Reader's Response (1st draft)
Reader’s Response
In the article “The Double Edge of Globalization”,
Chanda (2007) states some positive and negative impacts of globalization and
gives a few suggested methods to minimize the negative effects, which
globalization brings to us.
Chanda mentioned in the article, “the instantaneous
transmission of news and images”, meaning that people around world are able to
get the information related to the environmental issues immediately. There is
no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the
negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, there is no apparent
evidences to show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment.
One of biggest environmental issues is the use of
plastics. Tons of plastics are produced and used every day. Even though the
frequency of natural disasters increased and the global warming became more
severe in the past few years, people’s behavior remains unchanged. For example,
when people go for shopping, they still prefer using the plastic bags to pack
their purchased items. Governments have already emphasized this many times and
encouraged customers to use the shopping bags instead of the plastic bags for
shopping. However, people seem to just ignore this and only a small percentage
of people paid attention to this issue. As we all know that plastics are non-biodegradable,
we either recycle them for the reuse purpose or burn them off to reduce the
amount of plastics. By burning them, many toxic gases will be produced and they
contributed to a large part of air pollution.
Environmental issue is a big issue and it cannot be solved
just by our governments. Everyone should play a role to improve our
environmental condition and we should be aware that the problems we face today
are detrimental.
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