GLOBAL

Action, Ljubljana, 2009

 

Many products are designed to last only a short time but require as much energy to manufacture as better-quality products. Each time we throw away these products we produce more waste.

Answer:

Economic growth depends on buying and selling new products.

 

The pine beetle population has increased in recent years due to warmer winters. They have destroyed millions of acres of spruce forest around the world.

Answer:

This means that the price of wood will be lower!

 

The increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is the reason for the greenhouse effect, which, in turn, causes global warming.

Answer:

Then we need less energy for heating in the winter.

 

Melting ice in the polar caps is reducing the population of polar bears and penguins. Polar bears now have to swim up to 40 miles between ice floes in order to find food.

Answer:

So we can create polar zoos in the cities.

 

In the northern countries, the winters are getting shorter and the summers longer.

Answer:

This is the best cure for people who suffer from seasonal depression

 

The polar caps are melting, and soon many populated areas will be under water.

Answer:

We can live in floating houses and floating cities.

 

In the last ten years hurricanes and tornadoes have been stronger and more frequent than ever before.

Answer:

This is a reason to buy good, global insurance for our property.