As our planet Earth keeps getting warmer and every single increase of global warmth causes several disasters to occur for a long period of time, people are becoming more ignorant and apathetic day by day. For instance, according to WWF billions of people will be impacted because of sea level rise by 2050. How can we protect our lives and extend our world’s time while being so selfish, being picky about foods, rejecting veganism and its impact, keep supporting and consuming fast fashion only for our preferences? Also, how can the youth ensure their future by being taught that they’ll have grandkids or being taught that focusing on their career goals will save their future regarding that we might have 30 years to live without several deceases due to extremely polluted air, drought and thirst?
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FACTS AND LESS KNOWN WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
If we observe Canada’s recent incidents, approximately 500 people died unexpectedly due to extreme heat. After the incident British Columbia's chief coroner stated that nearly 230 typical deaths are expected in a similar period. One of the actions that are not so common and known is to spread veganism and vegetarianism. %18 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions are led by livestock and the meat consumption process. Also, a vegan person saves 219.000 gallons of water on average in a year. Another way to contribute as individuals is, we can gather together and do protests to increase the pressure on the stakeholders. A lot of majorities still have the ideology that this is not a fact for everyone but it only happens somewhere else that cannot affect themselves. We need to teach this to every individual and we need to spread the fact that global warming is a huge issue for everyone and it doesn’t only show its effects in some countries or in polar regions. If we don’t fight together with humanity's mindset, we will never be able to judge nature again by claiming that it’s punishing us because we might won’t even be able to speak when it’s too late. Finally remember that you might feel insufficient but every single impact matters!
Yaprak Gürtunca
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