More than 8.5 million trees have been planted in Malaysia as of March in Petalling Jaya.

ARTICLE : http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_668837.html

When I came across this article, my attention was drawn to it as I am an environmentally conscious person.
After reading this article, I was elated that such an large number of trees have been planted and it shows a sign that more people are aware that global warming is getting serious. Just a side information,  It is estimated that rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 trees per minute. Just imagine, the number of trees being cut down in just 24 hours. This number is horrifying. The average American uses 7 trees a year in paper, wood, and other products. If there are about 275 million Americans, how many trees are used in a year?

Many people thought that global warming isn’t an serious issue, but have they realize that the weather is changing and natural disaster have been strucking us every then and fore?
Those are linked to global warming and global warming are caused by human beings . Therefore, since we started this global warming issue Im sure we will have a way to stop it too.
We do not need to travel to Malaysia to plant trees to save the earth, there are actually very simple ways for us to do our part to be environmentally friendly. Instead of buying normal products, we can always buy environmentally friendly products that are made from recycled materials and I believe it is worth it to spend a little more just to save the Earth.
Methane gas comes from all sorts of sources including wetlands, rice paddies, cow tummies, coal mines, garbage dumps and even termites. And Methane actually causes global warming too. In order to help to decrease the amount of Methane emitted to the atmosphere, we can always change our diet by being a Vegetarian or reduce the number of waste by recycling. Little things that we can do can help to save the Earth.

In a nutshell, Im glad that people all over the world are being more environmentally conscious and I hope that more trees will be planted , not only in Malaysia but spread over the world. Lastly, Never underestimate yourself of what you can do to help the earth. As a famous Chinese Taoist had said,

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

- CLAIRE TEO