warming as we all know is caused due to the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon-di-oxide that traps the excess amount of heat and solar radiation in the atmosphere that should have been otherwise exhaled into space. This carbon-di-oxide in turn traps the more sun light and thus heats up the atmosphere. If these carbon emissions are not reduced then not only will there be a major climate change but the earth as we know it might just become too hot to live in.
Glaciers at the poles and all around the globe have already started melting rapidly and it is predicted that within a span of fifty years the average temperature of the earth could go up by as much as 5 degree Celsius. As we are already witnessing this is leading to major shifts in climate patterns and extreme conditions building up in various ecological and bio-diverse regions. It is the need of the hour to control our destructive ways or else tomorrow we might end up without a home (our planet) in a race for political and economic power. Almost every sector or profession is looking at climate friendly methodologies to reduce the amount of pollution of the atmosphere and thus greener ways. Design is intricately involved in every aspect of this march towards a cleaner planet and Green or Sustainable Design is what is being promoted by almost every company today. If we do not improve our ways with more eco friendly products then we could be heading for a major disaster. Thus whatever processes are involved in creating environmentally friendly products have to be eco friendly as well. Strict norms have already been set up by companies which need to be abided to create a better and cleaner future for the coming generations.
Its High time now that governments around the world keep aside their
differences and work together to save the planet. Alternative sources of energy must be harnessed in better capacity and use of fossil fuels needs to cut down upon. Also every individual should do everything possible to decrease the amount of energy he or she is wasting. It has to start at every home and in every nook and corner of the world. Because when disasters do happen like Hurricane Katrina or that in Myanmar they don’t come without any prior notice or only to those who have “sinned” against nature. Why should poor and helpless people face the brunt of profits that some one is making at the other end of the world? We need to stand up in arms against this and we need to do it now.
