Saving the Earth – One Step At A Time

Today, on a school field trip, we went to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was a science trip, but it was still lots of fun. We were going to the Green Living Show. Our assignment was to find items that are earth – friendly. Fortunately, most of the products were Earth-friendly or energy efficient,…

Methane

As carbon dioxide is CO2, Methane is CH4. Methane is another greenhouse gas, like carbon dioxide. Methane is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Fortunately, the methane emissions are only 9% and the carbon dioxide emissions are 82%. This is still not good. Methane comes from livestock. CO2 comes from pollution. Between 2002 and 2014,…

Is Global Warming Really A Big Deal?

I’ve noticed that there is barely any snow on the ground now. Up here in Canada, we used to have mountains of snow that I could toboggan down in my backyard. But we are happy to not shovel the snow! So now I am wondering, is the world really getting warmer? Or is there just no…