Climate Change and you

From this class, I have learned a lot about climate change. Climate change is a significant issue nowadays. As a part of  community, I have changed some of my opinions and behaviors. Firstly, I decided to choice a clean energy car as my next car. I have seen many new hybrid and electric cars in New York International Auto Show. And I believe that clean energy car would finally become the most popular car in the future. Secondly, my major is mechanical engineering, and now I want to learn more about pollution in engineering. If I become a engineer, I would like to build more non-pollution machines to help people.

Climate change and you.

    This last chapter on climate change has helped me realize how it can not only affect countries and environments globally in a catastrophic way, but it can also affect future price of coastal properties, and also finding a job for myself. With these factors, I feel that moving to a different place that has not been affected by climate change would help me to suffice better in life, because I would have a better opportunity looking for a job to help myself survive, and I would also have a better chance of obtaining a coastal property to live in better conditions.

Is climate change a moral/religious issue?

I agree with the pope, I believe that climate change is a moral/religious issue for reasons being that it is a serious issue and we should care more about it and treat it more seriously since we are experiencing it everyday. The way people respect their religion and care for it should be the same way climate change should be dealt with. The planet is slowly being damaged because of our fault and it is our responsibility to fix it. If we are able to destroy the planet then I believe we are able to rise above it and do something to help stop it. It was a right thing for the pope to make it a religious/moral issue.

Climate Change and You

Throughout the course when we were talking about climate change, I still believe that it is real and it is causing a damage to our earth. I did not take our lack of food supply and health services into consideration. I was more focused on the global effects rather than the human effects. The reading has opened my mind more about what climate change can do to us personally. Our discussions are similar to what I had in mind, knowing that climate change is real and that it is a negative impact on earth. We discuss thoroughly about what causes climate change to happen and it is mostly human activity. What we do causes climate change but many of us are unaware of it. The things we do on a normal bases, cook, use water, breathe, drive, etc. are the reasons why climate change occurs. Everyday I take the train to school, dance rehearsals, home etc. because it takes me AT LEAST an hour to get to these places. I can walk, but why. It will take longer for me to reach my destinations, I will get tired and then there is no point. It hard to prevent doing what we do daily to prevent climate change from occurring. We need to figure out other ways on how we can stop climate change from ruining our lives.

Climate change and you

There are many changes i've made in my life to decrease my carbon footprint. For one, I used to always have my lights on, my TV on, I would waste alot of electricity. I am well aware that climate change is affecting our planet greatly. I make sure to unplug my TV, my lamp and whatever else is plugged into any outlet in my room. Even if they're "off" they still use power if left plugged in. In my home, we usually have the shades open throughout the day. However, if I need to turn on a light, I always make sure to turn it off when I leave the room. We all do the same with water. Never leave the water running, turn the faucet off while you brush your teeth, being mindful of how long you take a shower. My family has also changed all of the lightbulbs in the house to fluroscent lightbulbs. These supposably last way longer and use alot less energy.

Climate Change and Faith

I do believe that saving the climate is a moral issue because it is something we live and deal with everyday. If there is a problem with the climate, it is our job to fix it because it is associated with our aspects of living. It is the right thing to help save the Earth to prevent it from being damaged and causing hurt to the people living and suffering from the bad effects of climate change. In my point of view, morals are what people believe is good and bad. I believe saving our climate is a moral and is something that needs to be done to make our world a better and healthy place and to make us live a well and healthy life.

Climate Change and Faith

Joseph Romm writes about Pope Francis' encyclical which you can read here if you're interested:

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The Pope argues that saving the climate is a moral issue. Is climate change a moral/religious issue? Is the Pope right, or not, for making it one?