The current generation's responsibility.

Hello Pose, Yes we must save our earth and handover it to for future generation a safer place to live in.That means lot of work to be done like pollution control,plant more trees,save energy,control population. Most of the problems are related to population once we control it i think we would be able to control everything.

Yes the current generation must be responsible to preserve and deliver this planet to the next generation with us showing them the way and setting good examples on how can they do it. For instance in our country, they're getting rid of plastic bags. Officers are instructing stores at the markets at the malls and other establishment not to use plastic bags and use papers instead. As it was found that plastics bags are one of main causes of floods. As people without discipline used to throw plastic bags that goes through the canals and drainage. Thereby when paper bags were used instead they can be easily decayed that would not hamper the flow of the water. The current generation must also guide the next generation in planting plants and tries in order to preserve the freshness of the air and maintain it's green nature. So with the recycling of materials into another useful thing. The reuse of of things that can still be useful to some and reduction of consumption of anything say the electriuc power or whatever that could prevent of something hazardous or by reduction could produce of something beneficial to others.

I think you're absolutely right and I'm proud to say at least my grandchildren seem to understand this responsibility and take it VERY seriously. The sad thing is the way some political figures and pundits like Rush Limbaugh make it seem "cool" to pollute and destroy to our hearts' content just to "show" the liberals, more or less. It's fine and it's one thing to disagree about fees and taxes on carbon, etc. or about regulations but to attack everybody and everything that's for protecting our planet is outright sinful, in my view. We only have one earth on which to live, one world to pass down to our children and grandchildren and I think it's ALL our responsibility to do whatever we can to leave it in at least as good of condition condition as we found it. Annie

I feel that we are somewhat behind the curve on this. I truly hope we can catch up but haven't seen much improvement in the last 50 years that I have been active in correcting our abuse of our world. In the long run Mother earth has a way of correcting any damage done to her, I just hope it's not at the cost of humanity when she does her next adjustment.

Hi Pose: I agree with you but at the same time I understand that is a big challenge. At least we can do all that is in our hands to make the difference and to make a change. The fight is big, it's about taking our own responsibilities but also fighting so that the government makes their own steps in the right way to save the planet. ALVARO

Hi Pose, That sounds good to me! The planet is still not in as beautiful a condition as what we found it in, but we'll just have to make the best of it & attach a "sorry" postit note on there for the next generation. Many argue that the earth will replenish itself by itself, but that's not what we're seeing. If Mother Earth is being constantly kicked where it hurts 24/7 by over 8 billion people, how could she ever hope to recover until all the kickers are kicked? I'm adding yet another "r" word to your list: re-organize. If we don't re-organize ourselves & our planet-destroying, self-destroying, others-destroying habits on a daily basis, we will dig our own graves, as we have been doing for a long time now. Yet another r-word is "re-vegetate", with obvious implications.

Personally there are a lot of people out there, not just the younger generation that could benefit more from this one for sure. If people would find more ways to recycle cans, bottles, and many times even old products they no longer want it would be a lot better world. Keeping a lot of stuff out of the landfills and finding more ways to be able to help out, Just not the poor and stuggling, but just the common everyday man.

I do think there are great strides being made in the recycling...and reusing....and reducing....I am not sure what impact it's having with what our generations was left to clean up including landfills with contaminated garbage...things like that....but I do think we are moving in the right direction.

I believe that everyone is responsible to preserve, and deliver this pristine planet to the next generation, but if the past is any indicator, nothing will be done in this regard until such time as there are problems posing. For instance, Nothing happens in the oil industry until there are millions of bbls of crude oil coating the wild life and polluting the ocean and shores. Then and only then, are laws and guidelines put in place to deter such accidents from happening in the future. Perhaps this is like crying after spilled milk, but its the way such things are solved in this crazy world.

What a discussion! which enlightens the benighted.Each of us can pay attention to our personal hygiene,but how many of us attach importance to the planet 's hygiene ?instead,people fell trees indiscriminately,emit pollutants carelessly,etc.If things go on like this,how will we account for it to our next generation?

Hi Pose, I definitely believe that we owe it to the generations that follow us to begin to right the wrongs we have made. We throw away so much that could be used or recycled. I mean, the plastic bottles that we buy soda pop in can be used to make synthetic material to make clothes from. I’m so glad that we are learning how to make new stuff from the old stuff here. I’m glad that any wood and paper products are made from recycled materials so that more trees are not killed. Imagine what this earth would be like if all of the trees were used up?! I think it all starts at home. You start recycling at home and take measures to live as green as possible and people will continue to do so. We have a long way to go. We never used to recycle but we do now in our home. I like to think that it makes a difference, somehow. When each person recycles and repurposes materials it keeps stuff out of the landfills.

hi friend... what you said is right. we youngster have this responsibility to keep this planet good for next generation. yes we do follow it my dear friend....

Reduce, resuse, recycle are some good first steps. However, there are many things that need to be done on a societal/political level. For instance, one problem is the increased carbon emissions which are likely resulting in global warming. Global warming, many people don't realize, is actually not a debated topic among scientists (almost every scientists believe it is occurring, and most believe that humans are contributing to it). The most market-friendly solution to this would be creating a cap-and-trade system, where we set a limit as to how much companies can emit, and then provide tax incentives for any amount under that.