Ye Re Ye Re Pausa

This is one of the famous Marathi poems that we used to sing in our childhood and even nowadys small children sing it with great interest. It goes like this

ye re ye re pausa

tula deto paisa

paisa zhala khota

paus ala motha

Today I remembered this poem as it has been a month going into the the monsoon season (really?  It dosn’t seem so) but still hasn’t rained here in Mumbai. It makes me sing this song as everyone here has got much tired and fed up of the heat of the summer which doesn’t seem to be ending.

I think it is one of those times when we start to take some concrete measures about the global warming as this year the winter wasn’t so cold and the rainy season hasn’t still started. And there are some believing that a deluge like 26/7 can happen again as there are many similarities in the nature’s behaviour in that year and this year. So just hoping that such a deluge doesn’t happen again isnot satisfactory, it needs that we all should do something to stop gloal warming.  At least we should do something at individual basis tostart with.

Here is the list of some things that can help us in reducing the global warming. (Got it from the site buzzle.com )

• People should reduce the usage of electrical appliances which emits green house gases. For e.g. the refrigerator releases chloro fluro carbon (CFC) and the incandescent light lamp emits 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. This can be replaced by a compact fluorescent light bulb which saves much energy.
• Follow RRR-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. People should not dump waste products in the ground. Plant products, food waste, vegetable dump undergoes anaerobic decomposition i.e. they break down to produce methane, a green house gas instead of oxygen. Hence the product usage and wastage should be reduced or recycled for a healthy atmosphere.
• Trees absorb a large amount of carbon dioxide. Many trees should be planted since they involve in photosynthesis, food preparation with the help of sunlight. During this process, trees absorb carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Also, existing forests should be saved and usage of plant byproducts shouldn’t be wasted.
• Usage of green power prevents 300 kg of carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere. The electricity obtained from the renewable resources like wind and water is called green power. The cost is also low in case of green power.
• Insulation of the ceiling of a house and power saving is the important factor to reduce global warming. The electric appliances should be switched off instead to hold it in stand by mode. This will save more power since stand by mode consumes 40% of the energy.
• People should use only energy efficient appliances. Thermostat should be used for air conditioners since it reduces the temperature automatically.
• Consumption of organic food should be increased because organic soil absorb large amount of carbon dioxide. Buying local food reduces the consumption of fuel. Cows emits large amount of methane due to their vegetarian diet. Hence meat consumption should be reduced. Also tetra packs should be used instead of tinned food.
• Periodic maintenance of the vehicles helps in efficient usage of fuel and reduces release of green house gases. Proper inflation of tyres should be done and fuel wastage should be avoided.
• Teach your neighborhood and friends about the cause and impacts of global warming and methods to reduce it. Conservation of forests also forms a factor to reduce global warming

Hope all of my readers follow atleast one of these methods to fight one of the biggest problem that threaten to end not only humans but also every life form present on our planet.

Hoorah!!!! As I am writing this post a small shower of rain has arrived. But this shouldn’t stop our work of reducing global warming.