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My biggest concern for the environment is the melting of glaciers. Glaciers are when snow falls in certain mountain areas, it builds up and it is converted to ice, as it builds up the pressure from the ice pushes down toward lower altitudes and that is a simple way of explaining on what is a glacier.

But, the glaciers are melting very rapidly. The drinking water might be gone in a very short period of time and we don’t even realize it. They are melting away and the loss of water is at its highest. Of course lest not forget because it is caused by global warming and higher than average temperatures which cause the ice to melt. The melting of glaciers causes the sea levels to rise and destroys the natural storage of water.

Moreover, the solution to stop the melting of glaciers is to reduce the levels of disposing the fossil fuels and invest more money into renewable energy. Something interesting that I heard was on the Polish news this morning, China is trying out this new plan. One day of the week cars with certain numbers on the registration plates can’t ride their car. Maybe this solution will not help as much but if very country would start doing it, then the positive results for the environment would flow in more rapidly. Another solution to the problem is if the world nations would have more restrictions on how much of greenhouse gasses could be released into the atmosphere.

I got my information from these websities:

http://ecologicalproblems.blogspot.com/2008/03/glaciers-melting-at-rapid-level.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3210/03-ask.html

This is a very interesting video (an interview with prof. Michael Oppenheimer):

http://www.videojug.com/interview/global-warming-melting-glaciers

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How will I follow my passion? I think that this is a very difficult question for me because I still haven’t figured what is my true passion. I care about many things like music, fashion, animals and the environment, but I don’t know if I am passionate about them enough to call them passions. I think I am still in the process of finding me or exploring the world to find out what really interests me. But when I find that thing I am sure that it will be something worth of telling and doing. I will follow my passion by learning about it more and I will definitely not keep it to myself. I will try to find myself a team who have the same interests and explore our passion in various different ways to make the world better.
I will use my education to make the world better by learning about the world more. The school plays a big role in my educational process because it gives me ideas and different points of view. It also makes me think in a critical way. Moreover, school taught me to ask questions if I don’t understand something I will seek an answer until I get it. It is also, very important for other people to understand that knowledge is power and asking questions is OK. My education will help the world because I will tell the causes and effects of global warming to who ever wants to listen and then together find ways that will improve the planet.

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While I was brainstorming, I came up with two things that I did and are important for the sake of the environment. The first chore in my house that I had done was cleaning. I cleaned my home with various different types of chemicals like: Windex or Clorox. These chemicals are very strong and are not healthy for the environment because the fumes that they give off are let out to the air and humans, animals and plants breath it in. The second thing that I did was going through my neighborhood’s stores with food and drinks and look for glass bottles of water. I wasn’t surprised because out of 7 stores none of them carried glass bottles of water. This affects the environment because most of the people would choose a plastic bottle over glass bottle even if they would know that glass bottles are ecosystem friendly.
To help the environment I recycle garbage for six families including mine that live in my house. I think it is very important to recycle because even though we have separate garbage cans for regular, paper and glass or plastic garbage people still manage not to recycle. They put plastic or big loads of paper in the same garbage. I am the person who separates the waste and puts it into proper containers.I have one big concern about the environment because it becomes worse and worse in front of our eyes and we do little to help it. If more people would know that something as recycling is a huge help I think more of them would do it. In order for others and me to help the environment I need to learn how I can improve it and I education is the solution.