Can We Stop Climate Change?

Environmentalists had always call for a dramaticinitiating the much desired environmental reforms.
and drastic measures to mitigate impendingWe need to understand that this environmental
scenarios of danger that our planet is currentlyissue is man made. This has been precipitated by
experiencing due to the effects of global warming.harmful human activities such as the indiscriminate
It has brought us to extreme and erratic climateover use of fossil fuels, massive deforestation,
patterns, rising temperatures of the ocean aredestructive making activities through the use of
now manifested in the melting of ice caps in thechemical based agricultural products in terms of
north and south poles due to the unbridled andpesticides and fertilizers. Toxic industrial operations,
excessive emission of greenhouse gases causingthe irrational use of land resources, garbage
sea levels to rise at alarming levels.dumping, incineration and a string of bad practices.
Communities along the shore are endangered inThrough reorientation, we can therefore rectify
redefining their shorelines, depleting fish catch withour bad practices into best practices, which can
the loss of nutrients in hot sea waters andhelp reverse or at least mitigate the
inundating agricultural lands.environmental crisis that we are facing.
The massive flooding, landslide disasters nowEnvironmentalists and ecologists as well are
happening in every parts of the world ismagnanimous in saying that aside from fossil fuel
something that we cannot take them for granted.use by man which is one major source of green
It is now imperative that the people, theirgases, the massive use of chemicals in agriculture
government and communities need to quickly putis also a major source of global warming.
their act together to mitigate for the next tenAgricultural communities are therefore advised to
years the almost irreversible situation.shift their chemical based fertilizer application to
We need to address this important issue to100% organic by using compost pit materials.
reorient ourselves, our communities andHand in hand with agricultural reform is ecological
government by valuing our resources andresource management which is the proper use of
increasing the awareness to our consciousnessour land resources by avoiding totally and
regarding the harm and danger that it shallcompletely stop patronizing products or
brought forth to our planet earth.technology that contaminate our soil and water.
The ecological reorientation, the importance ofWe need to put an end to the indiscriminate
reviewing and reviving the best practices in thedumping of chemical wastes, medical wastes and
household, commercial establishments, industrialgarbage that is ultimately destructive to the well
factories, agricultural fields and all aspects ofbeing of our people and environment.
governance and lifestyle is equally relevant in