Cooling with poorly maintained air-conditioners lead to heating the globe. Since air-conditioning equipment operates with electricity generated from fossil fuel and is charged with hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), using the air-conditioners and leakage of their refrigerants cause the depletion of the ozone layer and contribute to global warming, which are harmful to all living creatures and the ecosystem.

Solar energy from pieces of small mirrors could focus thermal energy up to 312-degree Celsius sufficient for grilling pork. This simple technology avoids using synthetic refrigerant for preserving food and renewable energy for cooking meals avoid adverse impact to not only the ozone layer but also climate change.

Use of chemicals in cooling systems is essential for us to preserve food and vaccine, and for economic and industrial development. As our well being depends on this equipment, we should at least avoid using chemicals that are harmful to the ozone layer and climate. We should replace these refrigerants with natural chemicals and turn to renewable energy as a source to power this equipment. These are challenging tasks, and we must start from ourselves. This picture shows that all activities are bunched together in a human body as every change must start from us as pre the Ozone Day motto: Montreal Protocol � Keeping us, our food & vaccine cool.

All living creatures: human, plants, animals, and our ecosystem, are an integral part of the planet earth. The ozone layer and climate are the protective system allowing all of us to live, breathe, and carry out our daily lives in harmony. If any part of our protective system is compromised, the earth and all of us will suffer. It is important for all of us to recognize importance of the ozone layer and climate and the need to keep them in pristine conditions for all of us and for the lives and future of our next generations.

Earth is experiencing with the risk of catastrophe due to the thinning of the ozone layer and the change of climate. The depleted ozone layer (the earth shield) allows more intense harmful rays to penetrate the atmosphere. We should stop using the ozone depleting substances and to plant more trees to absorb global warming gases. This is the only option for us to save the earth and ourselves. (This picture is inspired by Gaia, Greek Goddess who are mother of all lives. We need to help Gaia to save us.

The nature fosters all lives on earth. Instead of respecting the nature, human has been attempting to dominate the nature including the ozone layer and climate. Time and time again, human�s efforts have led to catastrophe for example, the 2004 tsunami and the 2011 flood in Thailand. Catastrophe caught up with us faster than we thought! Damaging the nature is the direct assault to all of us. We must stop our hostile relationship with the nature and reunite ourselves as one with the nature before it is too late.

The Earth wrapped in popsicle reveals the concept of "keepinp us cool", which is one of the themes of World Ozone Day in 2021. Additionally, refrigeration equipment is needed to make popsicles. Wrapping the earth also means cooling the earth. Both are related to the theme of "protecting the ozone layer".

By incorporating the traditional Chinese myth of the Nuwa(Goddess of Creation) patching up the sky and the image of the Dunhuang's flying fairy, this work depicts a goddess filling a hole in the sky with greenery. The author attempts to demonstrate the strength of Asian women in safeguarding the ozone layer, as well as China's position towards environmental conservation. The aim is to call on the international community to protect the ozone layer and actively address global climate change. We share the same sky and the Planet, and cross-national "Patching-up-the-sky Action" has begun.

The production and consumption of ODS by human has caused the destruction of the ozone layer. In the picture, I used the blazing fire as a metaphor for the sun to express that if human beings do not pay attention to protecting the ozone layer, it will be just like putting ourselves into a blazing fire. Hereby, I call on everyone to pay attention to protecting our ecological environment and the ozone layer.

This photo taken near an island in the Pacific Ocean documents a shoal of fish forming a pattern of Yin and Yang in the crystal-clear turquoise sea water, reminding us that protecting the Ozone Layer is protecting the beauty of nature and life.

The ozone layer was destroyed, resulting in global warming and greenhouse effect. The icebergs were melted and the sea evolved into deserts. The depletion of the ozone layer brought damages to the human immune system, cataracts and increased incidence of skin cancer. Therefore, human beings must be kind to the earth and nature. Development centering around speed and quantity or at the expense of the environment is not acceptable. We should emphasize the harmony between human and nature and recognize the role of the ozone layer.

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