Our Fragile Environment: Imagining the Future
What kind of a future are we creating for ourselves and future generations? As time passes by quicker than we can imagine, this is one of the many things that we should be asking ourselves. Of course, one the major influencers of the future world we create is how we treat the current world’s environment, and currently the way we are living does not dictate good future conditions.
People tend to make excuses and lie to themselves about why they can’t (in reality won’t) do certain things, such as when we procrastinate a school project or house work. We do this because we loathe the thought of partaking in such boring and tedious activities, when we could be enjoying ourselves doing something we like. Issues regarding climate change prove to be no different, as most people are not taking the action needed to prevent the impending doom that climate change will bring. Some people take this to the extreme and claim outrageous beliefs and ideas, such as that climate change as a whole is a hoax, or that the data behind global warming is fraudulent and fabricated.
Ultimately, procrastination would lead to our demise, as we can’t sit around waiting for a catastrophic event to happen to suddenly open our eyes about the truth of the world. Although there are people working towards the better future, most people and organisations with true power are barely doing anything to help. They don’t realise the magnitude of the situation, or perhaps they do, but simply don’t want to acknowledge it. Ironically, us not wanting to do anything and putting it off will eventually bring a time where we can’t do anything even if we wanted to, and unless initiative is taken soon this time only creeps closer.
In the current path that we’re taking, our future is looking dark and dystopic. We are only creating a future of suffering for the future generations of this world. Not only this, but we are already being affected by the changes that global warming brings. If this disaster is affecting us and will devastate our children, why aren’t we acting right now? Why do we take everything for granted and live only in the present? Planning for the future is a necessary and vital part of life, and to ensure our safety in the future and in our children, we must realise that it is seriously time that we took action.
