Small Ways You Can Contribute To The Fight Against Climate Change

Climate Change is a big problem facing planet Earth.

First lets understand what Climate Change means

"Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale."

Climate Change basically happens because of gases. The sun's rays are reflected back into space by gases like oxygen (natural gas) and are absorbed by gases like carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas). If there is a high quantity of natural gases the more rays are reflected back which means less heat is captured. The same thing happens with greenhouse gases. If the quantity of greenhouse gases is more then more heat is captured which results in a more heated planet.

For the ecosystem to work, both gases are important. But if one kind of gas is present more than that leads to a more cold or hot planet.

And as humans release more carbon dioxide, the planet is capturing more heat and it increases the temperature which cause the ice to melt and which means sea levels rising.

So back to the topic, how can you contribute to the fight against climate change?

I will list down 5 easy ways you can help in stopping climate change.

1. Planting Native Trees

This is a very effective thing to do. Trees take out carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen. But make sure you plant native trees so that native bees, birds, insects and animals benefit from it. Planting trees in your back or front yard can help too. You can check out your state's or country's website and get a list of all the native trees there.

2. Creating Less Waste

You can recycle a lot of things. Like a cardboard box can become a storage box. Try not to use your car too much unless you have an electric car instead ride your skateboard or bicycle. Don't waste too much food and even if you do you can create compost from it. Save water as much as you can like the water you just change from your fish tank can be used to water plants.

3. Use Ecosia

Ecosia is a search engine that plants a tree for every 45 searches you make on it. It care about your privacy. 80% of it's profits are donated to plant trees. Till now, they have planted over 120 million trees and still counting. They have re-greened the deserts of Burkina Faso and have planted forests in many other locations.

4. EcoBricks

EcoBricks are made with two things: plastic bottles and plastic wrappers. They are easy to make. Simply put plastic wrappers in a plastic bottle until it is tightly packed and completely filled. When you've collected enough you can make different things like chairs, pots, etc. or you can donate them to your nearest organization which can later make houses from them.

5. Spread Awareness

Spreading Awareness is important because "we can't protect what we don't know"(to quote Dr. Sylvia Earle) Spreading awareness can even be from discussing climate change with your friends and family members.

Climate Change has become one of the many problems that faces the world today and it's a major one. It has become important more than ever to not hurt the planet. These were just some ways you can contribute to the fight against climate change.