Cool the Skies, End the Cries

Imagine your home destroyed by a tsunami. Now, imagine you lost your job just a month beforehand, and your country was ravaged by hunger. While this event feels distant to most, it is a reality for millions of climate refugees who are forced to flee their hometowns and leave memories behind in order to survive. Understanding climate change and its causes is essential to understanding how the world can reduce it. A global warming trend, which constitutes climate change, is caused by greenhouse gases. The producers of greenhouse gases are numerous; these include deforestation, where carbon in trees is released, and they stop absorbing CO2; energy production, where carbon-rich materials are burned to create electricity; and meat, where livestock produce greenhouse gases as waste. Greenland, known for its ice, is melting, with 1.4% of all ice covers and glaciers in Greenland having melted, contributing to a 23-foot(7m) rise in sea levels. A rising sea level is not helping anyone and will force people in the affected area to move. Every ecosystem will be affected by climate change. If the damages of climate change are so dystopian, then why are leaders not implementing harsher restrictions? This is because the benefits of carbon are too enticing. While systemic change has yet to come, we can all reduce our carbon footprint in numerous ways. One way is to reduce our energy usage, such as using less heating or cooling, switching to more efficient bulbs, or opting for electric appliances. Also, local communities can help educate children about climate change and set up workshops about sustainability. While the world may seem dystopian, it can still recover from this crisis if we act fast enough. 

The People Behind Changing the World

Humanists changed how the world worked. They changed the world from darkness to light. They used multiple ways to change the world. But can I do it? Well, I am 75% Humanist, so I do have the possibility to change the world. I got this number by ranking myself to 4 important Humanist attributes. The first one is education. I ranked myself a 4 for it. I love learning new things and reading books. I will be always learning from my friends or from experiences. But sometimes I will get lazy and procrastinate. An example is when I had a Math summative the next day, but I was still watching YouTube. This shows that sometimes I believe that education is something that is not important. The next one is social status. I do believe that academic achievement should decide social status and not birth status. I think that just because someone is richer than me, I shouldn’t have a lower social status than them. I don’t live in the past, so that is why I gave myself a rating of 1 on Ancient Ideas. A very good example that shows that I don’t like the past is when I went to the British Museum. I went through the whole museum in just 10 minutes. This shows that I don’t really care for the past. I do love asking questions so I gave myself a 5 on Curious Minded. I ask questions about everything like “Why are we here?” This is the explanation for my own ratings. What are yours?