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The unknown consequences
A beautiful land filled of nutrients and shade. Only to be destroyed by those who raid. Coming in to steal, and destroy. For their own needs They make anything bleed. Land full with grace, being killed without a trace. Ice melting, humans dwelling, Animals all around suffering, From humans hovering. Gas in the air kind of hard to breathe, Being trapped underneath, Not knowing the results from this genocide, Being part of this lie. Being told we were meant to be savages, From being humans, turned to ravages. All I hear is Me, Me, Me. Never will you hear We. It time to change our ways, To get...
Climate change and Hypermaterialism
What do melting glaciers, rising seas, and extreme weather have in common? Yes, climate change. Chosen as the Oxford word of the year 2019, "climate emergency" is more than a buzzword. Climate change is the greatest crisis of all times that threatens the very fabric of life on earth. From the ice covered Arctic ocean to the dusty deserts of Africa, the effect of climate change is universal. Years of catering to the never-ending human demands have put tremendous pressure on the planet's resources. The planet is warming up at an unprecedented rate, sea levels are rising, wildfires are raging...
Your perspective matters: A new vision in light of the COP26 summit
In light of the COP26 summit, as a young person, I felt it absolutely imperative to engage with the conversation which is currently spreading across the world. We need change more than ever. But in order for that change, we need voices. I am writing this in the hope that one person from an underprivileged background can step forward and be the voice the world community needs. Now, more than ever, we need voices from the countries where climate change is a significant threat. As a person from the UK, I am aware that without these voices, we are lacking potential. I want to validate and...
This is why young people are key to keeping the planet cool
Young people are ready to tackle climate ‘code red’
Gitanjali Rao, the young scientist using innovation to advocate for children's rights
Personal growth
Children, mainly teens this day and age can be easily influenced by negative things and fall into traps. I understand the new difficulties children and teens like me have to face at such a young age like drugs, sexual assault, and even suicide. But I'm also aware of the opportunities my generation can use to reach out to and help people going through these things. Most people think of social media as a distraction or a brain washer that makes us lazy, but I think otherwise. Voices of Youth is a part of social media, is it not? I believe people of this day and age can use social media to make a...
Export Waste: How it Exacerbates Global Inequalities and is Counterintuitive to the Fight for Climate Action
The buildup of global waste throughout the years is not an enjoyable subject to dwell on. However, given how certain countries and communities around the world bear more of the burden of plastic pollution than others, it is necessary to consider how current global waste production and waste management practices exacerbate inequalities. In focusing specifically on the horrors of waste exporting, this piece will argue that, despite recent efforts to curb waste exporting abroad, this does not change the fact that countries have found ways around these new laws, or that the practice has worsened -...
My love story with earth
It all began in childhood, where I grew up in Indonesia with two dogs, two turtles, four chickens, and many fishes. I loved taking care of them and my plants! My family taught me to understand that humans and all living creatures should live in harmony as we share the same planet. It breaks my heart to see news about how endangered animals’ lives are threatened because of human activities. It is devastating to see hungry skinny polar bears struggling to find food in a melting habitat, crying orangutans trying to protect their baby while losing their home from deforestation, sea animals found...
This is how U-Reporters see climate change in Iraq
Inventor Erfan Nouraee on using youth-led innovations to build a sustainable future for all
Erfan Nouraee is a 20-year-old inventor, scientist and speaker from Canada. His passion is to use technology and innovation to invent devices that protect and conserve our environment from threats. Nouraee won the United Nations’ International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) Invention and Innovation Competition in 2021. Erfan’s mission is to inspire others to invent their own solutions and to promote the importance of protecting our environment through innovation. “I am Erfan Nouraee, an inventor, technologist and a speaker. When I was 16 years old, I had an idea to make reliable...
Can Youth Inspire Everyone? #YouthDay
Our Youth Population can turn the imagination into Truth! Aren't they Powerful? Well, yes they are! Nowadays, we can see that around the world there are many youths who are really trying to make a real change around the world, they are not only working, hard but they are also creating opportunities for the betterment of the world. They are making and creating amazing things and innovations, which are actually making a difference in the world! That is why, we all celebrate International Youth Day every year on 12 August, Which is a day for everyone to feel proud to be a youth or to celebrate...
How can we make young voices heard? #YouthDay
In today's modern day world, we have some many platforms to make young voices heard.With various different platforms like social media and others, we can too now connect with each and every corner of our world to share our thoughts and opinions. Being a youth myself, I make my voice heard through my writing. The youth of today can share their thoughts and opinions with their writing skills as well. For instance, with the help of internet we all can write a blog or an article or a poem and share it everywhere in social media and other platforms, to make our voice heard everywhere! Everybody in...
World's Leaders and the Youth #YouthDay
My name is Maryam Eqan, and I am a young environment and climate activist from Pakistan. Being a young environmentalist, I see youth as a group of individuals who are energetic, spontaneous, and hopeful, who have the potential to cease ecological and climate crisis. Though we as a youth put a lot of efforts to draw world’s leaders’ attention towards the crisis but we feel that our adults are not that much interested. The youth is raising their voices, they are creating awareness among the masses, and they are making an effort to be on the decision-making tables though it is exceedingly...
Think Globally, Act locally
He Regrets | A call to save our Earth
He looks out of the window and regrets his action, What he did, what humanity did for their own satisfaction. He survives on his last oxygen tank, Only has pollution to thank. Had he heard mother nature’s cry, He would have given sustainability and conservation a try. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle was the chant, He thought it was a rather bothering rant. Make it or break it, it’s your mother earth, He wishes upon a star, “Mother Earth, rebirth!”
The Near Future
Drifting into oblivion picturing a forest full of thickets green, olive, and mahogany branches with birds orchestrating their own symphony shrubs and vines twirling and fighting to see the light But all I see are columns of ashy smoke as far as the eye can see choking my throat and scorching my eyes with the only symphony heard is of the chaotic honking of cars and the only vines seen are of cables on the side of buildings It puts me in a state of despair thinking about how lovely the world might have been if it was cared for just as much as humankind cared about themselves
Rainy Summer
It’s April. School’s almost over and it’s summer when everyone goes to beaches and creates sandcastles. However, this year’s an exception. Aside from the pandemic happening, there are a lot of reasons why I and my family can’t seem to go and have fun on the beach. It’s because of the typhoon happening. I remember back when I was 8 years old, my family and I went to a lot of beaches and climbed mountains since it was summer break. The sun sparkled. It was the most beautiful sparkle I have ever seen. The sun hitting my skin didn't hurt a lot. It only hurt once I spent 5 straight hours straight...