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Environment is the future
Dear Prime Minister, The world works by having and spending money. You can’t spend money if there is no world to spend it in. Currently the UK produces more than 100 million tonnes of waste every year. Introducing environmental rules that businesses have to abide by could help reduce the amount of waste we produce as a country. Amazon send out ridiculous size boxes for the smallest of items, then the buyer throws the cardboard away. We like to think that people recycle but realistically a lot of people are lazy and just rip the cardboard up and place in bin bag. Make the companies take the boxes back and re use the boxes like we do with Ocado shopping bags. Alternatively encourage family’s to use the cardboard to build spaceships with kids or donate the cardboard to schools so they can use it for arts and crafts with the children. Forcing companies to use eco friendly materials will in long run help small businesses grow and stay in business. You can do this by making party companies sell metal straws, reusable plates and plastic cups that can be kept. This means business can have a brand of there own and charge a little more for there items, family’s don’t throw everything away at end of party and kids get something to keep. Then all businesses pay taxes that go to your government and the world becomes a eco friendly place. Everybody wins. These are small ideas compared to the bigger ideas that can change the world. Big companies should also get involved. Holiday booking companies such as Thomas cook rely on beautiful views, clean waters and fresh air to make sales. We also rely on tourism in our country to make money. London for example is a big tourist attraction you have London zoo, Buckingham palace and Houses of Parliament. People are put off going to London due to the air pollution and traffic. Animals are the last of there kind in zoos and we cant breed animals quick enough. This is heart breaking to the children and animal lovers. Animals should die naturally not because of human laziness. At what point do you say enough is enough. We wouldn’t like it if someone just knocked down our home, we wouldn’t stand for it. Animals cant protect themselves against the humans and cat express there feelings of upset at anger. Its not just about destroying there home its about littering and making there home untidy. You wouldn’t force humans to breed, lock them in a cage with a stranger and we defiantly wouldn’t let humans die out due to detrimental environmental effects. There are also many medical properties that plants have and scientific studies that are currently in progress. Eventually all this will stop because we would of killed the plants and animals. Have you ever been to see the northern lights? Do you want to see them? Do you want your children and grandchildren to see them? If you answered yes to any of theses questions then you need to act now. Light pollution will stop us seeing this fantastic view. As we speak we could be killing the cue to cancer and other none curable diseases. The pollution we produce today is not only killing the planet it’s making the people of today sick. 28,000-36,000 people die of air pollution a year in U.K. Thats already to many people. Don’t let it get out of hand before someone does something. If Britain set an example then maybe polluted places like China will follow suit. Children, adults, elderly, humans in general light up at the sight of baby animals, fierce animals, sights that take your breath away and places that take you away from all your problems and stresses. Don’t ruin this because we put it down to another day. Tomorrow is not guaranteed today is. Together we can change the world the world can’t change for us.
By victoria hall6 years ago in The Swamp
When are you going to learn?
I had a problem singling out one world leader that needed to hear this message, so I decided that it was a letter to ALL world leaders both politically, ethically and morally. Maybe the ones who are already embodying leadership fully and know the reality of what I am sharing here will be an even bigger action example to the rest…Who knows we’ll see!
By Clare Turner Marshall6 years ago in The Swamp
Power
Dear World Leaders, There was a steaming pile of negative feedback about Greta Thunberg’s speech at the UN Climate Action Summit just after the fact. She’s been criticized for criticizing adults with secondary educations in: how to interact with other people (politics), how to take care of the environment (environmental scientists), and how financial systems work (economy), among others. No one likes to hear that they are failing, that’s part of being human. To err, though, is also human. True failure is not learning from those mistakes and improving upon them. That is why this 16-year-old woman chose to speak at such an important global event. She’s giving those of us who can already do so much more to alter the state of the world the chance to do so – a second chance. Perhaps the last one we will ever receive. As she says, “if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you.”
By Gabrielle R. Lamontagne6 years ago in The Swamp
The Ultimate Battle Royale: Biden vs Trump
Now that Mini Super Tuesday is done and it looks like former VP Joe Biden will be the Democrat who will go up against Trump in November for the ultimate prize: The presidency of the United States. This is much to the chagrin of many Bernie Sanders supporters who thought that their guy was a shoe in. Turns out he wasn't.
By Chris Hearn6 years ago in The Swamp
Who Is Joe Biden?. Top Story - March 2020.
Joe Biden has made a primary comeback that is nothing short of extraordinary. With his chances of becoming the Democratic nominee stronger than ever I wanted to know more about the former Vice President. So, I partnered up with KnowYourVote to help put together this mini tip sheet.
By Nathalia Ramos6 years ago in The Swamp
Connecticut Proves That Science Can Win Legal Battles
A bill that was aimed at banning the keeping of cetaceans in zoological facilities in Connecticut failed to make it onto the state’s Environmental Committee’s Agenda and will likely remain dead for the rest of the year. The bill, dubbed “CT-5341”, would have banned Connecticut-based zoos and aquariums from keeping cetacean species such as beluga whales, dolphins, and orcas for any given purpose in favor of more “ethical” practices.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in The Swamp
Climate Change
When the World Bank recently stated that Climate Change is a real imminent threat to the peace of the world really should be a wake up call to all those Republican climate change deniers. Heaven forbid we should shutter the fact that oil profits could suffer. But, like Scrooge himself stated if the multitudes suffer and die so-be-it and decrease the surplus population is the mindset of too many of the powers that be. The real scary thought though is that global warming if left unchecked today with all the scientific evidence to back up the fact the earth is getting warmer will thrust the world into a much harsher reality within the next decade.
By Dr. Williams6 years ago in The Swamp
Green Building adaptability will sink the demands of natural resources and ease in urban governance
The worldwide urban sustainability by residents has led to growing demands for green buildings, Property care and sustainable livelihood. In response, many developed countries on the globe took the leading role in green or sustainable building construction and practices by supportive policies and financial support, but country like India is in its starting stage in adapting market, educating citizens and policies to encourage more green building developments. Indian cities are scattering the crisis of civilians with escalating urban population, which is destroying the attraction of historical cities in the states of India. Hyderabad, which is served last 400 years under different regime, is clutching the citizens with its heat-island actions on cool zone of Deccan plateau. This paper is intentional to expose the necessity of green buildings to defeat high expenditure crisis with deprived natural resources for sustainable developments in India. Also, elaborates required actions to control the stress on natural resources like water, energy (energy efficiency), radiation (Temperatures)... under the limits of urban municipalities with proper mechanical attention. It also delivers the required road map for preparing potential government policies and institutional governance to save money of million pockets.
By Abdul Majeed Mohammed6 years ago in The Swamp
A Letter To The World
Climate change is responsible for many of the disasters that occur in the world, whether it be wildfires in Australia, Tornados in America or floods that sink Venice. Despite clear evidence provided by many individual scientific studies appearing on a weekly basis, there still remains a large proportion of the public who entirely disregard the effects the human race has on our home - Planet Earth.
By Jacob Marshall6 years ago in The Swamp
Federal Judge Stops Georgia GOP Voter Suppression In Its Tracks
In an unprecedented and indeed stunning move, the federal judge overseeing the voter suppression/voter purge case against the state of Georgia has handed the plaintiffs a victory without even bothering to hold a trial.
By HERBERT DYER6 years ago in The Swamp
