I heard a speaker talk about climate change, awareness etc. while the COP26 Summit is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, but what made this article mandatory to write is that HE James Alix Michel, ex Seychelles, He mentioned climate literacy. President, and; I think it’s about time you took this as important as financial literacy and the like.
When the whole world knows about the importance of the effects of climate change for us, in all aspects of our lives, we would never do things that would make this matter worse.
I have been integrating environmental awareness ever since, such as having students do projects related to the cleanup initiative, planting trees, separating waste, to name a few. Getting an early start on the proper ways to protect the environment is vital to at least contributing a little bit to the global effort to combat climate change.
Imagine the effects this could have if half of the 7.9 billion people planted trees or reduced their meat consumption etc. to our battle against this global problem. On the other hand, the effects of becoming indifferent to this would definitely speak volumes for our quest to reverse the current challenge. A global collaboration is really needed to solve this problem.
However, we really need to learn, unlearn, or relearn things to have a better chance of winning this battle.
LEARN
Knowing the situation we find ourselves in today could be a springboard towards creating small actions, even in your own way, something can be done. Using organic fertilizer, replacing plastic materials with natural materials such as a bamboo water canteen, toothbrush, among other environmentally friendly materials.
UNLEARN
Indifference and greed must be out of our system to contribute and help on our journey to turn the tide and be victorious, not to get back to normal, but to continue to evolve as global citizens who are doing great things to have sound. , a healthy and safe world.
relearn
Behaviors that have been detrimental to our planet, such as activities that increase carbon emissions in agriculture, manufacturing, and the like, should be avoided.
Yes, anything could be done here with as little effort as possible, like not endorsing products that could be wreaking havoc on our environment. Many commercial products are flooding the market and we should be wise enough to use those that are less harmful to the environment.
A simple walk to work can go a long way toward lowering carbon emissions, instead of using your car; eating less meat is also one.
There are little things you can do to contribute to this initiative. Just look around you and find out where you can fill the gap in your local area on environmental challenges. You can start a project, support an advocacy, write a poem, story, or article that addresses and inspires people to get involved and help this global concern.
Education is key here. Let your wisdom be a shining light for others to do the same, and have big knock-on effects to make a big difference.
Prince William has been inspiring people and is sharing the wisdom behind the Earshot Award as I write this last part of the article. More on this will be covered later. Health!