Save the Trees, Save the Planet
The Issue
It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.
Trees are our source of life. They give us the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. They give us shelter and protect us from storms. But what are we doing? We are killing them! We are killing ourselves!
Cutting down trees is necessary to produce wood for construction, paper and other applications, but logging and other activities that kill trees can potentially lead to negative impacts on ecosystems and the environment as a whole.
Large scale tree cutting can lead to deforestation, a transformation of an area from forest to terrain with little vegetation. Plants create oxygen and absorb greenhouse gases. The destruction of trees may, therefore, encourage global warming. Changing temperatures can alter which organisms can survive in an ecosystem.
Cutting trees can result in the loss of habitat for animal species, which can harm ecosystems. According to National Geographic, "70 percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes."
The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people.
I think that the leaders could do a little bit more in saving our planet. However, I feel like we, as individuals ourselves, could also play a part in making the climate the way it should be in the future. Children are protesting for the climate and also in saving the earth, and I feel like adults and corporations should join as well. The government should take it seriously. In 6th grade we learned that the climate is deteroriating and the planet is dying. We need to take action, It is up to us to keep our planet safe.
The real problem in this world is us because of our ignorance and apathy, what we have to do is to start changing our ways, to start recalibrating our minds, and to start redirecting our steps because together as a global community, our micro efforts will have a macro effects to help save our home, our planet.
We better act now, save the trees, save the planet and save ourselves!
The Issue
It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.
Trees are our source of life. They give us the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. They give us shelter and protect us from storms. But what are we doing? We are killing them! We are killing ourselves!
Cutting down trees is necessary to produce wood for construction, paper and other applications, but logging and other activities that kill trees can potentially lead to negative impacts on ecosystems and the environment as a whole.
Large scale tree cutting can lead to deforestation, a transformation of an area from forest to terrain with little vegetation. Plants create oxygen and absorb greenhouse gases. The destruction of trees may, therefore, encourage global warming. Changing temperatures can alter which organisms can survive in an ecosystem.
Cutting trees can result in the loss of habitat for animal species, which can harm ecosystems. According to National Geographic, "70 percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes."
The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people.
I think that the leaders could do a little bit more in saving our planet. However, I feel like we, as individuals ourselves, could also play a part in making the climate the way it should be in the future. Children are protesting for the climate and also in saving the earth, and I feel like adults and corporations should join as well. The government should take it seriously. In 6th grade we learned that the climate is deteroriating and the planet is dying. We need to take action, It is up to us to keep our planet safe.
The real problem in this world is us because of our ignorance and apathy, what we have to do is to start changing our ways, to start recalibrating our minds, and to start redirecting our steps because together as a global community, our micro efforts will have a macro effects to help save our home, our planet.
We better act now, save the trees, save the planet and save ourselves!
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Petition created on May 26, 2021