Luvourearth- My suggestion, My discussion

 

Hi guys, I am Akshar from Dubai. During the pandemic, I was home all day. This allowed me to explore many indoor activities such as home workout, cooking, learning new things from online courses and gardening. Gardening reminded me of the condition of our earth before and after the pandemic as things had changed a lot. Condition of our nature had become much better than before.

I want to share my feeling and thoughts about our Mother Earth- Past, present and future.

I will be sharing more details in coming days, you are welcome to discuss with me on this topic and help in spreading awareness to make this mission successful.

November10, 2020

I was thinking about how the Earth has transformed before and after the pandemic and this is what I observed about the past and present. I was also thinking that the life of human beings is going to be more sustainable in future which would also benefit our mother earth positively.

 

In past we were only focused on development of humans where machines, factories, automobiles etc. came in existence in huge volume.

This has harmed the environment and the nature immensely. Despite the damage is big, but it’s still repairable.

 

Present time- I think now it’s time for us to help recover the nature and environment to be cleaner and healthier.

 

Future -- Good Life in a healthy environment

 

Don’t you Feel that we should keep our mother earth safe? Why don’t we recognize that our daily routine is harming our Planet in some or the other way? Why don’t we get the alertness to make same or the other measures to prevent the destruction of our mother nature? The worse the situation of our environment, the shorter our life span, the shorter life of earth, riskier will be the future generations.

 

This is a very crucial topic on which awareness should be spread. As world is evolving day by day, new technologies, machines, infrastructures, industries are coming up. These are emitting immense heat and energy due to which our planet is getting affected. The increase in infrastructures has captured the land of forest and wild life, making them homeless.

 

We all need take some initiatives and corrective actions at individual level. We must also help our near ones to do something similar. These small acts and initiatives will grow further from individual to family level, family to community level and to further bigger groups.

November24, 2020

Today I will be talking about several ways in which we can contribute to save our nature and our future. We all can do small things in our daily lives to bring greater changes. 

Here are 10 ways you can help prevent nature degradation:

1. Plant more and more trees 

2. Try to use public transports as much as possible. This would help to reduce the emission of harmful gases like carbon monoxide coming from thousands of vehicles.

3. Always try to stick to 3Rs- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

4. Donate or recycle electronic devices which are not in use rather than throwing them.

5. Use less paper by not printing unnecessary things and reading e-books and e-newspapers.

6. Try to reduce the use of plastics as much as possible . Use more of jute bags, glass bottles etc. rather than plastic products

7. Refuse to buy what you don't need, because every item you don't buy reduces the demand for the production of that product. For example, if everyone stopped buying plastic bags, supermarkets would stop selling them.

8. Try to use LED bulbs as they are brighter and use less electricity.

9. Reduce the use of air conditioner, and start using fans if you are still feeling hot. Fans use much less power.

10. Avoid littering on the ground and participate/volunteer in activities that clean-up the litter.

June 8, 2021

         

                                                          POPULATION BLAST

Hey guys!!! Welcome back to my blogs. 

Today I will be talking about population inclination and declination. Inclination and declination in population has affected the earth in multiple ways. Of all the trends shaping our changing world, the rapid increase in population is perhaps the most fundamental. More people create the demand for food, energy, water and other resources, driving pressures on the natural environment and atmosphere. Although the rate of increase is now gradually slowing down, human numbers rose massively during the 20th century. Our population continues to increase at a rate of 200,000 per day.

"Population growth is straining the world's resources to breaking point." This means that more the population, the higher the demand for the resources which would lead to scarcity of resources.

Modern population growth began around 1750 which improved food production and distribution, which lowered mortality rates during 18th century. 19th century onwards things started to improve which contributed to foster public health and during the 20th century the growth rate accelerated at an unprecedented level. It is expected that by 2024 there will be eight billion of us on planet earth and by 2050, over nine billion.

Some of the factors which lead to increase in population are high birth rates, improvements in medical care and the movements of migratory workers etc. In the past 5 years, the biggest population shift has taken place in the middle east where the promise of the jobs as well as conflicts in neighbouring has resulted in increase in populations of Oman and Qatar rising in excess of 7% a year. At this rate the population of these countries will double in 10 years.

Below are statistics of the world population for some of the countries:

1. USA- 0.8% is the Current growth rate which adds 2.4 million people each year, roughly the population of Brooklyn

2. Brazil- 0.9% is the growth rate. Birth has been falling steadily since 1960s, reducing its rate of population expansion.

3. UK- 0.7% is the growth rate which equals to an extra half million people each year.

4. NIGER- 3.8% is the growth rate. The fertility rate of more than 7 births per woman sustains high population growth.

5. GAMBIA- 3.2% is the growth rate and at this rate the population will double in about 25 years.

6. SOUTH SUDAN-  4.2% is the growth rate. Africa's highest growth rate

7. BURUNDI- 3.2% is the growth rate which is outstripping economic growth and food supply.

8. QATAR- 7.4% is the growth rate  as the economy attracts rich westerners and migrant workers from east, boosting population. 

9. KUWAIT- 4% is the growth rate, 70% of the population are expatriates, mainly working in oil and construction.

10. UGANDA- 3.3% is the growth rate, predicted that population would hit 130 million in 2050

11. OMAN- 7.8% is the growth rate and this is also the highest population growth rate in world.

12. UAE- 4% is the growth rate, population growth in Dubai is now falling.

13. ERITREA- 3.2% is the growth rate and this has increased from 0.4% in 2015, despite high emigration numbers.

More than half of the world's population already lives inside this circle. China and India are Earth's most populated countries, with about 1.4 billion and 1.3 billion respectively. More than 250 million people live in Indonesia, over 90 million people in Vietnam and nearly 70 million in Thailand. 

It is also predicted that more 40% of all humans will be African by the end of 21st century.

June 23, 2021

SLOWING THE RISE IN POPULATION 

Hi guys!!! Welcome back. Today I would talking about slowing the increase in population rates.

Slowing the rise in population on planet is very important. Increasing population has leads to multiple problems such as scarcity of natural resources which would be needed in future. Example- Water, coal, petroleum, food etc. If the population keeps rising at this rate, it is expected that by 2024 there will be eight billion of us on planet earth and by 2050, over nine billion. But the resources remain the same, hence shortage will create differences in people, society and countries.

As mentioned in my earlier blog I have shared few data, we all need to have collective effort in lowering the population by slowing the rise in population.

Many countries have adopted different methods of slowing down the growth of the population.

Some countries such as China have adopted the one-child policy in past. Other methods adopted by different countries to control their population are Forced Sterilization, greater access to contraception and increase in literacy rates (in Africa) etc.

So now if we look at China, its ‘one-child policy’ adopted in year 1980, have both pros and cons. During the 1980s the Chinese government took official steps to slow down the country’s rapid population increase, limiting each family to one child. This was done so as to protect food, water and natural resources while improving individual prosperity.  Still Government move had unforeseen impacts. Parents who were caught with an extra child could be charged a social upbringing fee to cover healthcare and education costs.

One of the most important factors to make effective slow downing process of the population growth is to educate people on benefits and advantages of having less children & small family. This will lead to healthy and happy family and in turn a responsible human being.

Less population could lead to social, economic and environmental benefits.

Here are some statistics which show the literacy rates and the number of children in different countries:

1. Afghanistan- 13% literacy and 6.5 children

2. Chad- 22% literacy and 6.1 children

3. Pakistan- 40% literacy and 3.9 children

4. Niger- 51% literacy and  7 children

5. India- 50.8% literacy and 2.7 children

6. Sudan- 60% literacy and 4.1 children

7. Uganda- 67% literacy and 6.3 children

8. Tunisia- 71% literacy and 1.8 children

9. Bolivia- 86% literacy and 3.4 children

10. Samoa- 99% and 3.9 children

July  1, 2021

Rural-Urban shift

So today we would be talking about the rural to urban shift, why have people shifted and what are the global consequences of this shift.

 

Firstly, talking about urbanization, the first urban centres were founded over 10,000 years ago. They arose in parallel with agricultural advantages that enabled farmers to produce food surpluses required to feed the new urban populations. Urbanization gathered peace with industrial revolution and the intensive agriculture that enabled farmers to produce more food. Urban migration continues to increase, but so do concerns about its sustainability. By 2050 new urban capacity equivalent to 175 times the size of London will be needed to accommodate town and city dwellers.

According to me, rural to urban shift is something which happening very often and if this keeps going on, there would be a huge disbalance of population between rural and urban places. Urban places would become over-populated and if people like farmers start migrating, shortage of food supply could become a problem.

In 1800 about 2 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas. Over time millions of people who once farmed have moved to urban areas in search of better lives, or have been forced to move because of falling incomes. In 2007, for the first time, more than half of us lived in towns and cities. Continuing population growth and urbanization are projected to add 2.5 billion people to the world’s urban population by 2050. This works out as about 180,000 people every day, mostly in fast-growing developing countries.

In some countries urban growth is nearly double the rate of overall population increase, particularly in the urban areas of less developed regions. Europe, North America and Oceania have experienced stable rates of urbanization in the last 15 years, while South America has witnessed continuously decreasing rates. Africa and Asia, meanwhile are responsible for bringing the developing world’s average up in recent years, with Africa expected to be fastest-urbanizing region from 2020-2050.

July 18, 2021

THE RISE OF MEGACITIES

The rising of megacities has led to multiple serious consequences. The past 25 years has seen rapid growth in the number of megacities cities with a population of over 10 million. In 1950 there was only one in the world- New York City. By 1990 there were ten. This number has almost tripled to 28 today.

In recent decades, the centres of world urbanization have shifted from the developed economies of Japan, North America and Europe to the developing nations of Asia, Africa I’m South America. The shift is reflected in the United Nations projection that by 2030, there will be 13 mega cities, all in Asia, Africa, and South America. These new megacities nine of which are Asia, are anticipated to be Seoul, Lima, Bangalore, Chennai, Bogota, Johannesburg, Bangkok, Lahore, Hyderabad, Chengdu, Ho Chi Minh city and Luanda. Africa is experiencing some of the most rapid urbanization. Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we’ll see its population rise from 200,000 in 1952 a projected 20 million by 2030, up from more than 11 million in 2015. Some of these megacities will be poorly prepared for such rapid growth, placing a great strain on natural resources, food and transport.

Increasing of Megacities can have multiple economic and ecological consequences. It could lead to lot of ecological problems such as air pollution, water pollution, increase in health problems and also increase in toxic waste materials which could be hard to remove. The consequences on the economy could be decline of urban buildings, increased traffic problems, more informal workplaces and low wages for laborers and dwellers.

Asia has already seen spectacular growth, with nine of the 28 cities that now exceed 10 million people located in China and India alone. However, not all of Asia is growing at such a rapid rate. In 1990 there were ten cities with more than 10 million inhabitants. Today, the number has nearly tripled. Some of the statistics show that Tokyo is unchallenged as the world’s largest megacity, but its population will begin to decline between 2020-30. New Delhi’s population is expected to nearly quadruple challenging Tokyo’s dominance as the largest megacity. Moreover, if the projections are realized, Beijing will be the fastest growing megacity, living up to its nickname of the celestial city. 

July 25, 2021

URBAN PRESSURES

Increasing urbanization has led to many serious consequences such as air pollution, water pollution common land pollution etc. People living in cities tend to consume more energy, water, food and resources than those in rural areas. Open populations are responsible for about ¾ of total consumption and half of all waste.

More people migrating from neutral to the cities brings multiple disadvantages. The increase in the number of city dwellers requires more food, water, and energy. The use of private and public transports also increases and more pollution is produced. Open, former rural dwellers adopt higher consumption lifestyle in the cities, further increasing the demand for natural resources. All these factors can lead to the destruction of natural habitats and damage the environment do increased consumption.

Increasing urbanization has led to massive impact on ecological footprints. Ecological footprint measures the impact off human activities on the natural environment. It is essentially an area measurement, represented in global hectares, which places a value on how much biologically productive land and water is needed to both produce the resources we can consume and to dispose of the Waste.

2% of the world’s land surface is occupied by cities, which consume 75% of the world’s natural resources.

An ecological footprint off London(in 2000) show start there is 41% food consumption 44 percent R material and waste, 10% is energy, 5% this transport, zero point 0.7% is degraded land and 0.3% is water.

41% food consumption means that the consumption of 6.9 million tons offered comprised the second largest part of London’s footprint. Open talking food consume, 81% was from outside the UK. By far the largest component in the food ecological footprint was meat, followed by pet food and milk.

10% energy is consumed by Londoners which is equivalent to that present in 13.3 million tons of oil, which in turn led to the release of about 41 million tons of CO2.

The biggest part of the London’s ecological footprint was the materials and based. There was almost 49 million tons of materials. The construction sector consumed the most materials at 27.8 million tons and also produced the most waste at 14.8 million tons.

Londoners traveled over 64 billion passenger kilometers by car and light truck. This contributed to 5% of transport. 0.7% land has had its by productivity degraded through contamination or erosion and 0.3% of water was used which is equivalent to 866,000 megaliters in 2002, half of which was piped to houses. Water loss through leakage was more than that used by businesses.

7th Aug, 2021

                                             SURGE IN DEMAND

The world’s demand for energy continues to rise. More the number of people, greater would be the demand for resources. By 2030, the amount of energy we need is expected to be about double their demand in 1990 and 1/3 grader then that used in 2015. Today some countries are maintaining economic growth without causing rising, but global demand for all energy types is increasing.

Based on current figures, most of this projected increase is expected to occur in the fast-growing economies of the global east and South such as Asia and Africa. It is believed that fossil energy will continue to make the greatest contribution towards meeting the world’s rising demand.

                            

Projections for future energy use show that while renewables will continue to grow and provide a larger proportion of energy, there will still be a reliance on high polluting fuels such as oil and coal. Renewables face various challenges, however. For example, hydroelectric power is at risk from droughts caused by climate change, while energy storage technology still needs to be refined to cope with the intermittency off some renewables.

We all can contribute through small actions to reduce the demand of natural resources such as turn down heating, use air conditioners less, unplug unused appliances, switch off unneeded lights and walk in cycle whenever possible. 

14^th Aug, 2021

                                                                                       Energy-Hungry World

Developed countries run unreliable energy supplies. In developing countries with widespread poverty, a high proportion of the population are energy poor and lack access to regular electricity.

Although access has spread widely in recent years, especially in Asia and Latin America, 1.4 billion people remain unconnected to grid based power systems full stock around 2.7 billion people depend on wood or dried animal dung for cooking, mostly in Africa at South Asia, and millions use paraffin for lighting. In both cases the resulting air pollution poses major health threats that kill huge number of people each year, especially women and children.

 

As an individual you can invest in companies bringing clean energy to developing countries. You can also join campaigns that call on companies and governments to support the spread of clean energy to developing countries.

Other courses of action would be that governments can encourage companies to invest more in clean and renewable energy resources. International Development agencies can also adopt stronger policies to avoid fossil energy and instead help countries to build clean energy systems. 

10 Sep, 2021

Carbon Footprint

Many of the things we do generate carbon footprint. This footprint describes the quantity of carbon dioxide arising from particular activities, products or services. 
Looking at a country like UK, the average carbon footprint of a UK citizen reveals that consumption of food, transport, heating, recreation, electricity and products are among activities that generate a total of around 10 tons of emissions per person per year. Higher consumption lifestyles are spreading across the world and, consequently, carbon footprints are rising fast.

           

Carbon footprints vary hugely. For example, lack of an average American citizen is more than 100 times that of a poor person living in sub–Saharan Africa. Some activities such as flight on an airliner, have a major short term footprint, whereas other carbon heavy decisions, such as buying a new car will be spread or would ears and depend on how much the car is driven the carbon footprints can be difficult to calculate very precisely, but still give a helpful indication of where the biggest impacts arise. This enables choices to be made by people, companies and governments in limiting emissions.

As an individual you can contribute to the environment through multiple ways. You can go online and use a carbon footprint calculator to see where your emissions are coming from. This can help you to decide on different ways you can reduce the carbon footprint in your daily lives. You can also consider what you eat. Food is a major part of persons total carbon footprint in most Western countries, especially where there is a substantial element of meat and dairy produce.

10^th aug, 2022

Clean water and Sanitation

Clean water and sewage treatment facilities are key factors in influencing outcomes for public health, development, and poverty. Impressive progress has been made in extending these necessities to billions more people. However, billions of people still lack sanitation. Nearly 1 billion people are still forced to defecate outside, causing the spirit of diseases such as Gloria diarrhea and hepatitis A.

One in nine people in the world lack access to safe water. In India 70% of people had clean water supplies in 2012 leaving 30% still using untreated sources. Disparities remain for clean water and sanitation between many countries especially between the urban and rural. More people living in the countryside are still unable to make use of reliable water supplies than those residing in towns and cities. Despite recent positive progress millions still die each year from diseases spread in dirty water. Asian Africa remain the areas where people are at great risk of waterborne diseases.