Earlier this week, we listened as students presented their TED presentations to the class. One presentation that struck me in particular was Thereseś. Right from the beginning, she drew me in. Although her intro was about The Lorax, it was completely relateable and much like what is happening in our world today.
As Therese said, major businesses and companies often don´t care about and neglect to see the major damage they cause to the environment, whether it simply be destroying the land completely, or stripping it of its natural resources in order to make enormous amounts of money. Most of the time, they truly only see the benefit for themselves, and not the disgustingly lasting impact they are leaving on our land.
It is human nature to be a bit selfish, of course. That is understandable. But at some point, it has to stop. Because what will the world be like in the future? It isn´t like we can fix what is or will be damaged. We need to start to cherish the world we live on and value the land, not take advantage of it for money.
After hearing Therese´s speech, it really made me want to do something. Which I believe is a great start. Because nothing will get done unless you personally feel motivated to do something about it. I know that I can do a lot more to conserve land and energy. I can definitely start to recycle much more, making sure I thoroughly wash out containers and aluminum cans so they are able to be properly recycled. In addition, I take incredibly long showers which could be reduced to about half the time. I am definitely going to start limiting my time in the shower.
This issue is so important to not just us, but to the earth. If we keep damaging and taking advantage of our land, where will we have to live in the future? What beautiful land will we have left? How will this affect climate change? If we don start to do something about it now, then when? When will it be too far?
There are so many risks that are involved with this that clearly do not equal the rewards of, for example, oil for our cars. It´s time we all start to make a change, whether it be big or small.
Therese´s speech made me realize how important the land we have truly is, and how we have to start to cherish it, not just take advantage of it. Because at the rate that it´s going, it won´t be here for us to do that.
