New Media and the Environment

Environment
The environment is generally the surrounding or conditions in which humans, animals, and plants live and operate in. In the society that we live in today, humans have not been very cautious about the environment. The environment has been depleting due to global warming and global warming has been a direct result from human actions. To preserve the environment, humans would have to cooperate and spread awareness. With the rapid increase in technology, it has allowed social networks to broaden the use of social media.

Facebook
Facebook has served as a social platform for the world to spread awareness to improve on the environment by creating pages, posts, and groups to promote environmentally friendly ideas. "Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected." . Facebook's main goals may easily integrate the promotion of environmental awareness, not only will it keep users connected, but it will also benefit the world. Facebook users may organize groups to help clean up the environment and raise awareness to encourage the public to be more environmental friendly.

Twitter
Twitter has been a growing microblog that allows users to send a tweet that is 140 character longs. Within a tweet, users are also allowed to include hashtags of the specific word that will pop up when that hashtag is searched. Hashtags allow a message to be searched up based on the content a user is searching for. On the right side, Fuels America uses Twitter to tweet an advertisement that is trying to promote more environmental friendly actions and it is directed towards the white house.

Youtube
Youtube has become the most popular video hosting domain on the internet. Youtube videos are easily shared and promoted to a very large audience. Within the amount of videos uploaded to Youtube, there are categories that videos are categorized under. Youtube videos often go viral within 24 hours because people share it from one person to another. Videos are also one of the most effective ways to promote and spread awareness of environmental friendly approaches. The Environmental Protection Agency provides a very encouraging Youtube video on their site.

Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is an environmentalist and philanthropist that works on environmental and humanitarian issues. He also has his own foundation with a mission of "Dedicated to protecting Earth’s last wild places and fostering a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world." . To do this, he provides grants to conservation projects organized by trusted nonprofits.