What can teenage kids do to help the problem of global warming?

Question

What can us younger people of the world do to help stop Global warming

Answer 1

Humans are like all animals - by nature we want to survive and compete and take more and more resources... Most people want a big house and more and more money. Increased consumption in the end means more global warming (please ask another question if you dont understand this, it is a bit of an explanation). One thing I know that beats our nature is culture - because of society and culture, people do the strangest nonsensical(in a darwinian sense) things.

As a general,
The best way for teenagers to help with the problem is to make themselves and everyone they know aware and proactive. Furthermore, make being environmental a cool thing, integrate conservation into the culture of future generations. Conserving is not in our nature, gathering and consuming resources is. Culture can change this.

Specifically, take
1. public transportation or better yet, ride a bike, skateboard, or rollerblade around. This is a big one.

2. If you can't possibly do 1, get a efficient car - make this a cool thing with your friends. A prius is awesome they are silent.

3. Save electricity by changing out electric bulbs to energy efficient ones, be aware of lights in the house.

4. Recycle.

5. Educate others! parents can change!

Answer 2

i took an environmental class last year and it really made me want to go all out for saving the environment haha. the easiest things to do are: 1. make people aware of whatever facts you know about global warming and other things that are plaguing the environment
2. do something fun for earth day, like tie-dying t-shirts and wearing them at school, planting a tree, cleaning up trash from a local park...etc.
3. eat less red meat!
4. unplug things that you're not using...75% of electricity is used when things are plugged in but not on.
5. recycle and use re-useable water bottles
6. write a letter to your senator encouraging them to rally for laws to reduce global warming
the list goes on...but as you can see, teenagers have as much power as anyone else as far as helping the environment is concerned!

Answer 3

have a look maybe there i something here you could do

Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

but it does not hurt to try and do anything that is on this list .

SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´populaion

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into many languages and won the best book award in 2003


and here are 100 more things one could do

http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.php/topic,203.0.html

this was one of my answers on Global warming
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmMiiLFEjReEWKhe1OR4473ty6IX?qid=20070328134235AAUUtX3&show=7#profile-info-XijZ1sWTaa

Answer 4

There's precious little humans can do to affect the climate. If there were no humans the earth would be warming anyhow. Climate change has been going on for billions of years and we're not going to stop it now. Human generated CO2 has a tiny effect compared to the more significant natural causes of climate change.

Answer 5

Make sure you're conscious of what the effects of your actions are. If you drive a car when you could ride a bus or a bicycle, you are contributing to the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Just being conscious of the effects of your actions can help you to notice changes that you can make in your life to help preserve the environment.

Answer 6

Recycle aluminum cans. All of this recycled Al is that much Al ore that does not have to be smelted from ore which requires huge amounts of electricity which is generated from burning fossil fuels. Burning hydrocarbons creates tons of carbon dioxide.

Answer 7

global warming is happening in the smallest sense. if you are scared there is not a reason to be. here is a petition signed by several hundred scientists saying that global warming is a hoax........ read the first part

http://www.oism.org/pproject/

Answer 8

Recycle and when it comes time to get car, get a hybrid one that runs off an alternate fuel source.

Answer 9

What is the problem?
Also, there has not been a direct link established between human activities and the rise in CO2 levels.
Until there is, don't buy into the hype.

Answer 10

Turn off your computer, TV and iPod. Throw away your cell phone and don't use the regular phone. Don't play video games. Walk and don't ride wherever you go.