Climate change is an issue which bombards our ears each day with politicians jumping on new statistics to sensationalize political debate and draw public support. Gordon Brown recently gave us a limited time to live as the malignant cancer of big carbon footprint consumer consumption drains the plant of it resources and eats away our precious and protective atmosphere.
Guy Lalibertes PR journey to space to promote global water storages highlights the impact of many climate change conference which, in reality consume enormous resources and produce masses of hot air. These events gather the converted to pat each other on the back while they present their latest findings and do little to offset the environmental cost of their journey and less to benefit the planet or the global poor.
As individuals we can make a real difference. We recycle and install low energy bulbs, but lets be honest we are massive consumers and lets be even more honest we want to improve our income so that we can consume even more, this is why it is important to make lifestyle choices when we consume.
Take the simple example of my product. It is not unique or particularly new, but for each 120 people who choose it a single tree remains in the forest and nearly 3000 litres of water are saved. This single tree provides environmental benefits such as long term storage of carbon dioxide in other forms of carbon, recycles water and prevents soil erosion reducing flooding and mud slides.
Bede Products is a suite of low cost paperless language dictionaries which can be installed and utilized on devices you already own. Designed for travelers and language students, the software translators are supported on a wide range of mobile phones and PDA which supports java applications and popular games consoles which can be installed with freely available java runtimes.
This week the Kindle, an eBook reader from Amazon, was released into the English market. It can be used to store a library of books and is aimed to give the owner a paper feel when they choose eBooks over paper. I dont think you can replace the feel of paper with an electronic book, which weighs pretty much the same as a book, but again it is about making these lifestyle choices. The eBook market in Japan makes up nearly 40% of publication sales. On the Bede Products website we are building a library resource of references to freely downloadable eBooks to compliment the suite of language software.
These products are not going to save the planet alone, but just like the use of low energy bulbs and turning off the tap when you brush your teeth we reduce our consumption of resources and leave more for our children and our planet.
Bede Key PhD.
http://www.bede.me
You my be surprised to hear of the scale of the impact they can also have. For each 120 typical paperback size publications a tree is cut and turned into paper and for each dictionary 24 litres of water are used and 450kWs of energy consumed.
In addition to this, according to the USDA Forest Service, a tree generates $31,250 worth of oxygen, provides $62,000 worth of air pollution control, recycles $37,500 worth of water, and controls $31,250 worth of soil erosion, over its 50-year life. So, for each dictionary the average tree in the forest would have $25 worth of environmental benefits per year.
Why Forests?
Forests play an important role in shaping the earths climate and atmosphere.
Forests are natural sponges and critically important in regulating water supply.
Forest destruction directly contributes to flooding, landslides, spread of disease, and reduced agricultural production.
Forests are home to diverse and endangered wildlife and provide the home and spiritual identity to many indigenous peoples.
Rural poor are directly dependent on forest resources which provide critical sources of food, shelter and a means to earn income.
Rampant logging and forest clearance has reduced forests in Asia by more that three quarters since 1900
Use electronic paperless dictionaries and do a little bit for the environment!
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