global warming Vs Recession
By skye86
@skye86 (57)
India
August 12, 2009 5:29am CST
I wonder if Global warming is still on our leader's mind in times of recession. I haven't heard of new steps taken to promote awareness about climate change. Yesterday I was watching an advertisement that pointed out that recession in US economy affected a lot of other countries but calamities like acute water shortage and weak world food grain output can practically wreak havoc.
I wanted ask if we are doing enough or has environment taken a back stage in times for economic crunch. Feel free to post your feedback.
2 responses
@Raven1 (577)
• Australia
1 Sep 09
I'm in Australia and our government is still offering all sorts of rebates and grants and incentives for being environmentally responsible. If we buy water-saving mulch for gardens, we can get a rebate on the cost. We also get rebates on insulation for homes, rebates on rain-water tanks for harvesting rain-water and full government grants for buying solar panels or solar hot water heating systems.
No matter what the economy is doing, I still want to know I'm doing my part to help the environment. I recycle everything. I have solar panels and a wind generator for generating my own electricity. I harvest rain-water for the gardens. I grow my own vegetables (to help cut back on emissions caused by trucks carting things to the supermarkets). It's not about the money. It's about being responsible.
