On 17 February 2017 at 17:02, Gurumurthy K <itfc.stfk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear teachers, > > Global warming / climate change is going to have very serious (fatal) > impact on all life, and the end of all life / human life is a possibility > over the next few decades(?). > > One important cause of global warming is the use of fossil fuels (coal, > petroleum) for energy that powers our homes, vehicles, industries .... and > the consumption of fossil fuels is continuing to increase. The release of > carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and other gases due to combustion > is causing air pollution and increasing temperatures, melting the arctic > and antarctic ice continents .... Large coastal areas are expected to > submerge as seas rise due to this. Changing weather/climate patterns > including rainfall will cause chaos and ruin (imagine erratic or no > rainfall in catchment areas and the fights for water between various > groups, within a state and across states !!!). > > Hence reducing our use of fossil fuels and moving towards renewable > sources of energy is an important response to this crisis. In this context, > it is heartening to read that many cities in USA are committing to move > fully to renewable energy sources. Read http://www.nationofchange.org/ > 2017/02/16/victory-two-cities-just-committed-100-renewable-energy > > > "Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, this week became the 22nd and 23rd > cities in the U.S. to commit to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable > energy. The Pueblo City Council approved Monday a measure committing to > power the community entirely with renewable sources of energy like wind and > solar by 2035. The vote was immediately followed on Tuesday by the Moab > City Council approving a resolution committing Moab to 100 percent > renewable energy by 2032. > > “No matter who is in the White House, cities and towns across the country > will continue leading the transition to 100 percent clean, renewable > energy,” Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said. “Pueblo and > Moab join a growing movement of communities which are charting a course > away from dirty fuels.” > > Cities like Pueblo and Moab have long suffered the consequences of dirty > energy and utility reliance on fossil fuels. Pueblo, for example, has a > sizable low-income population that has been suffering from the high cost of > electricity due to the local utilities’ decision to build new gas > infrastructure and saddle the cost with ratepayers. More than 7,000 people > in Pueblo have had their electricity shut off due to the high cost of > electricity. > > In Utah, Canyonlands National Park has been marred by haze pollution from > two neighboring coal plants, which threatens the local Moab tourism > industry – the economic lifeblood of the community. With this week’s > announcements, both communities are poised to confront these threats by > transitioning away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy. > > “The climate crisis is a global challenge, but many of our strongest > leaders are at the local level,” Ken Berlin, CEO of The Climate Reality > Project, said. “We have a lot of hard work ahead, but it is encouraging to > see more and more communities, businesses and universities understand that > renewable energy is not only the right moral choice, but also the right > economic choice.” > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Can we discuss these issues with our students (science/social > science/language/mathematics....any subject teacher), you can show them a > 3 minute video from http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ > 101-videos/global-warming-101 > > Can we work together and create a pressure from teachers and students, to > reduce fossil fuel usage in our state/country .... suggestions, comments > welcome. > > regards, > Guru > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > -- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - https://docs.google.com/formsd1Iv5fotalJsERorsuN5v5yHG > uKrmpFXStxBwQSYXNbzI/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Public_Software > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KannadaSTF - ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆ" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to kannadastf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to kannadastf@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/formsd1Iv5fotalJsERorsuN5v5yHGuKrmpFXStxBwQSYXNbzI/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KannadaSTF - ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆ" group. 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