"There is 73 % of the population in America who believe global warming is caused by human doings," said Mrs. Lisa Luck during the last Tuesday's Solid Waste Department meeting in Putnam County …
"There is 73 % of the population in America who believe global warming is caused by human doings," said Mrs. Lisa Luck during the last Tuesday's Solid Waste Department meeting in Putnam County (open to the public). The meeting was precisely about the problem of global warming and how we could help solve it with the decisions we make.
One of the participants, Kent Birdwell of the Blue Pig Restaurant, told those present that his restaurant is trying to make fertilizer with food waste and other degradable waste as a means of helping the environment. In addition, they recycle paper, cardboard boxes and other things. They also use biodegradable products to take food out. Maybe other entities could do something similar to help the environment.
Dr. Shawn Krosnick, a botany professor at TTU, suggested that we could plant more trees, especially native plants, instead of plants outside our environment. Grow more vegetables and more fruit trees typical of the region. Plants need carbon dioxide to process it and thus obtain the carbon and free the oxygen we need so much.
Karen Brown, representing the city of Cookeville, announced that they are always looking for alternatives to help customers who need to use energy. Some alternatives were hydroelectric power, wind power, solar energy, energy from incineration of human waste and others.
Mark Hutchkins, president of EKAMOR, a company that collects solid waste, said his company is very efficient in separating different wastes by categories. They are also able to employ many people and are in negotiations with Putnam County to offer a possible solution to our rapidly growing county.
These were some points exposed in this meeting. However, there are other ways to help the environment: by adopting nearby roads or streets and collecting the garbage thrown there by uneducated people, also by separating the garbage in the house and taking it to a community collection site. Other ways: not using vehicles that consume a lot of gasoline, or machinery that uses coal to generate electricity. There are several other ways to help the environment like mass transportation, do more walking, riding bicycles, etc.
The situation is obviously serious and we must think about protecting this beautiful planet we call Earth.