LOVE IS IN THE AIR

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

To humans, the most crucial thing we need in order to survive is oxygen, the air we breath. Can you live a day without food? Can you live a day without water? Can you live a day without air? I hope not, because it is just impossible. In this world, there are tons and tons of global issues; things we cause, and things we need to solve. One question I always have is which one is the vital one. Is it Human rights? Is it Feminism? Once I made up my mind, I know that what we need to save first are the trees, because if we don’t, then we cannot live. I think we should all work together into solving one problem; otherwise, nothing will be solved.

In each year, a forest as big as Panama are being torn down. In each year, a tree as old as all your ancestors ages added up are being cut, and burned, and made so that you could use it once and throw it away carelessly. And in the next 25 years, 28,000 species might be gone, some of which you have never seen before. Forests are like our lungs; they absorb carbon and release oxygen which is the most abundant compound for lives. It is plain - trees are important, we destroy trees, trees are what we need save, and trees are the ones that save our life.

Common Causes of Deforestation

1. Land for housing and urbanization
2. Harvesting timber for paper and tissue
3. Plantations for cash crops
4. Land use for ranching

Interesting Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M

Solving deforestation is really easy. One is to stop cutting down trees, two is to plant trees, and three is to “JUST DO IT.” Forests are like lungs of our world, and by constantly destroying them are like destroying ourselves.  We all have power,  If only the power of our two hands and two feet are use to build rather than destroy and used for caring rather than destroying. I really want to know what our world would be like in the future where greed is less important to us than good.

MORE THAN A BAG!

More Than A Bag

Plastic could be anywhere; in the air, in the water, in the landfill, in your food, and in your stomach. If you think fish and the small animals are the only organisms that get affected by all the plastic we produce, then you are wrong. When you go out to eat lunch, you might think that what you ate are fish and chips, but maybe the fish is contaminated with BPA, a dangerous substance that are in fish, who consume small plastic particles. Can you imagine if you are eating plastic? We are eating plastic!

Eating plastic and BPA might not cause you trouble now, but I am a hundred percent sure that by the time you reach 60 years old, you will regret it. At this rate, we are using a lot of plastic wastefully. Imagine, where can we keep it? Plastic lasts for a lifetime or even more. By “ a lifetime”, I literally really mean it! Imagine, from when you were born until the day you die, plastic will never disappear. It is quite possible that maybe the plastic you see in the ocean are actually older than you are. JUST A FACT.

“Help Me If You Can”

“Help Me If You Can”

Can you imagine? Half of the world -- 3 billion people live on less than 2.50 dollars per day. I can’t even imagine how I could spend less than one dollar a day. I couldn’t even buy one dish of food at a fast food service. How unfair the world is! The struggles that the poor has is not only poverty, but also hunger, sanitation, and much more.

With that being said, as we hear the word ‘poverty’, we often think: ghettos, beggars, and filth. To sum it up, it is basically the state of living a low quality of life. Low quality of life consists of poor education, little sanitation, and lack of food. This is considered depressing already, but what’s worse, is this term called “absolute poverty”, is also known as extreme poverty. Absolute poverty is the condition in which there are barely any necessities to maintain survival. Food, shelter, and water is at its least available. I can’t imagine myself going through that. It must be the most painful but most important struggle of your life.

Most people may think that donating money will help them the most. Yes, money will help them, but what will help them is something other than money. If we give them hope we can lift their hearts up from the ground. If we educate them, we give them the knowledge to expand themselves, leaving them the ability to improve their lifestyle. If we give them tools and materials, we give them the opportunity to fix a broken house, a place of warmth for a family. If we are able to give them something, little or not, I’m sure, it will help them somehow.

We’d like to share a song which reflects a life of an individual, fighting for their lives just in order to fill their family’s empty stomachs. The song is called, “What Would You Do?” by Bastille. (Link to song: goo.gl/bkrRgw) Enjoy the song and have a nice day!

-PingPing and Porsche