Welcome to Green Hope official site!!...Green Hope seeks to implement environmental education to all schools in provinces of the Dominican Republic where regional campuses of Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) are located by establishing a strong campaign of climate change´s prevention starting on the campus of the province of Barahona, located in the south region of the Dominican Republic. For putting this commitment to action we have planned several initiatives which can be incorporated into the community in order to create environmental conscience in all habitants and to expand the culture of environmental protection; recycling promotion, garbage collection and reforestation. This will be accomplished through awareness campaigns, creating the conditions for recycling and creating reforestation programs in line with the area.
The main reason why this organization is created by the urgent need now exists to educate Dominican youth in the protection and conservation of the environment in order to achieve ecological balance and a healthier environment. Similarly the project arises for the following reasons:
General Objectives
Specific Objectives
Ave. Independencia, C/Perpendicular 2da No. 2, Jardines del Sur, D.N.
Tel.:809-453-5817
Fax: 809-508-0855
Email: greenhopedr@gmail.com
Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet.
For over the past 200 years, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, and deforestation have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases" to increase significantly in our atmosphere. These gases prevent heat from escaping to space, somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse.
Greenhouse gases are necessary to life as we know it, because they keep the planet's surface warmer than it otherwise would be. But, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature is climbing above past levels. According to NOAA and NASA data, the Earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 1.2 to 1.4ºF in the last 100 years. The eight warmest years on record (since 1850) have all occurred since 1998, with the warmest year being 2005. Most of the warming in recent decades is very likely the result of human activities. Other aspects of the climate are also changing such as rainfall patterns, snow and ice cover, and sea level.
If greenhouse gases continue to increase, climate models predict that the average temperature at the Earth's surface could increase from 3.2 to 7.2ºF above 1990 levels by the end of this century. Scientists are certain that human activities are changing the composition of the atmosphere, and that increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases will change the planet's climate. But they are not sure by how much it will change, at what rate it will change, or what the exact effects will be. See the Science and Health and Environmental Effects sections of this site for more detail, or review the answers to some frequent science questions.
Source: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html
