The problem I want to solve is- how can we stop climate change? Of course there isn’t one answer, but many. Just like there isn’t one person on this earth, but many. If we want to clean up the mess we made, we need to work together. If everyone were to pick up one piece of garbage off the ground every day, that would be 7 billion pieces of garbage.  So many people don’t care. They don’t think about the consequences of their actions, and how they’ll affect others. So many people are in denial. They won’t step up and admit that we have a huge problem. But I’m here to tell you, this is real. This is happening. It’s too late to go back and change the past, so we need to help change the future. This is our fault, and we need to own up to it, and take the next step to fixing it. I know that everyone is capable of change, it’s just a question of, are we willing to change? Are we willing to admit that the things we’ve done in the past are wrong? Us humans never want anything to hurt our reputation, but you see, it already has. You know what wouldn’t hurt our reputation? Being kind to this earth. Being a selfless, positive human being who does everything in their power to do the next right thing. I know we can do it. We just need to convince the whole wide world that they can do it. How can we make this happen you ask? It’s not something we can change in a week, or a month or year. This will take time and effort, but if we work together, we can do it. Some small things you can do are:

Donate to an organization that helps the environment, such as WWF. This organization helps endangered species, and donates money to people who are researchers that want to help these animals thrive again.

You can also do a neighbourhood cleanup. It doesn’t take much effort to go outside for a day, and clean up garbage and litter people have left in the streets.

These are just a couple of the many small things you can do to help. Bigger things are also going on, like climate strikes. Kids are giving up their education to go out and protest to help save our environment. Everyone I know cares about this issue, but it’s not big enough in their minds to do something about it. You’ll watch a video, about all the animals who are slowly going extinct, and you’ll think, “that’s so sad!” But ten minutes later, you’re doing something else. Not many people want to focus on this long enough for it to become a huge problem in their minds. But some do. And those are the people that are leading us right now, helping us, guiding us. We all need to be like those people, because this problem? It’s not going away. It’s going to get bigger and bigger, until eventually it will be too late. Please, if you’re reading this right now, share it. Get it to reach as many people as you can. We can do this. Change starts here.