Questions from Colegio Cooperativo San Felipe

We asked people in our school and here it is a subject much talked about. we talk a lot about the renovation of our school. buildings emit a lot of CO2 because they lose a lot of warm air

Oups, there seems to be computermade confusion...we are not new zealand..... but gremany: There are many articles about climate change appearing in NZ newspapers every day. They are given high priority because climate change, and the NZ government's response to it, are very important issues for New Zealanders.

NZ is a country that produces a lot of agricultural products for export to other countries (lamb, beef, butter, milk). It is very dependent on these products but these products produce a lot of carbon emissions - especially methane. About 1/2 of NZ's total carbon emissions are from agriculture.

NZ signed the Kyoto Protocol and is responsible for its carbon emissions. It is proposing to put in place an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to make the people that produce the country's emissions, pay for them. Lots of articles appear in newspapers about the ETS.

One that caught my eye is a survey of public opinion about the ETS. 77% of NZers think that the people that create the carbon emissions should pay for them. But most people think that our farmers should only pay for 40% (or less) of their emissions. Making them pay more might make them uncompetitive with farmers from other countries - meaning we'd sell less and have less money. Lots of NZers support a tax on products imported into NZ from countries that don't make their polluters pay for their carbon emissions.

See this link for the full article: www.nzherald.co.nz/climate-change/news/article.cfm

I think Climate Change brings fear of the unknown because we all know it's happening but it's hard to know how rapidly changes are occuring. Because Climate Change is a gradual process, some people don't realise the consequences and effects it is having on the earth without a smack in the face like a natural disaster.

I think Climate Change brings opportunity to people all around the world. It is a chance for people to make conscious decisions to benefit the environment and to strengthen local, national and international communities because community should be the basis of climate change adaptation and mitigation.

I would tell everyone to read "The Lorax" by Dr Seuss.

It's a wonderful story and tells us about the bad impact humans can have on the environment.

The greedy "Onceler" chops down the "Truffula Trees" to make something called a "Thneed" (that no-one really needs). The "Lorax", who speaks for the trees, warns the Onceler about doing this but the Onceler doesn't listen, and.....well....you'll have to read the book to see what happens.

But as the Onceler says at the end of the book -

"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not!"

See this link for a video of the story: video.google.com/videoplay

Efficiency from the bottom up... this sounds as if a politician was talking but I really mean it like that. We always think about money but the really important and precious "property" we have is our earth and so it should always be in our mind. Now we have in mind: "Oh, this new pullover costs 30 Euro but we should think "Oh this new pullover did cost the earth tenthousand liters of water and because of an amount of ...... CO2 was emitted into the air."

I live in the countryside and we use the car a lot. I blame me for this but also the fact that there is no public transport at all.

No more talking let's act and we don't wait that someone else acts first.

lots and lots of things. a law that only energy efficient houses are allowed to build. Pulic transport needs to become much better. We must ensure that train services are able to compete with air travel. There is no tax on airline fuel, but the rail operator must pay the full value-added tax on the sale of long-distance tickets.

new zealand again...... I don't know how that's happened. But welcome to New Zealand: If it was possible to turn the clock back we in the Western World would try to live more sustainably. We would consume less oil and share our technologies with people from around the world so we could all live more healthily and happily.

The past shows us that if we don't try very hard to live sustainably and to manage and share our resources carefully, we can destroy these resources and then no-one gets to enjoy them.

When Europeans colonised New Zealand they cleared a lot of natural forests for farming and introduced many animals from other countries. Many of NZ's native birds couldn't cope with these new predators, hunting and the clearing of their habitats, and as a result many species became extinct.

This is tragic and we must ensure that more species are not threatened by the effects of climate change.

See the picture above of NZ's now-extinct Moa. It couldn't fly and stood over 3 metres tall and weighed more than 250 kg! That's a big bird.

lot of time to do art stuff and meet friends

my week is packed. we have exams and exams and exams

i would shake him. no honestly I don't know. I would tell him: "Do you want that your kids will hate you?"

I would go to his appartment and install water saving taps and energy safing light bulbs and i would repare his bicycle. Saving water also saves energy because power is used to process water to drinking quality standard and even more power to move it to where it’s needed.

most of us go by bus or bicycle

all families in our class have at least one car

we work on it (-: our school building is checked everything should become better

a) The Schliersee, on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, is beautiful. I also like the little island of Wörth in the middle of the lake. The beauty of this lake can best be seen from the the Kirchbichl or the Schliersbergalm, two summits next to the lake.

b) I think Angela Merkel is the most famous living person in Germany.

I have something in mind but this is very personal and -sorry- I keep it to myself.

b) this is obvious. We have to show solidarity with the people in Africa who suffer because we produce to much CO2.

I can only speak for myself: I honestly don't know yet.

five. We went to see my aunt in England and we took the airplane.

I have never ever thought about that......

Sometimes I think yes they are and I am impressed that they all come together and really show a kind of commitment but on the other hand i think it is just hot air....

Both is possible. If you have a good job you can still protect the climate.