Earth Rise

The seed on good soil, (the parable of the sower tells us) stands for those with a noble and a good heart, who hear the word, retain it and by persevering produces a crop .    we all come from distinguishable, somewhat unknown backgrounds with shady pasts that we aren't so much proud to have come from, struggled to get where we are and struggling to reach even greater heights in the pursuit of making ourselves and the world a better place. Our forefathers were noble, compassionate, and hard working people who laid grounds for where we stand, were the proverbial salt of the earth, and who did not chase fame and fortune but strived to give us an opportunity to be better than we would be, and passed on that strength and cohesiveness to us with faith and hope that we would live better and have a chance to grow and flourish.  They gave us the courage to open our doors to strangers and invite them in so they can see the light of a better day. That strength is a convict...

To many, the term “climate change” feels like a buzzword that encompasses a large amount of negative impacts (which it recently is), First, climate means the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time—usually 30 years or longer. A region’s climate includes systems in the air, water, land and living organisms. Climate change is the shift or abnormal variation to the climate patterns. As the planet warms quickly, mostly due to human activity, climate patterns in regions around the world will fluctuate. Ecosystems and biodiversity will be forced to fluctuate along with the regional climate, and that could harm many species . These climate change impacts are in part due to how we have altered land use. Turning natural areas into cities or agricultural fields not only diminishes biodiversity, but can make warming worse by chopping down trees and plants that help cool the planet. A change in climate also intensifies droughts, decrease water supply, threaten foo...

We the young people, united in diversity from all walks of life, deeply conscious of history, express our ultimate concern for what has become of our generation. We wonder why it has become a matter of debate whether or not climate action should be taken as if we do not have reasons why we should. On that note, we present the global youth climate action declaration to the world to provide solutions and robust framework for addressing generational injustice and the realization of our potential and position on the global decision making table. We are confident that the destiny of this planet is in our hands and we must act now to shape a future that we want. Our aspirations reflect our desire for shared prosperity and well being across borders, for a free generation where both the young and the old generation exercise their distinguished and unique potentials without fear and advocate for peaceful co-existence and human progress. We are equally confident that this generation ...

Cumulative effects can be understood as changes to the environment caused by the combined impacts of the past, present and the future human activities and natural processes. Many human activities in combination with natural processes result in direct and indirect impacts that collectively impact the environment resulting in cascading responses in ecosystems that usually become unpredictable. Some activities known to have significant impacts on the environment and contribute highly to the cumulative effects are marine resource development, energy production and consumption among others which ultimately intensify global warming and climate change.  Although many development activities may have individually minor impacts, their impacts collectively over time become substantial, and multiple activities may therefore cause a common stressor, for example, a factory and a nearby landfill may both release a polluting run-off into a river occassioning a massive water pollution.  Marine...

THE CLIMATE CALL At such a time when everyone seems blury  and unrecognizing of any fact fundamental to our human existence, and of course unappreciative, the world with which we have grown seemingly unthankful and ungrateful for all that it has had to offer for our very own good at zero interest, it keeps our children up at night undoubtedly thinking about  such an unforgivable conundrum that has befallen our unflinching stubbornness  and our corrosive objection to the very minimum that is required of us to save our beautiful paradise from becoming shambles.  Each one of us could only do so little, but, unfortunately, we have passionately kept a deaf ear green-lighting the road to extinction. We have enthusiastically replaced the seas inhabitants with plastic bits, razing forests, choking on poisoned air, fouling our water and wrecking havoc on the climate inadvertently harrowing our mother earth, a complete malignance to our future generation. As a nitty...

The World Health Organisation defines Air pollution as the presence of materials in the air in such concentration which are harmful to man and his environment. It otherwise is the addition of foreign particles, gases and other pollutants into the air which has an adverse effect on human beings, animals and the environment as a whole. The advancement of technology has had positive impacts to all people around the globe which has blindfolded us into embracing even the toxic innovations in the name of advancing technology at the expense of our very lives. We seem to not pay attention to the negative impacts of certain innovations because we spend much time focusing on the monetary value rather than our very own health and the  sustainability of such innovations per se because they are usually driven by money-minded capitalists who own the means of production and thus determines the course and direction of the society as much as it benefits them at the expense of the majorit...