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Ethiopian New Year Celebration And Its Effect on the Environment |
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Ethiopia is probably the only country in the world that follows the Julian Calendar.based on this calendar, the country celebrates its new year on September 11, 2016. According to the Julian calendar, Sep 11, 2016 will be 01/01/2009. Millions of Ethiopians celebrate the New Year by cooking food and engaging in various religious and cultural activities that often involve burning a large amount of wood. The air during this season is thick with smoke and other pollutants that are caused by the burning wood. The smoke arising from the burning wood is hazardous to human health and certainly bad for the environment. Millions of trees will be cut in order to supply the growing wood market and none is being planted to replace them. Hence, it is important for Ethiopians to change their method of celebration and cooking during this holiday season. It is important to switch to electricity and other renewable sources for cooking food. Awareness must be created among the population by the government and other stake holders on the importance of preserving forests and switching to renewable sources. Burning woods for the sake of holiday must be labeled as a bad practice that must be avoided in order to save the environment and breath clean air. As the 17th Eco-generation regional Ambassador, I will be advocating on this topic in the coming weeks.
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5 Comments
Nice to see you again, Olansis! It is my first time recognizing that Ethiopia is using a different type of time system. Very interesting. Hope to meet you a lot with your articles! Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Posted 17-09-2016 01:49
I didn't know Ethiopia follow another type of time system. Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoyed the party :D
Posted 16-09-2016 19:20
Government should also emphasize its citizens, to try other type of energies for cooking for example natural gas.etc
Posted 14-09-2016 20:18
Great article brother!
Posted 14-09-2016 06:19
Local environment agencies or government should ban wood burning as it pollutes air. Wood smoke is a sign of the incomplete combustion that occurs when wood burns. A number of natural substances in wood that are released by incomplete combustion are toxic not only to the environment but also to the living creatures.
Because trees absorb many kinds of man-made air pollutants, and these substances accumulate in wood fiber, burning wood from trees releases those concentrated toxins back into the air. I hope some laws are implemented soon to curb this anti-environment practice on Ethiopian New Year.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted 14-09-2016 02:05