Comments on: Earth Day and the Green Commandments http://www.talkingscience.org/2010/04/earth-day-and-the-green-commandments/ TalkingScience is a non-profit organization focus on educating the general public on science through new media. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Nguyen Manh Viet http://www.talkingscience.org/2010/04/earth-day-and-the-green-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-35519 Nguyen Manh Viet Tue, 11 May 2010 11:36:50 +0000 http://www.talkingscience.org/?p=4004#comment-35519 This is very impressive article for me. And I think the author is an environmentalist. He(she)is trying to do "The Green Ten Commandments" any time to save the earth from pollution,deforestation etc... That is good thing. Of course, that is good thing to do for him(her) or people who live in a big city like New York,but doing what him(her) do is not completely true for people live in a small town,like me. He said all of us had better live in city because if we live in city we can make the Earth better than it is. But if we only live in city,work in office or department,we do not work in a farm of field,who can supply us food to eat.It is just one of many surface problem we have to face if we do as the author said. In a way,some of those Green Commandment have the potential to make ecology better,but it is impossible to make them as general commandment. This is very impressive article for me. And I think the author is an environmentalist. He(she)is trying to do "The Green Ten Commandments" any time to save the earth from pollution,deforestation etc... That is good thing.
Of course, that is good thing to do for him(her) or people who live in a big city like New York,but doing what him(her) do is not completely true for people live in a small town,like me. He said all of us had better live in city because if we live in city we can make the Earth better than it is. But if we only live in city,work in office or department,we do not work in a farm of field,who can supply us food to eat.It is just one of many surface problem we have to face if we do as the author said. In a way,some of those Green Commandment have the potential to make ecology better,but it is impossible to make them as general commandment.

]]> By: Akmal Kamarudin http://www.talkingscience.org/2010/04/earth-day-and-the-green-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-35460 Akmal Kamarudin Mon, 10 May 2010 11:54:47 +0000 http://www.talkingscience.org/?p=4004#comment-35460 It has been 40 years since the first Earth Day. Forty years of coming together for one day (even though, yes, it should be every day) and trying to improve our individual and collective relationship to the one planet we have to live upon. Green isn't just a trendy term anymore. In fact, in some ways it seems we're moving beyond green and returning to environmentalism. While all the lifestyle tweaks that sparked the green movement are important—indeed it's the best way to build momentum, focusing on your personal eco-impact—it's becoming more and more clear that in additional to personal change, both grassroots activism and top-down action are required to align our culture with ecological sustainability. So, for this year, let us all come together to reassert our drive to change both ourselves, and change the system. It has been 40 years since the first Earth Day. Forty years of coming together for one day (even though, yes, it should be every day) and trying to improve our individual and collective relationship to the one planet we have to live upon.

Green isn't just a trendy term anymore. In fact, in some ways it seems we're moving beyond green and returning to environmentalism. While all the lifestyle tweaks that sparked the green movement are important—indeed it's the best way to build momentum, focusing on your personal eco-impact—it's becoming more and more clear that in additional to personal change, both grassroots activism and top-down action are required to align our culture with ecological sustainability.

So, for this year, let us all come together to reassert our drive to change both ourselves, and change the system.

]]> By: T. Atsushi http://www.talkingscience.org/2010/04/earth-day-and-the-green-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-35034 T. Atsushi Mon, 03 May 2010 17:07:17 +0000 http://www.talkingscience.org/?p=4004#comment-35034 I disagree with the commandment 4 and 7. About 4 It can cause desertification. If all persons started to eat wild animals, like rabbits and deer, they would be extinguished. If most people who are engaged in stock breeding started to wild plants not an artificial feed to their cattle ,　a lot of plants on the earth would disappear, because, cows and sheep eat a lot of plants in a day. About 7 Current technology in soar panel is not perfect. First, making solar panels will need a lot of energy. The amount of energy which current solar panels can generate is small. In fact, the total amount of money got from electricity from solar panels on a roof of average Japanese people’s house is smaller than the cost to buy and set solar panels, unless they continue to use them more than 20 years. In 20 years, they will be worsened　by rain and wind, and sometimes need maintenance. Thus, people will not set solar panels willingly. Second, total amount of energy from lights which people forget to turn off must be far smaller than the energy from lights which stores or restaurants turn on in vain. What’s worse, Japan is facing a rapidly aging society and there are a lot of old people who live alone. Old people tend to forget what they did a little while ago. So I think there are a lot of old people who forget to turn off lights, air conditioners, and TV all night. Thus, I think it is more important to solve these two problems. I disagree with the commandment 4 and 7.
About 4
It can cause desertification. If all persons started to eat wild animals, like rabbits and deer, they would be extinguished. If most people who are engaged in stock breeding started to wild plants not an artificial feed to their cattle ,　a lot of plants on the earth would disappear, because, cows and sheep eat a lot of plants in a day.
About 7
Current technology in soar panel is not perfect. First, making solar panels will need a lot of energy. The amount of energy which current solar panels can generate is small. In fact, the total amount of money got from electricity from solar panels on a roof of average Japanese people’s house is smaller than the cost to buy and set solar panels, unless they continue to use them more than 20 years. In 20 years, they will be worsened　by rain and wind, and sometimes need maintenance. Thus, people will not set solar panels willingly.
Second, total amount of energy from lights which people forget to turn off must be far smaller than the energy from lights which stores or restaurants turn on in vain. What’s worse, Japan is facing a rapidly aging society and there are a lot of old people who live alone. Old people tend to forget what they did a little while ago. So I think there are a lot of old people who forget to turn off lights, air conditioners, and TV all night. Thus, I think it is more important to solve these two problems.

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