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We need climate action NOW!
Time shuffles by
Katrina, Maria, Irma, and Harvey, Dominating through like a merciless army. Each hurricane more deadly than the last, Leaving nothing behind as they pass. “It’s us,” we cried “We’re making it worse,” We’re causing global warming and it can’t be reversed. The politicians don’t listen, we’re too young to understand, Who are we to say what's happening to this land. Wait a few more years, until you're old enough to serve, Maybe then you can fix the problems you observe. Time shuffles by And nothing is changed “In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching -60º degrees, Come back...
What does it take to be an environmental activist (personal opinion)?
There’s a lot of discussion in the environmental community around the question of being an activist, and what the roles of this “position”. In whatever way people decide to consider who is an environmental activist and who is not, the intention is usually the same: protect the environment in order to achieve a balance between the human-made world and the natural world. Basically, achieve a sustainable way of living to provide a healthy future for next generations. Although the intentions are pretty much the same, the ways to get at these levels are pretty different. It is not like political...
Tools for young climate activists
How inspiration and resilience can help us protect the environment?
Deforestation, giant fires, global warming, ice melting, plastic and microplastic pollution, biodiversity loss, drought and desertification, uncontrolled urbanization, atmospheric pollution, intoxication of water resources. Wow! Calm down, please. This is simply too much. In fact, there’s what we see everyday in the news about the current environmental situation. And this is overwhelming. We are bombarded with negative information all the time, and there’s no space for anything positive. It's clear that we face all these problems and they are, in fact, enormous, but vomiting negativity is not...
Save Our Environment: a creative plea for urgent climate action
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’
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
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...