Hong Kong's pollution problem has risen so high that many question the ability for Asia's financial Hub Center to sustain. Many foreign investors and professionals are asking their clients to turn to Singapore instead solely due to the poor air quality. A lot of the problem lies with mainland China, however, the entire world must see that pollution affects all people of this world. The point trying to be made hear is that we can longer take for granted the way we live our lives. We must now act and unify our process of change. This change must be a positive one that is in tune with the Earth...the way it was meant to be from the very beginning.
After watching this short clip, it makes me realize that there is much work that needs to be done to transform everyones thought processes. Corporations that dont care about the environment will soon be forced into environmental compliance or face stiff fines. We need to wake up and educate each other. Please feel free to share or distribute this video on your site by clicking the green mash button to receive the code to embed on your site. Cheers.
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This morning I was checking out Google's new "Google base" and came across this article:
http://base.google.com/base/a/2560087/D6726493050951623104
The thing I found interesting was not so much the article itself, but the website it was referring to. I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences, with regards to that site, in a way that might move others to action. (BTW: The article in Google base is actually amusing and is worth a read)
I spent my lunch break going through the entire website and, let me just say, these guys seem to have something here. They have a pretty extensive FAQ page that I found very informative.
At first, I thought that it was a joke or maybe even a scam, however, I was persuaded otherwise. In their F.A.Q. page they addressed the fact that there are scam artist that prey on the naive. They actually gave links to the authorities, the FBI and their state's Attorney General's office, to use if participants feel they have been defrauded!
I want it to be understood that I am a skeptic and pretty tight with my financial resources. I am also EXTREMELY environmentally conscious. That being said, I really felt that this might amount to something. Other green skeptics should browse though the F.A.Q. page as well as the rest of the site and see if they come to the same conclusions.
I showed the site to several of my co-workers and they all searched through the site, as well. At last count, myself and about 30 of my co-workers have taken part in their program.
What this organization, the Adopt the Atmosphere Foundation or ATAF, offers is sponsorship or what they call "Adoption" of the Earth's atmosphere. They have divided the atmosphere up into "columns" that are each 400 Kilometers high with a 100 square Kilometer base. People can adopt or sponsor an atmosphere column and become a member of their organization for a nominal, and 100% refundable fee.
There are several graphs on their site that clearly explain what the fee is spent on. About 85% will go towards environmental charities, environmental lobbying, and environmental issue awareness campaigns . The rest is divided up in administrative office expenses.
The thing I thought was so intriguing about ATAF was that they are hoping to eventually register the adoption/sponsorship of the entire atmosphere! I guess they plan to use the registry of adopters as a platform to be heard in the international community.
That's kind of interesting! If the entire atmosphere is divided up and sponsored by environmentally concerned individuals and the concise, detailed records of these designated sponsored columns are kept by an organization in a database registry, the members of that organization would have some real clout.
Even if the only outcome of a massive registry of adopters is a raised level of environmental awareness, than I say, "Good on ya!" to those who've orchestrated such a thing.
FYI: The ATAF website is www.adoptatmosphere.com
I was once drunk and fell in Hong Kong harbor back in 1995. It was vile and I knew how vile it was despite being wasted. That's bad.
You as an individual can do something yourself.
I was born in Hong Kong when the air was crystal clear and clean in downtown. Now it is choking. My white shoes as well as my nostrils are black if I walk in town for a while. I wonder what the colour of my lung is.
I have not seen the report where the bad air comes from.
It would be ideal if the energy we use is sustainable and clean, but it would not be happen in the nearest future. One can only do things a step at one time. But we must do the first steps.
To spare energy is the first step, which every body can do. Turn off the light if one does not need it is one thing.
In America the Government has not sign the Kyoto Treaty. (The Kyoto Protocol now covers 181 countries globally but only 60% of countries in terms of global greenhouse gas emissions. The United States of America is the only developed country to have signed but not ratified the Kyoto Protocol).
Many Europeans blame the Americans do nothing about the climate change, but actually many American individuals are doing something, e.g. tens of thousands of people modified their own car/truck so that the vehicles produce hydrogen on demand. It saves petrol, minimizes emission and the car last longer and is quieter. You also can learn how to do it yourself. Go to http://www.makecargreen.com
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