For the first day of class, we watched a film called Before the Flood. This film captures Leonardo DiCaprio meeting with world leaders and scientists to discuss the dangers of climate change and the find possible solutions.
Everyday, without a major change, we are destroying our motherland for future generations. Earth’s atmosphere is continually being diminished from our over use of fossil fuels and because of this our children will not experience this beautiful planet like us and many past generations have. The breathtaking glaciers in the Arctic are melting away, Greenland’s white coating is turning brown, and the air in China is fogging. Collectively, the UN had come to an agreement that there needs to be alterations to our way of life. The use of fossil fuels needs to be lowered. Many countries have already begun the process of converting to alternative resources like Sweden and China which is great, but other countries do not have the financial stability to switch or, like The United States, more than half of our government officials are denying the fact that there is an issue. This is a scary thought because they are supposed to be some of our most educated and powerful people that chose how our country functions. There is clear and obvious evidence that the issue of climate change is real, but people are still ignoring the facts that are right in front of them. The government has not changed it’s stand point because the people have not come to the conclusion just yet that we need change in our life style due to under education of the issue. The people have a huge say in what the government decides to approve and disapprove, so a solution to the problem in the United States is the education to civilians for them to up rise. Without this education, the US will continue with our intoxicating lifestyles that damage the Earth.
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