The world is now experiencing environmental problems which require international collaboration. The basic argument is that human behavior can be transformed into an ecologically friendly one. The habits imposed by modern life have caused accelerationin environmental problems such as global warming. Normally, Earth has mild temperatures compared to rest of the universe, and this is necessary for the existence of carbon-based life. There are many aspects of global warming and not all of them are harmful to the environment. People should be aware of and understand the various aspects of this issue. It is generally agreed that the negative effects of global climate change outweigh any positive impacts. Firstly, the increasing fluctuations in precipitation may result in regional flooding or aridity, and can cause soil erosion and infertility of soils in agricultural lands. Secondly, the inefficiency of carbon sequestration due to increases in consumption, deforestation and increased usage of agricultural chemicals can result in various environmental problems in which the underlying factor is destructive human behavior. Unless these destructive behaviors are replaced with positive ones, these environmental problems may ultimately result in catastrophicfuture failure of civilization. The responsible behaviors towards the solution of environmental problems have five categories, and cover planned, effective and participatory inclusion (Volk and Mcbeth, 2001). These categories are as follows;Eco-management is direct environmental activities to protect the environment. Economic/consumer action is the boycotting and discriminating use of goods. Persuasion is a communication skill to motivate someone to take a position of environmental action in a positive way.Political action is the lobbying, voting or other activities that drive government policies. Legal action is support of the laws on environmental actions (Hungerford and Peyton, 1980; Marcinkowski, 2001).
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