Dear Editor,
Over the past years and more noticeably recently, the world has witnessed calamities of a catastrophic nature. From the tsunami in Indonesia to the Myanmar cyclone, the flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes in the US; the hurricanes and flooding in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos; and earthquakes elsewhere − if ever I was in doubt before about global warming, I am more than convinced now that this is not divine but our own doing. The ice caps are melting and the ozone layer is being destroyed. Too much has been attributed to Bible prophecy − which is not wrong − but we are the architects of what is happening in the world today. As I write I have just seen on TV the effects of the flooding in Bangladesh, which the news says if it continues would threaten the country with extinction, and in India there is also severe flooding.
We in Guyana need to re-educate ourselves on global warming and it effects. Take a sample (excluding our rain forest) by asking the average schoolboy what it is all about, and I doubt whether he would provide an educated answer. To sit on our laurels and accept the Bible theory that it’s an indication of the end of the world is inaction that we would pay the price for later. We have been fortunate so far, but we must also show empathy with our neighbours and with countries further away, especially Haiti and Cuba. I have not read one sympathetic comment in the local media about these Caribbean countries.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address
provided)
Dear Editor,
Over the past years and more noticeably recently, the world has witnessed calamities of a catastrophic nature. From the tsunami in Indonesia to the Myanmar cyclone, the flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes in the US; the hurricanes and flooding in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos; and earthquakes elsewhere − if ever I was in doubt before about global warming, I am more than convinced now that this is not divine but our own doing. The ice caps are melting and the ozone layer is being destroyed. Too much has been attributed to Bible prophecy − which is not wrong − but we are the architects of what is happening in the world today. As I write I have just seen on TV the effects of the flooding in Bangladesh, which the news says if it continues would threaten the country with extinction, and in India there is also severe flooding.
We in Guyana need to re-educate ourselves on global warming and it effects. Take a sample (excluding our rain forest) by asking the average schoolboy what it is all about, and I doubt whether he would provide an educated answer. To sit on our laurels and accept the Bible theory that it’s an indication of the end of the world is inaction that we would pay the price for later. We have been fortunate so far, but we must also show empathy with our neighbours and with countries further away, especially Haiti and Cuba. I have not read one sympathetic comment in the local media about these Caribbean countries.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address
provided)
I quite agree with the author’s submission. I further submit that much is not being done to heighten awareness about the seriousness of global warming and it’s effects in our dear land.
“We need to educate ourselves on global warming and its effects” Indeed we do. Global warming? This is fast becoming an outdated fact. Only today word has come out from a prominent scientific organisation that the world has indeed begin to cool. There will be a lot problems but it will be due to global cooling.
WE are warned here in Texas to expect more snow than is the custom. We just came through the coolest summer since 2000.
A simple and great way to help our environment is to recycle bottles, cans and paper. A law can be created making it mandatory for home owners to do it and for Landlords to provide containers for renters to put in recyclibles. This rule is in effect here in the USA and in CANADA. One set back can be that Guyana do not have recycling plants.
Also every year at the schools here , they have Earth Day and its a big thing. They have competitions at the schools as well for ideas on how to save the earth. For example if a utility company (like GTT) sends you envelopes to send your cheques or bill payments in, but you pay via the internet or by phone, just notify the billing dept not to send u envelopes and that way you can save a tree.
Also utility companies such as Guyana Power and Light need to have this service available, whether a customer wants an envelope sent with their bill or not. Its not being cheap, its just saving the environment.
Global warming is Mother Earth’s way of warning the human irritants to get their act together or else she’s gonna wipe them out like she did the dinosaurs. Then she evolve another species, hopefully more intelligent than us.