Noise Pollution

Hi everybody! It has been a real long time that I have posted on this blog for some Geographic facts and opinions! Today, I would like to share something on noise pollution. Noise pollution was a common term that my teacher would use when in primary school as the class was filled with our chattering. I used to think that it was a joke. However, when I came across the topic of pollution in human Geography, I found out that such a thing really existed! Now, let's go through the definition of Noise Pollution.

Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal, or machine-created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life.

I have experienced noise pollution when I went for my Secondary Two Camp at Changi Adventure Campsite in Singapore. It was very near to the airport and in every few minutes, an aeroplane would take off and fly pass our campsite. Hence, there were many, MANY occasions where the teachers and instructors had to stop what they were trying to say and wait for the plane to fly past. This surely made the teachers and even the students irritable. However, the worst came when we had to sleep. I was awoken by the planes that were flying past. This is one good example of noise pollution. When all these effects pile up together, you can see that it affects our quality of life. They increase the stress and tension in our lives that our blood pressure may rise.

People living in urban areas experience noise pollution the most as the urban areas have many construction sites and transportation systems. For example, I have been to China and traffic congestions were rather common there. I took nearly two hours just to get to the hotel I needed to get to when a usual timing would just be one hour. During the journey, the traffic moved very slowly and the drivers were all very frustrated. Everybody started honking in the midst of the jam and it was at night. Can you imagine the feelings of the people who lived in the residential areas near there? They must have felt terrible and just as frustrated as the drivers as they cannot get a good night's rest.

There is a rule in Switzerland that nobody is allowed to flush their toilets after eleven o'clock and another rule that says that the airplanes can only arrive at that place only at six in the morning instead of earlier as it creates noise pollution.

From this, we can see that national efforts are put into reducing noise pollution so that the country's people have a better quality of life.

Ace geoggies! Feel free to post any view on noise pollution here! It is very interesting to see how different countries use different methods to prevent noise pollution!

For the next topic, we are moving on to global warming and ozone depletion, a very common topic that is discussed among many people. Some people claim that there is global warming while some people do not! What's your view?

Chrystal :D

Managing Water Pollution

Hi!

The last 2 lessons (about how the world is managing pollution on international and national scale) were one of the best and most interesting lessons ever! This is because we got to debate about stuff that we understand and is relevant to us (unlike shows where people debate about... stuff that we don't fully comprehend). It was fun, interesting, exciting and absolutely enriching to be able to see one single subject and topic in different light and perspective. Through the argument I think that the main thing that we were debating about was really which method of management is most effective. During the whole debate I have swayed from one opinion.... to another... to another...


Anyway. The main thing I wanted to focus on in this blogpost is simply on how government all over the world has been educating the public. The first thing that came to my mind were advertisements or videos. On the TV and other media platforms. I found some on YouTube (especially about water pollution)....

1)This one is an advertisement on conserving water. But there is a little part about water pollution and how it affects everyhting.... finally leading up to the need of conserving water. It comes under the method of educating the public as it tells you about the problems that people face. It targets to get people donating money. I find this little clip rather persuasive and informative too.

2) The aim of the advertisment is to educate the public about World Water Day. It tells a lot about WHY we should conserve water. Again it doesn't really have to do lots about pollution. But it is about educating the public.

3) Another way of educating the public can be about putting the good habits into part of our daily lives. That actually makes it a whole lot easier. This video is really specific about the habits and what we can do to conserve water.

3) Closer to home! Singapore's very own mascot: Water Wally (created by PUB). There are actually a lot of videos telling of his adventures, but I think this particular one tells of his adventure on preventin pollution. Because of the captivating bright colors and lively animation, I think that this video is meant for children. I guess it is to help give children a great start to conserve water. Eventually they would grow up and these good habits, awareness and knowledge would become part of their daily lives.

4) Cute, funny, entertaining and also... meaningful. This is an advertisement on conserving water leaves you thinking.... is it really worth it?

5) HAHA!!! This is really entertaining and yet it also leaves you thinking about how the lack of water can affect our daily lives. It's realistic. Also, this video is actually done by a college student, so that means that colleges are also educaating the students too. This in turn can educate the public. Woo Hoo!

6) Funny advertisement :)



Yep! God bless and all the best!!!

Joanne