Are you Green?

The need to find a lasting solution to the problem of rising sea level, Tsunamis, and natural disasters, resulting from Global Warming cannot be over emphasized.

Carbon monoxide, the chief destroyer of the ozone layer, is being used by 98% of Nigerians everyday, directly or indirectly. Motor vehicle users, generator users, and those who use Petroleum in any way are the major people who contribute ti the woes of already threatened human species.

Humans have out of his selfishness, endangered the life of his fellow man, flying creatures, aquatic creatures, and the entire life users-microbes and the tiniest of all creatures, even plants. How so?

Oil spillages in the Niger-Delta region has left the people there without clean water to drink. These people, being fishermen predominantly, have been rendered jobless. The fishes have been exterminated due to spillages from pipelines in the region, and the oil marketers and explorers there, have done little or nothing to address their plight. The lack-luster attitude of government at different tiers has further frustrated the chances of survival people living in the region.

The youths, left with no other option, took to arms which have led to the kidnapping of expatriates most of which are foreigners. Consequently, the image of Nigeria has been dented in the comity of nations. The youths became threats to the life of you and I; the Atlas Cove incident is a resounding evidence that the South West is not left out of the hullabaloo.

The world in the last two decades have recorded more deaths from natural disasters, than it did since the beginning of human race. So many died in the Hurricane Katrina; say 10,000 0r more. The Tsunami that rocked China left scores dead and thousands homeless, same goes for the earthquake that shook Italy earlier this year; the casualty still count on.

Is Nigeria immune to natural disasters? No. Lagos alone in five years recorded almost a thousand resulting from flooding and rising lagoon and sea level. Bar beach had to be put under total rehab before it could be reclaimed. The bar beach which used to be a tourist attraction was lost to the rising coastline of Victoria Island.

Consequently, readers, its high time we took a proactive action. We can start by planting beautiful flowers in your homes; whether in flower pot or straight up in your garden. Their effect on us is priceless.The main importance of plants in our lives are that they intake our Carbon Dioxide (Co2) that we breath out and in place they breath out oxygen which we breath in. Without plants we would run out of oxygen and die very quickly. This applies not just to us humans, but to all animals as well.

But do you know we are in short of plants? Global Warming have reduced the amount of rainfall we have in a year to as low as 60% compared to what we used to have 20 years ago. The short of rainfall has made planting very important. The lake chad that used to be visible to astronauts in space is now very hard to locate. Reports from U.N marines have shown that the lake, has within 20 years shrank to less than twice its original size.

So therefore, we must join this campaign to save ourselves, our friends and loved ones.