energy
How politicians and governments around the world are dealing with climate change, solar energy and harnessing renewable resources.
Reason First: Earth Day is for the Selfish
To mark this 50th anniversary of the beginning of Earth Day, every self-interested, greedy individual ought to take the time to reflect on all the marvels that the human mind has produced. From the hut to mansions, mankind, for the most part, has been able to adapt itself not to nature but nature to mankind. The earth is a profound, glorious source of everything that humans hold dear.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
World On Fire
I am 28 years old as of march this year. I remember being in the 3rd grade and learning about climate change. I also remember the many adults who would roll their eyes and tell me I didn't understand what I was talking about when I tried to explain what we were learning.
By Misha Alsleben6 years ago in The Swamp
Remember Your Promise!
Dear President Duda, Amongst personal circles, there exists a rather infamous photo of me from fourth grade. Huddled behind the other harcerze of my troop – as is the title given to Polish boy-scouts – I juxtapose each of their stern looks with a stupidly open-mouthed smile. Meanwhile, my uniform stretches uncomfortably around me. This is best visualized by the beret framing my face, my ears painfully bent outward.
By Filip De Mott6 years ago in The Swamp
Leading the Pack
I've read lots of articles and news clips over many years that deal with political leaders. They share all kinds of experiences and world travel throughout their lifetime. This particular group of people are the upper crust of the rest of humanity. I find that life on this planet has morphed into two groups of people, the ultra rich and the rest of us. The smaller, elite group will eventually live in their own gated communities while the rest of us scrounge for what ever we can find. Think I'm crazy? Let's look at three cases of what is going on right now.
By Tina Rengel6 years ago in The Swamp
Save Our Ocean
In America today we have access to fairly clean tap water. It was relatively cheap in the past decade for us to have this clean drinking water. Although this can not be said for everyone on this planet and now, even us who are privileged are at risk of losing this precious resource. Water is not a natural reproductive resource and since I was a baby our access to fresh and clean water has relatively diminished. Treaties signed by world leaders to protect our fresh water from being polluted and over sourced for its fish has been broken and there are world leaders that have begun production for oil extraction in the small amount of freshwater we still have today. Water scarcity is the next Great Depression we will face unless we do something about our general oil use and trash programs in America and other leading countries.
By Imani Davis6 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Future President...
Dear Future President, Congratulations! You are about to become a permanent figure in American history. Children in elementary schools will memorize your name in catchy songs, and read summarized paragraphs about the impact you had on the world while in office. You’ve got four, maybe eight years to do as much good as you can for these kids, so that their futures can actually be as bright as the ones we promised them. Now I know you’re very busy, what with inauguration and your first hundred days and decorating the Oval Office and all, but bear with me while I describe to you the nation these kids deserve.
By Suzie Hicks6 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
Climate Alarmists Don’t Want You to Know This
The climate change activist movement is one of the most powerful and committed groups in the world to their cause. Many of them believe the world is going to end in the next decade if radical action isn’t taken NOW. They want the world, especially the United States, to be off fossil fuels. This would do major damage to our economy and weaken our position in the world, which is their goal.
By Gregory Alan6 years ago in The Swamp
Cheap, Plentiful, and Reliable: How Fossil Fuels Stand for Virtue
Dear President Donald Trump, How did the 2019 TIME Person of the Year, Greta Thunberg, become so influential? How has an entire generation of young people immobilized to fight the “evils” of fossil fuels? How does she not know the morality of the very essences that have transformed this world for human good? How does she continue to denounce, decry, and denigrate the individuals who make up this vital industry? How dare she?
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Humanity, A Long Lost Connection
Here's my vision of the world that we live in. Humans are not connected! We only share connectivity with comfort. I'm talking about connection between a same kind, a same species. We basically walk in a straight line without seeing each other. We are talking about family, friendship, acquaintance, colleague etc...but are we talking about connection on a basic purely instinctive level?
By Singster Jones6 years ago in The Swamp
