A Year of Action and Port River

Environment   Oct 25, 2015 by wilderness-adenbigh

A Year of Action Article

• Trying to protect the world by not letting it warm by only 2˚. Sounds so little but actually this rise could cause serious damage. If rising by 4˚ is the maximum point we can go, and we have already risen by 1˚ this year, that is looking at a serious near ending earth
• How much of an impact famous people have, and that its not only important for us to alert the people we know about this issue, but use social media to inform celebrities and people of status.
• Specifically the pope mentioned in the article can effect on millions of people and portray climate change not just as a new thing that young people talk about, but an issue almost said from God or the messenger from god, one of the oldest, wisest people in christian minds.
• Also talks about how bringing climate change to a local issue, rather than talking about it on a global scale means more people might consider and take action. I think this is interesting as I would think sometimes saying that ‘the world will end in 5 years if we don’t do something’ would be more effective than ‘port adelaide mangroves will be flooded in 5 years if we don’t do something’ However I also understand that people would be able to processes the idea of climate change on a smaller scale rather than thinking about the entire world

From a real world experience, our school visited the Port Adelaide River Estuary in South Australia. I found it interesting, the divide between the extreme, condensed industrial arias compared to the vast mangrove areas and the opening to the sea. It appeared that the people in charge of the area are trying their best to preserve bits of nature that they feel important, but fail to realise that what they do elsewhere will effect all of nature. The pollution of the power plants heats the waters temperature, meaning that all creatures in the river won’t be able to survive. Landfill sites are also placed around the river area, leaving toxins to spill into the water. If the water becomes to contaminated or too salty or have a sharp decrease in life living in it, then the mangroves that people have worked hard for, will die, and the area will become yet another river wasteland. It is important to keep industrial rubbish producers away from rivers, as it is the rivers who provide all humans, animals and plants with food. If this is polluted, then it is most likely all life will be affected, showing the necessity of this problem.

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