World Environment Day

Today we celebrate the World Environment Day. A day to experiment a direct contact with the nature. Since 1972 when the UN General Assembly adopted this day as the World Environmental Day too many contributions have been made in order to protect our Environment. However there is still a lack of conscienee on the people's protection.

There is an urgent need of contribution to our Environment otherwise the effects of the Climate Change on the Earth will be more intense every year. Integration and Collaboration are some of the efforts for change to happen. This is not only a responsability of goverments and international organizations, every individual must be part of the solution by commiting himself to the cause, in order to create an environmental sustainability in our world.

Today is our day to make a contribution to our Environment in order to tackle the globe's most challenging environmental issues around the world. You can start by planting a tree, just make your contribution!!!

Have a Green Day!

Green Hope DR

Did you know?

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