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jaison.j 17:58, 20 December 2012 (UTC)About SOW

The short form of Save Our World is SOW. Sow means planting something. The aim of this organization is to create or plant a thought or awareness about global warming.

Global Warming

Earth is like a car and ozone layer covering earth is like a car’s wind shield. The work of wind shield is to trap the heat and send only the light inside the car. Similarly the work of ozone is to trap and reflect the heat and leave sunlight inside earth. But due to pollution, deforestation etc. made by man, the ozone layer is losing its strength to trap heat and it is leaving the direct heat of the sun to earth. This is the reason why there is a rise in temperature in recent years than compared to the temperature before 50 years.

Known effects of Global Warming

 Rise in sea level due to melting of Glaciers.  Rise in temperature.  Increased spread of many types of deadly diseases.

Unknown effects of Global Warming Effects of global warming on health:

The U.S. Medical council’s meeting held on Dec, 2010. In this meeting, the doctors of U.S. discussed about the current health status of people all over the world. They warned the world that every disease causing micro-organism is now becoming powerful due to global warming. If this continues, all disease causing microbes will turn into powerful microbes like AIDS causing virus. AIDS cannot be cured because the protein coat of the HIV virus will be always changing. So we cannot prepare or discover any medicine to cure AIDS. Due to global warming, all microbes are getting mutated and we, the humans also losing our immunity power. So the doctors in the U.S. medical council says that in upcoming years global warming will play a major role in human health. Rise of new dangerous virus due to global warming: During 1990’s, In Mexico, a new type of respiratory disease had spread and killed many people. The reason for this new respiratory disease was found to be global warming. Due to heat, many microbes died. Some adapted to the rise of temperature. One of the microbes which got converted into new one was Hanta Virus. This was before a normal microbe, which is not harmful. But Global Warming changed this virus’s genetic makeup and converted it into a deadly disease causing virus. This was the first record of a microbe which got mutated because of global warming. Frequent earthquakes:

There is a strong connection between global warming and earthquakes. During Ice age period, the tectonic plates (The movement of these plates cause earthquakes), are covered with ice. The ice which covers the tectonic plates is heavy and it covers the plates in layers. So it is too hard for the tectonic plate to move. Even if the tectonic plate wants to move, the plates have to break the ice. So it is difficult for the tectonic plate to move by breaking the ice layers and there are very less earthquakes in ancient days. But due to global warming, the ice caps are melting fast day-by-day. Due to this, the ice which covers the tectonic plate also melts. Now the tectonic plates can easily move and cause earthquakes. The recent earthquake in Japan [11-3-2011] is one of the examples. Due to these earthquakes, Japan had moved 8 feet towards U.S.A. This earthquake is the biggest one in Japan since 1897. And even after a month, small earthquakes at about 5-6 Richter are frightening the people of Japan. Not only in Japan, many countries across the globe facing earthquake problems. In 2010-11, earthquakes in countries like Libya, Newzealand, Pakistan etc. killed many people. In future, the number of earthquakes per year will increase due to global warming. Objectives of SOW: • One man-One tree:

Plant at least a tree near your home. Plants help in many ways to prevent us from pollution because plants take in carbon-di-oxide and gives out oxygen. Due to its respiration nature, if there are many plants, it can reduce the carbon-di-oxide [green house gas] level in the atmosphere and as it gives out oxygen, it will increase ozone layers density.

• Educate Nexgen:

Educate at least a child about global warming. As a member of SOW, we should do this because children are the future world. Whatever we are doing (pollution, deforestation) will affect them only. They should know about global warming, so that they can become an environment’s friend in the future.

• Inspire others:

As a member of SOW, we should inspire others to work for   nature and not to pollute or harm our nature.

• Rise your voice against plastic:

Plastics are photodegradable objects. If plastics are left in road side or in public places, they will settle down. When sunlight falls on these plastics, they will degrade quickly and finally reach a chemical state. Due to global warming, if earth’s temperature increase, lots of plastic will turn into chemicals and it will enter into the water table. Plants and animals will take in that water. Finally, whatever humans eat will contain plastic and our food becomes poisonous. We are not telling to stop using plastic. Reduce its use. Recycle it. Use alternate stuff. If, we, the members of SOW, start doing this, our friends will follow us. Then their friends will follow our us in reducing plastics. Finally we can reduce the use of plastic.

Achievements of SOW:

URAPAKKAM FIELDWORK:

Our first field work took place in Urapakkam near vandalur in a small street. We and some youngster of that area cleaned the plastics in that street and made it as a plastic free zone. With the help of 9 youngsters, SOW did this.

MRTS FIELDWORK:

Our greatest achievement was MRTS field work. We, in association with southern railways, conducted an awareness program in Thiruvanmiyur, Indira nagar, Kasturi bai nagar MRTS Stations about Global warming and its effects and cleaned the stations. This project was appreciated by many newspapers. Till now the stations are clean.

ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS:

On 26th august, 2011, we had started classes about global warming in a corporation school with the help of OUTREACH Department, LOYOLA college. Now it is going to be extended in 6 more schools. KK NAGAR FIELDWORK:

In this field work, we cleaned a street and named it as a plastic free zone and went to each and every house in that area and created awareness to the people about the harmful effects of plastic.

ANTI-BOGI AWARENESS:{January}

We did anti boge awareness campaign in kk nagar.

Awareness on waste disposal with councilor:

We did awareness on waste disposal in egmore and said to the local people to segregate plastic waste separately and councilor gave us a assurance that people from corporation will collect those plastics on Wednesdays and use it for plastic roads.

To all the members of SOW:

In a NASA report. Scientist said that there are 28 planets in our galaxy, which are all similar to earth. But scientist had found life only in earth. So we have only one planet to live. It is in our hand whether we are going to destroy it or live in this beautiful planet. Let us join our hands to create awareness about global warming, and to reduce pollution, deforestation etc. which causes global warming. WELCOME TO SOW[Save Our World]

To join visit www.saveourworldsow.wordpress.comjaison.j 17:58, 20 December 2012 (UTC)