• Question: i really like the enviroment so what is the best thing you\'ve done to help/save it????

    Asked by adam123 to Antonia, Douglas, Hugh, Matt, Tom on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Matthew Hurley

      Matthew Hurley answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I grow much of our own veg in the summer, have a compost heap and recycle as much as we can.

    • Photo: Hugh Roderick

      Hugh Roderick answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I really like the environment too, we wouldn’t survive very long with out it. At home I always make sure I turn off the light when I leave the room and I don’t leave electrical equipment I’m not using plugged in, I don’t own a car and cycle or walk anywhere I need to get to.

      I haven’t done anything with my research that has helped the environment, but wone of teh potential benefits of my research is that farmers won’t have to spray lots of harmful chemicals that are dangerous to humans and the environment.

    • Photo: Douglas Blane

      Douglas Blane answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I helped design a robot that could swim across the oceans all on it own, and do lots of measurements to find out how healthy the sea was

      The oceans are very important to the planet. If too many fish die because of pollution or over-fishing, we’re going to be in big trouble.

      And it’s not just about being useful to humans. The natural world is important for itself. It’s possible that Earth is the only planet in the whole Universe where higher kinds of life evolved.

      There are so many planets around other stars, so very likely some of them will have life of some kind. But in most of them it’ll be microscopic life – bacteria and stuff.

      Earth could be the only planet in a vast empty universe that has animals anything like as big, smart and beautiful as whales, dolphins, lions, tigers, elephants and giraffes.

      If the oceans get really unhealthy we could lose all the whales, dolphins, sharks, salmon, squid and octupuses in the sea. That would be terrible.

      Of course designing an underwater robot that can measure the health of the oceans isn’t enough on its own. But it’s a step in the right direction.

      That’s what science is about – painting small parts of a big picture.

    • Photo: Tom Hardy

      Tom Hardy answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I’m a member of the Woodland Trust. I regularily go tree planting and I recently organised for many of my colleagues to go and get involved in a project locally to us to plant trees. The Woodland Trust and trying to create a brand new wood, it will be the largest native woodland in England and a haven for wildlife. Check out the website:
      http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/support-us/appeals/england/heartwood-forest/Pages/help.aspx

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