Question 1

              Practices to living green has been a main topic in our society because of all the

electricity and hot nature. Especially over the few years, great attention has been called to

the state of our world. Out contributes to destruction of our society and global warming

added on makes this world an unstable planet overall. It is highly needed and imperative that

action is taken through the action of our nation's government.

              In order to fix something, there must be a leader who guides his followers to the

appropriate path. In this case, the US would provide an influential voice since America is a

big nation. Source C, Thomas L Friedman states, "I am convinced that the best way for

America to solve its big problem... is for US to take the lead in solving the world's big

problems." If America showed the act of breaking off bad, yet natural habits, the world will

follow and act quickly. Source E shows a chart of the percentage of the bad habits that

polluted the environment. it shows that American residents have the highest levels of

environmental ewardship. As America begins to change the habits, it gains the other

country's support and then influences the others.

              Although leading the world and influencing is beneficial, small countries like

Singapore take action. Alan Webbler's excerpt in Source B states and shows that taxes are

the prime area to target. The government of Singapore set the standards that high taxes for

the nation's carbon footprint. Despite the fact that the world is "hot, flat, and crowded,"

(Source F), the United States Department of Energy lists ways to save energy and money by

making small changes. Source F also states many easy actions that will help make the world

a greener place. Amongst them are taking short showers which will save water, turning off

your electronic when not in use to save electricity, and air drying your dishes to save power.

We can make the world a greener place by executing simple actions which will cause us no

inconvenience and will help the environment.

              Making the world a greener place is not an easy task to carry out, but it is one task

that the government should prioritize to benefit the world's environment and the human race

itself. These requirements and small changes should merely help promote the effective ways

rather than throwing it off by laws. Not only the government, but if one person starts making

small changes as an individual then come together as a community, it will definitely benefit

everyone and make the environment a better place to live in.