ENVIRONMENT

Project Positivity

Hi, It's Ellis here - Project Positivity's founder

I'm fifteen, and the fact our universe and planet exists is to me, mind-blowing. The sheer beauty of it, simply remarkable.

I try to capture some of our planet's beauty through photos. Sometimes, I will explore for hours - walking thirty miles or so. While I believe it impossible to truly comprehend our planet and universe, I love it with certainty. How could you not?

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Though its existence often baffles me, us destroying it baffles me further. Our human activities continue to have a detrimental impact on the planet, our only home - our shared home.

Melting the glaciers

Raising sea levels further, impacting millions of lives and habitats

Polluting the atmosphere

Contributing to global warming, with profound impacts on all

We're poisoning the waters

Spreading disease to both animals and humans alike

Destroying the forests

Leading to the loss of animal habitats and life - and impairing the 'lungs of the earth'

And for what?

It doesn't have to be this way. It is possible, and necessary, for humanity to exist in harmony with the rest of nature. If we fail to do that, our time will likely be limited. A harsh truth, but we're already seeing the effects of climate change, and it's bad.

Today, we're at a crucial point in humanity's history, our planet's history. To give up now, would mean catastrophe.

Yet, seeing how humanity often comes together in times of great difficulty, the effort of many and nature's incredible resilience fills me with great hope.

Hope must not be lost, but rather be used to drive for change.

Action we can take

Apart from taking responsibility for our own actions, we must hold governments and companies to account for their actions, and lack of action. It is simply not right that big companies are making millions while knowingly destroying our planet. It is not right that the words of governments are often empty, accompanied by little change.

We must push governments for greater climate action including more renewable energy, better public transport and cleaner waters. We must demand companies stop exploiting our planet.

We must never give up in the pursuit of climate and social justice.

We thrive, when nature thrives

To think humanity and nature are in competition, would be a mistake. We are one. Humans thrive when the rest of nature thrives. My 'Pancakes' analogy explores the fundamental conditions for human thriving, including a healthy environment.

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