What difference can one person make? As the world continues to stretch its finite resources because of rapid population growth, air, water and soil pollution, problems are continuing to increase. The biggest of all is global warming. Global warming threatens to push our planet overboard unless humans can meet the growing need and create a sustainable environment. So how can one person contribute to this enormous environmental problem? Well, let’s look at some examples.

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Rachel Carson was just one person who was accredited for starting the environmental movement in the United States just by writing Silent Spring. John Muir was just one person who inspired generation of conservationists by saving the Yosemite Valley and founding the Sierra Club. Wangari Maathai (refer to my November 11, 2006 post about her, entitled “Campaign to Fight Global Warming Launches to Plant 1,000,000 Trees in 2007″) was just one person who started planting trees in Kenya and for her contribution was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for 2004. Al Gore was just one person who made his voice heard and presented it in a slide show by the name of An Inconvenient Truth, which became an Academy Award Winning Film and best-selling book.

It only takes ONE person to have a huge impact on the Earth and its environment. We all have to power to control our actions and do what is more environmentally friendly in our daily lives. We need to use products that will help sustain the Earth rather than erode it. So TAKE ACTION and MAKE CHANGES in your daily life. Use less water, plant a tree, eat locally grown food, and use reusable shopping bags. Do anything that will be beneficiary to the Earth, DO SOMETHING!

Sources:

http://environment.about.com/b/a/256887.htm

http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/tp/globalwarmtips.htm