Earth is Dying and So Are We

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2 years ago

Have you read the news articles recently? How about the hashtag #LetTheEarthBreathe, did you came across about it? Well, for those who wasn't able to read the news, scientists around the world have been arrested due to their protest for climate change awareness and the need to let people know the effects of continuous abused we make on our planet Earth.

For a more detailed article about the said news, here's a link:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.12news.com/amp/article/weather/nasa-scientist-arrested-climate-change-protest/75-0ed2eacb-322c-4d38-a676-475f10a2ebba

You see, as scientists put their lives on the line and starts civil disobedience just for us to become more aware of what's really happening on our planet is something so seriously alarming that we should not take lightly. Scientists have said that we only have 4-5 years left to help Earth before it's too late to do anything. Isn't it sad and alarming at the same time?

Imagine your home being damaged and you know it's gonna be gone for 4-5 years and you just neglected all the signs because you thought it's not really gonna happen but it did and it's too late, your home is gone forever and you've got no other home to live. Now, can you imagine that? You might say it's okay because you're just gonna live on the streets or your friend's home, but what if the streets won't even exist too, your friend's home is gone too, will that be okay? Of course not! Nothing is okay with losing your home, and what about the entire planet? We might not be able to see the effects right away of the things we do to cause damage in our planet, but it's real, it's happening, just like cancer cells slowly killing a person. But just like any other health issues, we can cure any diseases especially if we treat it early and the disease haven't spread fully yet.

So how can we help Earth heal again? Here are some tips we can apply in our day to day lives:

  1. Use ecobags instead of relying on plastic bags while having your groceries. Bring your own ecobags if you already have one anywhere you go so don't have to buy new one.

  2. Practice the 3 R's. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. By reducing, cut off the number of things you throw away to reduce wastes that fills landfill. By reducing means you have to reuse the things you buy for example, the ice cream plastic container you buy can still be used as food containers after you eat the ice cream. And lastly, recycle. An example of recycling is the use of plastic bottles. We can recycle it by making it as flower pots. So, remember the 3R's always.

  3. Conserve water and energy. By conserving our natural resources such as water and energy, we can help the Earth heal. Conserving water results to less water runoff and wastewater that will be in our oceans. Also, conserving energy can be simply done by switching our lights off if we're not using it and unplug wires if not being used. By simply doing this, we help lessen carbon emission and other harmful greenhouse gases.

  4. Delete unimportant emails. This is news to me because I admit I'm one of those who don't delete emails right away eventhough I know it's nothing important. If you haven't know this, you might as well start deleting those unwanted emails now. By doing this, we can help conserve energy and thus lessen carbon emissions. If you're wondering how does deleting emails help the Earth, it's because our emails need energy for its data to be stored. 1 GB of data needs around 32 kWh for it to be stored as per google. So if deleting emails means that sums up to 1GB data means less 32kWh, and less carbon emission.

  5. Volunteer in community services. If your community organizes volunteer works such as tree planting and/or coastal clean up, don't hesitate to join. You might say it's for nothing but I assure that it helps the Earth heal little by little. One simple action such as planting a tree and maintain it til it grows can put amazing effects to our planet in the future.

  6. Avoid illegal activities against our nature such as illegal loggings, fishing using illegal ways or even throwing your garbage on the sidewalk. If you cut a tree, make sure you plant another in replacement to what you cut, use the proper ways of fishing and always throw your garbage properly in the trash bin while practicing segregation.

These 6 Simple Tips I have made to help heal the Earth are just few of the many things you can find in any platform if you search it. I hope everyone that can read this article might start doing the same things that I wrote.

Today I deleted almost a hundred unwanted emails. It may sound nothing but it surely is a great step towards a healing Earth.

Please everyone, let's practice helping our dear Earth in recovering because it will also be us that suffers when the Earth dies. Our resources are finite and we should conserve it while we still have the time.

Can't you see? The Earth is dying slowly and so are we. If you haven't notice yet, destructive typhoons that causes flooding and landslides occurs in any part of the world such us here in our country, the Philippines. It caused the lose of many lives in the affected areas during the typhoons such as Agaton, Odette and Yolanda. Some people might not feel anything but there are people who suffers on the other end. So I hope, and I beg of you who read this, let's practice helping the Earth heal. Let's help in one small step at a time because one small step will lead into a bigger step when each and everyone do it.

I hope you read until the end.

Let's help the Earth breathe.

If you have no any idea what are the effects of the climate change, here are the photos taken during the typhoon Agaton in the Philippines so the next time you decide to use plastics or not delete emails or cut trees at your own will, you may think twice.

1. Landslide in Baybay,Leyte, Philippines

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5135073343218447&id=100001474953963&m_entstream_source=timeline&ref=bookmarks

2. Landslide in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5135073343218447&id=100001474953963&m_entstream_source=timeline&ref=bookmarks

3. Flooding in Leyte Philippines

4. Victims of Landslide

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=885858528892809&id=100024060095074&m_entstream_source=timeline&ref=bookmarks

The above posted photos and links are just a glimpse of what's really happening in our planet. There are many more tragedies happening around the world, we just need to open our eyes and see. Earth is dying and so are we. So let's help each other by simply helping the Earth, after all, there's no planet B.


I hope this article finds you well. And I hope you learn something from this.

Thank you for reading!😊


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Disclaimer: All the photos used are not mine. I only got it from facebook whose original owners experienced the tragedy in actual.

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Our ecosystem is necessary for living things we together make our eco system

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2 years ago

Yes, but sadly those rich companies especially those who were built ages ago don't seem to care and is continuously causing damage to our planet which in turn causes the lost of lives whenever there's a natural disaster.

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2 years ago

Lets all pray that the people will listen and do our responsiblities to protect the EarthπŸ™

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2 years ago

Prayer is also a great help. Let us pray for those who are in power to make a move and decide to do something about the climate change we are in.

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2 years ago

Thnak you for the very practical tips!

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2 years ago

You are welcome, please also take note that making all this things a habit is a great way to help Earth. We should also spread awareness towards other people who in one way or another don't have any idea what's happening.

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2 years ago

I will try my best to remain aware, cultivate the habit, and share that awareness.

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2 years ago

Thank you! Let's work together for a better Earth. 😊

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2 years ago

That is so sad. So that means by 2027 the Earth will die? 7 is a number that signifies completeness, the number of God. I do take my part in healing the Earth by putting trash properly not throw then everywhere. I do hope to be a volunteer in tree planting and ocean clean-ups but I can't do them for now because I have kids. Sigh. Poor Earth.

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2 years ago

It's okay if we can't do all those things at once, the important thing is to practice it and make it a habit in our day to day lives. Also, it is of great help if we spread awareness about the current events happening on our dear planet and how it's facing climate crisis.

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2 years ago

This is really serious... Let's help the earth. These pictures are... πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜­

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2 years ago

Right? The people who suffered the most aren't the culprits of the climate change. Huge companies who only want to profit from their work no matter what happens to the natural resources are the ones who need to be accountable for. Sadly, even the government won't do anything about it. I really just hope the higher ups will make a move sooner or else, we will suffer more.

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2 years ago

Some newer companies use eco-friendly types of machinery, but those companies that were built like decades ago? Good luck. I am not sure if they will invest in new technologies without losing much money. And if we stop those companies, we will lose jobs, people will be hungry. It is a serious matter.

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2 years ago

It is a serious matter indeed, but it won't matter anymore in the future if we still got jobs or money when the planet we live in is not habitable anymore. At that time, there will be no point living.

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