ACT NOW.

Do Something.

2009-10-13T16:00:00.000+08:00

It's not gonna go away without anyone else helping, yknow.

It isn't that hard.

2008-12-04T23:14:00.002+08:00

WellWellWell.
About how many months since we last posted here?
I'm sorry.
We were a little occupied by CCA and exams.
But now, Im pretty sure its just me.

And I think I'll continue posting here for the time being.
Because well, many people say that yknow, once we won, we stopped posting,
but that isn't true.
I still love the earth and wish to save it.

2008-04-03T22:23:00.001+08:00

Yay! We won first! Thanks sooo much for your hardwork guys:D
-Mingrui.

THE CONSEQUENCES...

2008-03-27T21:25:00.001+08:00

okay. here is another

video we found on youtube.

its about what happens to the animals,

because of global warming.

its really good.

2008-03-27T21:24:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone :D I drew a poster today and I want to share it with everyone!
Its about this woman, representing mother earth, being engulfed in flames. It is another presentation of how the earth is being 'devoured' by global warming.
Enjoy! :D

-Nadiyah

2008-03-23T21:56:00.006+08:00

YAY ok so I drew another :) and this is partly the reason why global warming is so big now. Why? Well, because some businessmen don't care about global warming if only they get their money. Mah-neee. Yup. Money. It's sad, isn't it. People killing the earth because of their greed for mah-neee. D: which is why we must change their mindsets! yay (:
-grace

RECAP!

2008-03-23T16:05:00.003+08:00

Okay.

Since our posts are disappearing,

i am going to put the earlier, more interesting stuff in front.

Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum

2008-03-22T21:07:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone!
I'm Nadiyah and i've written a poem about global warming.
I hope you like it.
~Enjoooooy!

Long ago,
when man ate fruits and roots,
and ran about in their birthday suits,
with toothpicks to stab at a passing wooly mammoth,
pray to god they don't get trampled.

Life was simple,
with nothing to worry about.

All that mattered was survival,
and families that should never be broken.

This new world,
lives in a lie.

Simple joys have become unnoticed.

Walks in the woods scoffed as asinine.

The beauty of a flower no longer enthralls,
18 carat diamonds pack more of a punch.

BIg cars with little people in them,
sign business deals that damage the environment.

They release CO2 into the atmosphere,
technology via evolvement of Man destroying Gaia before our very eyes.

Its not too late to change our ways.
Global warming seems here to stay.

To be honest I don't want its huge butt sitting on my Earth,
frying it like batter in a wok.

So let's chase this fat dude off our earth.

Before it melts the ice and kills us all.

We'll cut down on how much electricity we use.

Turn off all the fans and plug everything out when we're done.
Use the public transport instead of home cars.

You might meet a hot dude on the bus.

You know what to do so i'M NOT TELLING YOU.

be responsible because a tsunami starts with the barest quiver.

Let's tsunafimy this evil person.

Global warming!

We have to get it done soon,

so all the whales and dolphins won't die.
I don't want their blood on my hands..

would you?

POSTER

2008-03-22T16:48:00.008+08:00

DUMDUMDUMDUM :DD here comes the poster!
Hold your breath. Okay - i hope you like it. I nearly broke my hand colouring it.

So thats the poster! yep :D Basically, the fire-person on the right of the poster is supposed to be 'greenhouse gases', as seen from the identity card on its wrist. The person on the left of the poster, however, is representing Man on earth, from the world picture on the bottom part of his shirt. So, if you see at the top of the poster, there is a speech bubble that screeches,"HELP! SAVE ME! greenhouse gases on the loose!" Which goes to say that greenhouse gases, (that Man are causing to come in huge quantities) are causing the many negative effects on Earth. To represent an example, the fire on the person is an effect. Such as, the heat captured by greenhouses gases melts glaciers in the North and South poles and that causes lots of floods around the world. This proceeds to destroyed homes, drowning and death cases and much, much more.
If you can see it mentally, this picture of only one man trying to prevent and save himself from global warming is not going to cause much difference in the world. After all, he's only one man, he's not the world. So by calling out for help from other people, this is like the people who are concerned about global warming and shouting out to people to help. Like the person in the poster, they are only a few pocketfuls of people who can't exactly turn around the whole world's perspective all overnight. Yup. So, my point is that, everyone needs to fight against the problem with joined hands, as we cannot just single-handedly beat global warming individually. I mean, we're not superman or something. So, lets join our hands and save the earth! yay :D
-grace

how YOU could help.

2008-03-21T16:48:00.009+08:00

wondering what you can do about global warming?

we will stop putting everything in text.

Since us, teenagers, hate reading long passages and stuff.

Thou says its CHIM!:DDDDD

Here is an interesting video about how you could, too pitch in!

NTSS CLUSTER COMPETITION

2008-03-20T22:59:00.007+08:00

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE that we have been

selected to represent SMSS in a cluster competition held in New

Town Secondary School.

Wheee.

-the treehuggers(:

SOME VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING

2008-03-19T20:36:00.005+08:00

OKAY.

We have started a yahoo answers column on

"what are your views on global warming?"

Here are some answers, some are positive,

but some are also negative.

"Ok, when a volcano erupts there is enough pollution created in on

day as one human being creates in a lifetime. You do the math."

In response to that, someone else said,

"That means each group of ~25500 people

(based on an average life of 70 years) make as much

each day as 1 volcano, there are 3 billion of us,

based on these figures we would produce

as much polution each day as ~117640 volcanos?

More acurate figures on Volcanos & Co2 are :

Volcanos 200-250 million tons per year

Humans 40-45 billion tons per year"

Another comment:

"If it keeps our British winters mild i say

spray more aerosoles as the ozone"

and:

"Global Warming IS real however it is blown

SO out of proportion it's unreal"

"HUMANS CANNOT CONTROL THE WEATHER!"

"we do it all by ourselves,

sawing of the limb of the tree we sit on."

"activities of humans responsible for global warming:

deforestation,mining,nuclear power,rockets to space which create

ozone holes,overuse of power.

Natural causes:

volcano,forest fire, outer space debris

entering to our atmosphere.

so humans are 85% responsible."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Any0sXMSqggPBv6.4L_vJTHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080221031438AAGvTPt

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aoe4734Xt2swnH3NVcNaVnnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080218004547AAjTWKL

-Grace

INTERESTING...

2008-03-19T20:19:00.004+08:00

Some interesting views:

Our interpretation is that the global warming

non-believers are pretending to be oblivious

to global warming, when

they are already almost trapped

underwater/

This picture is trying to say that business men are

deceived by the "small dog"

infront of the BIG sign, laughing at it,

not noticing the big bad wolf behind it.

-michaela

INTERVIEW

2008-03-19T19:26:00.002+08:00

Hello.

we conducted a quick survey on 15 people today.

the questions are :

1) Do you know what global warming is?

2)Do you believe that it is happening?

3) If yes, do you know you can do to combat it?

4) Do you put that into practice?

We conducted this survey within our families,

and the interviewees were of different ages, and some of different races.

the results...."drumroll*

for Q1 (Do you know what global warming is?)

all 15 people said yes, 0 people said no.

-aka, everyone knows what global warming is. even our 6 year-old niece....

for Q2 (Do you believe that it is happening?)

14 people said yes, 1 person said no.

-aka, 93.3% people believe that global warming is taking place.

one of our uncles, says that he does not believe that global warming is happening, and "it is just

a natural process, because humans cannot control the weather".

SO ITS DOWN TO 14 PEOPLE NOW

for Q3 (do you know what you can do to curb the problem?)

13 people said yes, 1 person said no

-aka, 92% of the people questioned knew what they could do.

the one who said no, of course, is our 6 year-old cousin (: haha.

AND NOW, ITS DOWN T 13 PEOPLE.

and for Q4 (do you put that into practice?)

7 people said never, 4 people said sometimes, 2 people said always

-aka, most people know about the things we can do to stop this rising problem, but almost half of

them do not bother at all, and 15% of those interviewed(2 people, out of 13) put these into

regular practice.

from this survey, we conclude that:

we all know about this problem, and the causes, and the consequences. We all strongly believe

that our earth is badly damaged, and we know how to repair it. However, majority of them hardly

put them into regular practice.

This shows how selfish we are. This is like a dying man on the roadside, but all the cars driving

pass just slow down to look, and then speed off as if they had seen nothing.

We make such a big deal of celebrities getting married, or the latest gossip, but when it comes to

the environment, we shake our head at what we see, and then act as if it is nothing important.

WE HAVE TO STOP THIS.

-Shanice

warming in

2008-03-19T14:48:00.002+08:00

sometimes when we buy sunscreen,

we don't think about why it is so hot

all we ever think about is not getting a sun burn.

so maybe, after viewing this blog,

it might occur to you that getting a sunburn is the least of our problems,

and that maybe that global warming is!

-nadiyah, shanice

2008-03-17T23:52:00.000+08:00

Hey Guys. Hahaha. I just designed an image based on our message that we're trying to convey.
Enjoy!(:

STOP GLOBAL WARMING, SAVE THE EARTH

-Mingrui

2008-03-17T22:47:00.002+08:00

Firstly, before we begin the discussion.

Lets all understand what IS global warming.

Global warming is the increase in the average

temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and

oceans in recent decades and its

projected continuation.

Global warming is caused by several causes

such as pollution from factories, carbon dioxide

from rotting trees, the burning of coal,

natural gasses and fossil fuels lead to methane travelling

into the Earth's atmosphere any

transportation vehicles, water vapour, and many other little

things, which contribute to make

global warming even worse.

The effects of Global Warming are: Rising sea levels,

glacier retreat, Arctic shrinkage, and

altered patterns of agriculture are cited as direct

consequences, but predictions for secondary

and regional effects include extreme weather events,

an expansion of tropical diseases,

changes in the timing of seasonal patterns

in ecosystems, and drastic economic impact.

Actually, we could put in our own efforts

in curbing global warming.

I have found a website that listed out the

"TOP 50 THINGS THAT YOU COULD

DO TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING"I would

post the top 10 here and the website would

be provided at the end

of the post.

1)Replace a regular incandescent light bulb

with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)

CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb.

This simple switch will save about 300 pounds

of carbon dioxide a year.

2)Install a programmable thermostat

Programmable thermostats will automatically

lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise

them again in the morning. They can save you

$100 a year on your energy bill.

3)Move your thermostat down 2°

in winter and up 2° in summer

Almost half of the energy we use in our

homes goes to heating and cooling.

You could save

about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide

a year with this simple adjustment.

(NOT APPLICABLE IN SINGAPORE~)

but saving could help too(:

4)Clean or replace filters on

your furnace and air conditioner

Cleaning a dirty air filter can save

350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

5)Choose energy efficient appliances

when making new purchases

Look for the Energy Star label on new

appliances to choose the most energy

efficient products

available.

6)Do not leave appliances on standby

Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself.

A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the

average time Europeans spend watching TV)

and in standby mode during the remaining 21

hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

7)Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket

You'll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year

with this simple action. You can save another

550 pounds per year by setting the

thermostat no higher than 50°C.

8)Move your fridge and freezer

Placing them next to the cooker or boiler

consumes much more energy than if they were

standing on their own. For example,

if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room

temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use

is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2

emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.

9)Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly

Even better is to replace them with newer

models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and

are generally up to two times more

energy-efficient than their predecessors.

10)Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period

When airing your house, open the windows

for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening

all day long, the energy needed to keep it

warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less

outside temperature) would result

in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.

Click Here For The Top 50 Tips for curbing Global Warming.

-Mingrui.

2008-03-17T21:26:00.001+08:00

taken from the movie "an inconvenient truth"

i think that this is a really good way to explain global warming.

and also what us, humans are doing about it.

we are always coming with "easy solutions" to get out of this situation.

for example, the air conditioner.

Which only aggravated the problem.

i realised that we should face the problem head on.

we should just do what we should.

stop the problem. not run away from it.

So perhaps, i will only use the air conditioning if it is really really warm.

and i guess i can start recycling/

there are so many things we can do.

here's 5 things we can do:

1. we can recycle. locate a recycling bin which is near to your house.

so each time, just divide your trash into recyclable and non-recyclable.

2.We can reduce our air conditioner usage. just switch on your air con when you need it.

3."bring your own bag" just put some plastic bags in the car or something. use them whenever

you need them. not only the supermarket. you can use them when you go shopping and stuff.

4.reuse the back of your papers. you don't have to throw away the whole piece of paper if you

make only mistake in your drawing. just turn it over to the other side.

5. switch off all your electric appliances(except your fridge, and the air pump in your fish tank)

when you dont need it. not only will it save the fossil fuels, and the environment, it will save you

lots and lots of moolahhhhh...

PS moolah=$$$

-michaela

VIDEO

2008-03-17T20:45:00.000+08:00

okay. I created a video related to global warming using the imovie software on the imac, and we would like to share it with you/

and i am so very sorry,

but in the video, when it said "its all because of US"

i mean us, us.

you know, you and me.

us.

and if it is too small,

you could click on it,

giving you the direct link to the actual video on youtube.

but, in case that doesn't work,

here's the url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8DbWf4ph-U&eurl=http://ourdying-earth.blogspot.com/

-michaela

POEMS

2008-03-17T20:40:00.001+08:00

We have found poems on a few websites and we would like to share some with you:

These poems were written by Fifth Grade Students from Hawaii.

1)Global Warming isn't hard to explain

It leaves Mother Earth crying with excruciating pain.

This hurts our planet in every single way

The changes could leave us all in sorrow and dismay.

We need to stop it now so the temperature doesn’t rise

People, plants, and animals would be in demise.

Changes in temperature due to the depleting ozone layer

We really don’t need it so show us that you care.

Mother Nature can't do it all so let's give her a rest.

We all need to try and do what is best.

Our planet earth is precious and can't be replaced

We need to act now or our home will be erased.

2)Nature is cool in its own way,

Nature is cool in the day,

But if global warming happens,

It would not be good

For our earth and neighborhood.

Global warming would make the earth hot,

Which would be like a boiling pot.

Global warming would harm the earth,

Mother nature could not give birth,

To animals and plants,

Earth would be under a trance.

Green plants would lose their fame,

Our waters would drain.

Our government will try to help,

But you and I need to save the kelp.

So start playing it smart,

And do your part.

Life might not end,

If you're Earth's friend!

Barbara

*Sources:http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/Kid's%20Entries/global_warming_Dore_class.htm

-Nadiyah

GREETINGS OUR FRIENDS

2008-03-17T20:36:00.001+08:00

We are a group of students from St Margarets Secondary School.

We are all from 2e5 2008,

Mingrui(16)

Michaela(20)

Nadiayah(21)

Shanice(28)

Grace(40)

-Michaela