changing the world...

I think you are right. You have to change yourself first. Some people talk about changing the world, but if you don't first look at yourself, then no real change can occur. As far as the environment goes, if just one person makes a change, not much will happen, but if many people make a change, even if it is just one person at a time it will make a big difference. If everyone were to use public transportation at least one day a week or a bicycle or something similar, then it would reduce the pollution caused at least for that day. If one person were to pick up garbage along side the road, others may see it and become aware of the problem and maybe follow suit. One person CAN make a difference by setting an example. The idea might not take off right away, but if one person starts and other people follow, then the world can change!!!

nice idea,but,how many would freely give up using disposable diapers and pull-ups to help stop human waist products from entering the water tables? it is one thing to fill up the landfill sites,but something completely different when they are just dumped on the ground.

i think nowadays there are lot more concern in world with lot of changes.But i really do not understand sometimes taht what can I do from my part. may be with time i find oit the way.

I agree that if each one of us makes a little efforts to care about environment,the earth will be shouldering much less burden.But our strength is far from enough to change the world, as long as the government and the industrial companies haven't determined to do so.This huge world-changing project after all should be in the government's hand.

For starters, people consume far too much! The very first thing people must do is bring down their levels of consumption. One positive change that I believe all people should embrace is eating less meat. The United Nations reported in 2006 that raising animals for food produces more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined! Further, with regard to the depletion of natural resources, consider this: it takes 25 pounds of wheat and 2,500 pounds of water to produce one pound of grain-fed meat. I encourage everyone who reads this post to also check out the following article: http://www.bayweekly.com/year05/issuexiii1/earthtalkxiii1 All such changes are good, but here's the thing. Despite all the positive changes that people may make, I am afraid that this will only slow the rate of degradation that our planet is undergoing. The real problem that we are facing can not be solved by all green fixes in the world: and that is the rate of population growth. In the 1800's the human world population was just a little over 1 billion. Enter the Industrial Age and boom: the world popluation reached 2 billion in 1950. Today it is 6.6 billion. Think about that for moment... We're talking billions. The World population is projected to reach 9 billion by 2050, not long after it is projected that the world's fish and seafood populations will collapse due to over-fishing (by 2048). Sound too incredible to believe? This report was released in 2006 and few people are aware of it. I find THAT hard to believe! Which brings me to the most important change that we can ever make: educating ourselves and our children. We must first be aware of problems if we are to face them at all. Learn, practice, and teach. These are our greatest moral obligations.

I agree, it is like charity, changing the environment starts at home. It is easy to do. Unplug all electric items that are on 'stand-by' that will save energy, so will using the long life lightbulbs. There are also detergents that are safer for the environment. Walking, cycling, taking public transport is far, far better than using your own car. However, if you do have to own and use a car then using a low fuel (or diesel) one is better than a gas guzzling one. Recycling our rubbish is an easy option too! Bottles go to a bottle bank, paper into a paper one, plastics into another one etc. There are so many easy ways to help the environment. All our governments have to do is teach us and then give us the opportunity to do it... They could even reward us for doing something so easy! If they taught our kids at school the beauty of our environment and how easy it is to protect it then they will automatically pass on this information to their peers and ultimately to their own children.

Hello vanities, I do believe if you want to make a change, it should start with yourself. You should learn how to improve yourself and change your attitude toward certain matters and then only you can advise or help others to change. There is no point for us to talk and discuss and nothing is being done to help make the change happens.