Gaw, Aljo C.
BSED SS13 TF 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Now or Never
Mother earth is crying. Why?
How we can stop it?
Climate change has been the biggest problem facing by our environment right now
because of the rude human activities that can increased carbon dioxide emissions, extreme
weather and melting polar ice which are among the possible effects. It is already cliché
environmental problem but it still existing and becoming severe that can be scary than a
pandemic because it seems like a tiger that is sleeping. Climate change is already striking before
human era but it was due to natural hazards and when globalization rises it affects already by
human induced hazard. Aside from climate change, in every community there are specific
environmental problems.
In my 19 years of existence in our Barangay. I see a lack of support in promoting
environmental awareness and programs in preventing destruction of natural environment that
causes a problem in our barangay, such as not properly disposed garbage. People today are still
not disciplined on that issue, we’re still throwing our trash on the streets instead of putting it on
the trashcans. Second is in our municipality or barangay to be specific is prone to storm surge
because we are near far from the coastal area that what happened during typhoon Yolanda, our
barangay devastated and caused many destructions. Our barangay also has a small amount of
trees that can help floods because almost area in our barangay was now constructed with houses.
During rainy days our canals flooded with not healthy water that might be the reason for
diseases. Aside from that we’re still affected from this global environmental problem which is
climate change and global warming and this dilemma was not yet hopeful to resolve unless we
human don’t change.
In my ideology, Suffering from environmental factors is not because of the nature itself,
it is because of our ignorance and apathy. God gave us a wonderful nature and it is now for us to
treasure. The problem here are the humans having a lack of awareness that makes us not
discipline, people should always remember that we are the driving force and we are the solution
in this problem. Addressing this kind of issue doesn’t need a scientific terminologies, it needs
some actions. There are numerous actions that an individual or society could take to solve
aforementioned problems. As a catalyst of change and as a youth, my first action will begin to
myself by not making any moves that can destroy to our environment that I can influence the
youths that will make a big change. Not only having a position in the community only can make
a change, but everyone can do it.
Educate. Promote, Protect.
That is what I want to spread in our barangay. Educate, I will open their eyes about the
reality not the possibility. Promoting awareness to the said issue is important thing to do to make
a change. Promote, realizing them how our environment gave us a colorful world and life. How
humans benefits to the environment. Lastly, Protect because our environment where we live in,
our home, our mother earth. Make a little change while it’s not too late because our micro efforts
will have a macro effect.