What were the celebration acts on the international ozone day in your cities / countries?

Question

Ozone depletion is a fact and it is said quite often that our steps are leading us to the end of civilization.
What is the public perception of the global warming models and what are the public health implications according your opinion?

I have received an e-mail with the answer of another answerer here in Y! saying that civilization means the movement towards a sophisticated stage and for that path, there is no end.
Yes, I agree dear friend that there might be another form of life if we will destroy the existent one. The term that I have used is very strong.

Please, describe the result of the contacts (personal / written) that you had with the local government to urge them to take action and say if the efforts done till now, were enough to engage local people to their civic duties.
For example, when we had a speech in our Municipality (it was an ecological footprint analysis), I noticed that the participation was poor and they didn't give any continuation to that.
It was just a speech to present some data and I found it disappointing.

It is common view, as I see, that the 17th of September is recognised as the International Ozone Day, just on papers!
Jamie, what you are describing is a good and simple example of sustainable use of materials and shows that where there is the intention, there is no need of expensive equipment to protect the environment. I am describing you in 2 words, what the problem with the ozone is. The ozone is a gas in the atmosphere and its presence is indispensable mainly because it filters the sunrays. As you can realize from the links given by the other answerers, the ozone depletion is a result of human activities and is also related to the global warming phenomenon ; scientists have started to study it in the early 70's.Treaties worldwide are trying to control the problem. The implementation of the Montreal protocol principles,that has been signed in 1989 by 189 States, is considered a key point for the ozone protection. But seems that it is not enough.

To make it more simple, this Treaty is regulating the emissions of certain gas in the atmosphere( CFCs, HCFCs and halons). These substances are used mainly as solvents and in the sprays.
There is another important Treaty, the Kyoto protocol, that has not been signed by all the countries and it is believed that the implementation of its principles will help in this problem.

Thank you for the very informative link, Mayah. Yes, I agree, that taking less UV radiation could be a solution for us but do you consider also the workers in the open air?
They can't avoid the sun exposure. What we can do in order to affront this multiparameter problem, is to use specific products for the skin protection regularly.

Thanks for the information, Aquakittykat and my compliments for the example that you are giving to your son.

ETA, I'm sorry to hear that there was no reference to this day, even in your place. The link given about the international policy is very informative, thank you for the time that you have dedicated to answer my Q!

Before closing the question, I’m going to give you 2 links, too.
http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/ozoneday
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/dimas/index_en.htm
I steadily believe and I will repeat once more that to raise awareness on environmental issues and establish a new modus operandi we must start teaching children at mother’s knee and school, not wait until the child becomes an adult in need. I had an idea while I was reading your answers. I thought that if the Montreal protocol is a successful example of collaboration between the industry and scientists all over the world, including developed and under development countries, then a collaboration between the civil society, the industry and scientists would be successful either.
Let me go a moment further and explain you, in brief, my thoughts.
2 years ago, I participated in an international Congress for the protection of our coastals, held in a lovely greek island and the student’s / pupil’s effort has attracted

my attention. It was a clever recycling action, according to my opinion. They had collected used alluminium bottles and a truck driver has been offered to “minimize” the volume! Then they have sold them and used the money for their school’s purposes. If you think of recycled PET mineral water bottles, they can be proved useful in several ways: educational, economic, policy- making. Just think that the bottom-up community-based approach is considered today by the policy-makers, an effective way for collaboration. This is more reasonable and simple to do than pretend to change things just in one day.
Now, you know that I am a romantic one and we have not unlimited space, here.
Don’t you think that this is our opportunity, to start building the utopia that will allow us to share the planet Earth? Would you like to implement a similar thought in Tunis, dear?

I had a hard time to choose the best answer. As a health care provider myself, I have published an article on the human effects of nitrogen oxide compounds and a book analysing specific health care issues, transforming them into health care policies. Thank you for the link, Mayah, you did really good job, as it is very informative.

Answer 1

As I checked the events calendar for the area in which I reside,I discover there is no event anywhere to be seen.So,I did what I always do when this happens.I go to the site map an see whats on elsewhere.So here it is if you want to...http://arap.org/sitemap.html

Answer 2

I wish I knew! This is honestly something that I haven't come across in a big fashion here. I do know for a fact that people recylce things and get the most uses out of everything they can. For example, most people use bottled water. When we finish the water a lot of people give the bottle to local farmers so they can wash them and re-use them to sell milk from their cows. Once a bottle is non-useable anymore, it gets recycled. They also have many ads and recylcing centers throught the country and urge people to do their part. Being that my country is still a developing nation I'm sure that there is more we can do, but we are also gridlocked due to funds.

Answer 3

Believe it or not, where I currently reside, no one has done anything about the International Ozone day. except some small articles in the news paper. it is such a shame, I do understand your question, and the great importance of the ozone layer to sustain a healthy environment for us, but some countries do not embrace the global warming modules.
In my opinion the health implications is of course reducing the Ultraviolet Radiation usage.
Please check this website for more info on this subject:-
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/TG/HH/ozover.html

Answer 4

I wasn't aware of any in my area. Only of a rally in Central Park, NYC this past Sunday to pressure the United Nations to send troops into genocide-stricken Sudan. The NY Daily News reported that at least 30,000 protesters attended this rally. It's estimated that at least 200,000 people have been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan. I took my grandchild to a near by festival and saw many of the protesters as they left the park.

Answer 5

we don't have any celebration acts where we are.they don't believe in it.they're backwards here.

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