With every passing second, the impending doom of our planet becomes ever more prominent. Deforestation is causing an increase in both extinction rate and the rate of climate change. Even the animals that we eat are contributing to climate change. Carbon dioxide is continuously plummeting into the atmosphere, causing temperatures to rise and oceans to die. What are we as individuals actually doing to help the situation at hand? Nothing.
We have been living in a constant cycle of hypocrisy. We tweet, share, comment, and like everything that we can that has to do with saving the planet; however, after one gets done using the unnecessary electricity to power their smartphone, do solar panels charge their phone? Does everyone purposefully take short showers? Are all citizens buying locally sourced fruits and vegetables? Are there compost stations in all households? Has our government put taxes on non-reusable plastics and Styrofoam? There is an endless list of things that we can do to help the environment; however, most people are disregarding those things. Some people are ignorant to man made environmental factors, like climate change, which is leading to the destruction of our natural resources. The recently captured image of a woman on a beach exposes the growing ignorance of our society to our dying natural environment. To begin to understand the image, one must first take a look at what was captioned. The caption is as follows, “A woman poses for a
If we talk about the biggest problem, we will see climate change in the world. There is certainly a great deal of evidence to support the view that global warming is a result of the build up of greenhouse gases caused by human activities. In this essay I will look briefly at the scientific debate surrounding its causes and perhaps more importantly, consider what action we can take to slow the process down.
Mahatma Gandhi once stated, “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”. Excessive deforestation is believed to be one of the leading causes of climate change and habitat loss in the world. Daniel Quinn, an American writer claims that “...man was innocent until he discovered the difference between good and evil. When he was no longer oblivious of that knowledge, he became a fallen creature… We are destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it.” Deforestation goes even farther than prove what Quinn stated is correct. We are destroying our planet with diminished forests, mass animal extinction, and climate change; all because of deforestation.
The only way to stop the manslaughter of endangered species is to have everyday people and governments take interest and action to save our environment and help endangered species by protecting them and their habitats. We need to stop the killing of animals and destruction of their habitats. Without meaningful governmental support to maintain the environment and save endangered species, we will not have a way or real means of stopping the extinction of animals. We need laws and penalties to stop the slaughter of animals. I picked to research the Bengal tiger which is an endangered species. “It is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies with more than 2,500 left in the wild.(worldwildlifepg1) ”.
Is your ideal vacation to a place where it’s easy to forget skyscrapers exist? Or where crowded theme parks and restaurant chains are non-existent? Or where wildlife outnumbers people? If answered 'yes' to any of these then the Great Bear Rainforest would be a vacation dream come true. From fishing to sightseeing to kayaking to hiking to eating local cuisine, this destination offers it all for those seeking remote destinations.
addressing climate change. Global climate change means it is a global problem, so one nation or
Around the world, humans are aware of the environmental crisis going on, yet, the issue is brushed under the rug and ignored. This issue is ignored due to the fact that some people are unwilling to change their lifestyles, it is expensive to be environmentally friendly, and there is a lack of effort towards change worldwide. Scientific evidence has proven that there is a crisis happening, but people show disinterest in it. Some people feel helpless because there is no way that the individual effort that is made can possibly make a global difference.
The insanity that plagues modern society, and more specifically, the United States, is that the majority of us have little or no regard towards our Mother Earth. This sheer ignorance and ethnocentrism is damaging to our Earth, but rarely do people choose to acknowledge it. Slowly but surely, our world is dying, and it due to the combined insanity of the human race, and the complete disregard towards our home planet. Global warming, unequal wealth distribution, war, etc., are all detrimental to our natural world. These are things that we have caused, yet many people turn a blind eye when it comes to this fact. We live in a bubble; many people do not dare to venture out of our culture’s way of thinking. The fact is, we are the ones that need
The Global Warming is one of the biggest issues of our time. Most people don't care or think that one person can make the difference. These people, including my self, continue their life like waiting for the problems to fix themselves. Scientists have said that in a few years many parts of our planet would be lost due to the big amount of water. If it continues like this there is going to be a time where lands would be extincted.
The hot-button controversial topic of climate change has far-reaching impacts on humans and animals alike that inhabit different regions around the world. As Earth’s temperature rises and sea ice melts away, the balance of life will be forever changed. The consequences of our global footprint will shape the way we live, eat and breathe in the near future if we do not effectively reduce the use of our resources. We are already witnessing the effects of climate changes which can be seen in the differing weather patterns such as extreme storms and prolonged droughts experienced across the world. As human beings, we make choices about how we treat the environment sometimes with little consequence and repeatedly decide to let future generations
Global climate change, something that most people in the world are not taking as seriously as they should. Many people believe that climate change is a phenomenon; a conspiracy theory to engage people into spending more money. When the world became industrialized, we lost our way on protecting our Earth, our only planet. Industrialization is why our environment is in critical condition. Advocating and government officials are necessary for a decrease of Greenhouse Gas emissions into our atmosphere. For our environment to thrive, changes need to happen and they can begin with yourself.
People know that the global warming isn’t good for the earth, but they don’t know how big of an effect it has on the earth. Some ways that the average person could help is by traveling on public transportation, or carpooling with a friend or family member to reduce the gas emissions that vehicles produce. The earth is already gone past a point that the human population needs to take action, but not so much that there is no going back. We can still change the rate that the ice caps melt, if we start
With that in mind, if one want to live in world in there is nothing better than taking beautiful hike or going camping with the family. Those vacation days camping makes one forget about all the troubles in the world. So get this if as people we continues living the way we are all of that is going to be gone and our kids are not going to be able to experience that nature. Not even that but almost half of the biodiversity is diminished in numbers more animals are going extinct faster than previous years. One important step that I liked from 50 Simple Steps to save the World’s Rainforest and that is to get angry. Henderson describes how in order to have a positive outcome, we need to get angry about the things we love or else action won’t take
Despite what mankind would like to believe, humans are animals. As multi-celled organisms, we consume other organic matter, change the land for own uses as a beaver would build a dam, and as other mammals, we are all fed breast milk from our mothers when we were young. Yet there is this disconnection and alienation of the human race towards other species. Moreover, through fear of taking action, the convenience provided to us if we simply choose to ignore the environment, and the alienation of other species that are endangered by our actions, the hostile and uncaring attitude of humans towards nature is the core reason for many of the problems in our environment today.
Climate change is a worldwide issue. Not only is firm action and leadership critical in the United States, but also international efforts need to work toward reducing emissions. Strong public demand for climate change is crucial to enact effective global warming solutions for the future. Unless immediate action is taken, climate change will continue to escalate and continue to affect the entire planet. Ways nations and individuals can help repair the earth's atmosphere is reduce air pollution, use green energy, stop deforestation. Reducing air pollution could have a dramatic effect on climate change. Humans could impact this reduction by simple things such as conserving
So, why is it good to utilize controlled forest fires? Well, for certain they help tremendously in cleaning forest floors of brush, dead and infected plants, and provides a clean slate for new plants to grow. A common argument to this would be, "It will most and likely become uncontrollable, and therefore should not be used with so many variable conditions available for change." This rebuttal is not only irrational, but completely ignorant of the fact that this will happen anyways whether its man-made or natural. It continues the carbon cycle as the planet itself needs to be able to continue to support life within it's atmosphere. To start with a certain topic, breaking down the idea of cleaning the forest floor is the first topic.