Background
Plastic is one of the biggest issues since it is not environmentally friendly. Since it takes thousands of years to decay this leads to trash piling up, causing people and animals to leave their homes. Pollution can cause the soil to become less fertile for agriculture, which makes it more difficult to help grow plants. Climate change, which causes an onslaught of disastrous problems, including flash floods and irregular rainfalls along with the increase in wildfires because of polluted areas.
News
A victory for Indigenous environmental activism in Ecuador
Wrenched from the Land: Perspectives from the Front Lines of Environmental Activism
History
Climate change is playing an increasing role in determining wildfire regimes alongside human activity (medium confidence), with future climate variability expected to enhance the risk and severity of wildfires in many biomes such as tropical rainforests. Fire weather seasons have lengthened globally between 1979 and 2013. Global land area burned has declined in recent decades, mainly due to less burning in grasslands and savannahs. While drought remains the dominant driver of fire emissions, there has recently been increased fire activity in some tropical and temperate regions during normal to wetter than average years due to warmer, and we must do something to stop this.
Ways to help
Begin to use reusable utensils instead of plastic ones
Make sure to recycle anything that can be recycled, it takes plastic approximately 450 years to decompose
Local
WWF, Their mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth.
Sierra Club, is the most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. We amplify the power of our 3.8 million members and supporters to defend everyone’s right to a healthy world.
International
Green Peace, Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Volunteer Support: WWF – Sierra Club – Green Peace – Green America