Dear readers,

“There is no planet B!” This is probably a saying that you’ve heard many times, but what does it mean? It means that we don’t have another place to live and we don’t have a second Earth. Pollution, climate change and us humans are just a few problems that Earth is facing. So what are we doing to protect and save the precious land that we are the guardians of?

Let me first talk about the problems we are facing, yes, we. Earth is facing these problems and we are suffering from them. Whether it is pollution affecting the air we breathe, or rises in temperature causing droughts or severe floods! Rising temperatures are affecting global rainfall. Pollution is another problem and comes in many forms. It could be plastic and rubbish in our oceans and on land, because every animal wants to chew on a nice piece of plastic, am I right?! Many of these problems, such as littering and pumping gas into the atmosphere via factories are caused by humans, but not all our actions are bad.

There are conservations that have been established to help our environment. New Zealand has a variety such as Forest and Bird dedicated to being nature’s voice and helping to protect our beloved country. New Zealand is into renewable energy using our food scraps and converting it into electricity! Australia takes their heat as an advantage using solar energy. Wellington, also known as “The windiest city” uses windmills for energy all year round. What else has been done?

Worldwide we have been cutting down on the use of plastic items,  using recyclable materials instead; for things like our shopping bags, straws and utensils (Even though I’ll never get over the taste of mashed straw in between my teeth). Small changes like these make a big difference, but that doesn’t change the fact that we still have copious amounts of rubbish, litter and debris swept into the ocean. I have a solution – anyone remember that super smart kid that everyone has/had in middle school who would probably control all? Well I thought of giving him all our problems to solve, good solution right? But, back to reality.. let’s see what possible solutions have been thought of or could be really useful for our environmental problems.

I’ve talked about changes countries have made and worldwide changes, but what can an everyday person like you or me do to help? Not always do you have to “go big or go home”, small things such as not littering or picking up rubbish even if it’s not yours helps. Everyday people can work together to make a huge difference, community clean ups such as the recent Puhinui Stream clean up for our local stream makes a huge impact. This stream later on flows into the Manukau harbour and then into the ocean, because of the clean up we won’t have to worry about fish lounging on the couches that were thrown in! The point is that it doesn’t matter who you are, you could be King Charles or a random person – we all share the same earth, so it’s everyone’s responsibility to help protect our land. We are all supposed to be the guardians of our home.

There’s no planet B so we are the guardians to protect our land. No matter who you are we can all help whether it’s on a small or large scale. We should all help especially since we are suffering from these environmental issues! So why wait to start making an impact? Starting today, get out there, pull up your sleeves and get your hands dirty to help our planet stay healthy.

Dear readers,

“There is no planet B!” This is probably a saying that you’ve heard many times, but what does it mean? It means that we don’t have another place to live and we don’t have a second Earth. Pollution, climate change and us humans are just a few problems that Earth is facing. So what are we doing to protect and save the precious land that we are the guardians of?

Let me first talk about the problems we are facing, yes, we. Earth is facing these problems and we are suffering from them. Whether it is pollution affecting the air we breathe, or rises in temperature causing droughts or severe floods! Rising temperatures are affecting global rainfall. Pollution is another problem and comes in many forms. It could be plastic and rubbish in our oceans and on land, because every animal wants to chew on a nice piece of plastic, am I right?! Many of these problems, such as littering and pumping gas into the atmosphere via factories are caused by humans, but not all our actions are bad.

There are conservations that have been established to help our environment. New Zealand has a variety such as Forest and Bird dedicated to being nature’s voice and helping to protect our beloved country. New Zealand is into renewable energy using our food scraps and converting it into electricity! Australia takes their heat as an advantage using solar energy. Wellington, also known as “The windiest city” uses windmills for energy all year round. What else has been done?

Worldwide we have been cutting down on the use of plastic items,  using recyclable materials instead; for things like our shopping bags, straws and utensils (Even though I’ll never get over the taste of mashed straw in between my teeth). Small changes like these make a big difference, but that doesn’t change the fact that we still have copious amounts of rubbish, litter and debris swept into the ocean. I have a solution – anyone remember that super smart kid that everyone has/had in middle school who would probably control all? Well I thought of giving him all our problems to solve, good solution right? But, back to reality.. let’s see what possible solutions have been thought of or could be really useful for our environmental problems.

I’ve talked about changes countries have made and worldwide changes, but what can an everyday person like you or me do to help? Not always do you have to “go big or go home”, small things such as not littering or picking up rubbish even if it’s not yours helps. Everyday people can work together to make a huge difference, community clean ups such as the recent Puhinui Stream clean up for our local stream makes a huge impact. This stream later on flows into the Manukau harbour and then into the ocean, because of the clean up we won’t have to worry about fish lounging on the couches that were thrown in! The point is that it doesn’t matter who you are, you could be King Charles or a random person – we all share the same earth, so it’s everyone’s responsibility to help protect our land. We are all supposed to be the guardians of our home.

There’s no planet B so we are the guardians to protect our land. No matter who you are we can all help whether it’s on a small or large scale. We should all help especially since we are suffering from these environmental issues! So why wait to start making an impact? Starting today, get out there, pull up your sleeves and get your hands dirty to help our planet stay healthy.