Al Gore and UN panel won this year's Noble Peace Price.
美国前付总统高尔致力於全球暖化的研究，并为环境保护奔走呼号。诺贝尔奖评选委员会将本年度诺贝尔和平奖授赠予他。
有人不理解：全球暖化和环境保护与和平有什么关系？一位诺贝尔奖评选委员会成员在回答记者提问时说：全球暖化、环境污染、能源危机已经影响到一些区域的和平。他以部分非洲国家的能源争夺战为例，讲述了全球暖化和能源危机对和平影响。
以下是我的评论：为了世界的和平和人类的生存，大家都该关心全球暖化问题，保护环境人人从我做起。
For the effort on Global Warming and Climate Change, Al Gore and UN panel won this year's Noble Peace Price. This shows the importance of this issue. Based on the comment from a Noble prince committee member, the Global Warming and Climate Change become a serious peace issue because more and more countries are fighting for limited nature resources. So the international effort for problem solving becomes urgent.
If you have not watch the Oscar winning documentary film-An Inconvenient Truth, it is strongly recommended.
My husband’s work place is only 5 minute away from mine. We were driving two cars to work because we felt difficult to compromise each other’s schedule. We have been doing that for 3 years until seeing the movie. The information presented in the film is striking. The next morning after watching the film, my husband invited me to car-pool! We have being doing that ever since. We also leave our new SUV in the garage and use it only absolutely needed.
My husband used to tease me "recycling nut, environmentalist". Now he is recycling too. We understand the impact on environment from each individual that is small, but if every individual do our own part to protect environment, the impact will be big.
Global Warming / Climate Change is perhaps the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the public. (Ken Hughes)
There are several actions we can take to protect the environment:
At work, we can:
Close the fume hoods and bio-safety cabinets before leave.
Turn off the heat block and water bath when they are not in use.
Turn off lights and lamps when leaving a room or desk.
Use energy saving screen. Shut down the computer at the end of the day.
Reduce the usage of material (water, reagents, plastic, etc.)
Read articles on-line, If printing is necessary, print on both side.
Recycle paper, plastic, and batteries.
Carpool to work if possible.
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At home we can:
Install a programmable thermostat. In the winter turn down the thermostat as low as tolerable.
Install compact fluorescent light bulbs that use less energy.
Buy energy efficient appliances such as "Energy Star" approved products.
Wash clothes in full loads and use cold water.
Turn lights off when leaving a room.
Shut down the computer at night.
Stop air leaks around windows and doors with caulk or weather stripping.
Reduce the usage of material (water, plastic, etc.)
Recycle paper, plastic, and batteries.
Carpool to social activates. Many more.....
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