Sheffield felt the effects of climate change first hand in the summer of 2007 when there were terrible floods.
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The world’s climate has become huge in the media world; an abundance of advice, proposals from the government and, most of all, warnings. But are we listening to these warnings? Are we changing our ways to help try and combat climate change and to save the planet and, more importantly, are we working on a local scale to help the bigger picture?
Elspeth, Kitchen Supervisor, 41 from Sheffield, said: “At work, the environment is high on our agenda. As I work in a school we are always working with the local authorities to help encourage the children to recycle. I try to do as much as I can at home too. We’ve just switched to energy saving light bulbs throughout the house and we have a ‘no standby’ rule too.”
Rodney, Retired, 75 from Sheffield, said: “I am a keen gardener so I always try and put as much on my garden as I can and my wife always separates our rubbish. I remember when we had proper seasons, that were distinctly different from each other but now we really can’t tell. We get snow in the spring/summer seasons! The effects of climate change are becoming very apparent.
Lauren, Student, 18 from Hull, said: “When I used to live at home I didn’t really take much notice of leaving things on standby but now I turn everything off. The effects of climate change are evident worldwide and are really hard hitting. I have completely changed my attitude over the past few months.”
Janice, Cleaner, 55 from Sheffield, said: “I have to admit, I probably don’t do enough. We got some energy saving light bulbs just before Christmas but that’s about it. My kids always come back from school with stories about the effects of climate change. I think it’s good that they are aware of what’s going on and what we should be doing to help. Maybe I should listen to them more from now on.”
Jillian, Voluntary worker, 67 from Sheffield, said: “I have always recycled. Living on my own means that there aren’t many appliances on in my house, so I don’t have a problem with things being left on standby. The main thing I am guilty of is using my car to make journeys that I could probably make by foot or even by bus.”
Pradeep, Business Manager, 29 from Sheffield, said: “We have just had our company buildings fitted with motion sensors so the lights only come on for a certain amount of time after they have detected movement. We also try to use paper and other stationary from sustainable sources. We try to be as energy efficient as is possible but there are areas we could improve on and we are trying to find ways to sort this in the near future.”
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While doing my vox pop I found it quite hard to get people to stop and talk to me. I think so many people are approached by people asking them to donate money or to sign up for things that this puts a lot of people off. After a while of being in my location I did manage to gather some good quotes. The general outcome of my vox pop pleased me although I did have problems with people allowing me to take their picture, so I resorted to not using pictures as I found this made people a lot more willing to talk to me.
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