Why the Education System Needs to Change, FastWhy the Education System Needs to Change, Fast
In one-half of the world, heat waves are becoming more intense. In the other half, tropical storms are becoming stronger. Extreme weather disturbances are just some of the products of climate change, and they are the most felt. If you’ve ever thought that the weather is not as cold as it used to be during winter, that’s because you’re experiencing climate change.
Things can only get worse without human intervention. And at this point, individual change is certainly not enough.
Where we failed as a society
Laying the blame on individuals was the first problem. This put the blame on the individual consumer when packaging and manufacturing at a large scale make it hard to buy products without plastics or other forms of non-biodegradable packaging. There is now a marked change in attitude regarding this, and big companies are doing their best to cut back on plastics.
Where we should have started
Though there is already pressure on companies to be more mindful of their manufacturing and packaging waste, there still needs to be a conscious effort to improve this situation in the future. And to do this, we need to address the problem from its roots and teach problem-solving at the earliest possible point in one’s life. Here, it is important to involve schools in the equation. Zero carbon schools are already cropping up in eco-conscious places like Hong Kong, and as this becomes the norm, we will see a marked change in how we address climate change. As the children from these schools grow up, their view on the environment will dominate and revive the ailing planet.
We are headed to a grim future if we don’t act now. Climate change can only get severe, and we might witness the extinction of plenty of living organisms that have existed for millennia. It is imperative that as a society we all come together to be more eco-conscious, stat.