Guarding the Earth

With the general election having recently taken over most of the news headlines across Britain, the public has been made aware of several political agendas. Education, healthcare and immigration have been the usual contenders up for debate between political parties, but amongst them are also environmental policies. When politics isn’t claiming a monopoly on the daily rag, the media portrays matters related to the environment using words that most of the public don’t quite understand. ‘Global warming’, ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘the greenhouse effect’ are the most used words associated with the environment and yet, they are the most bewildering. It’s…