Most of us have at one point or other heard same facts about the rapid deterioration of our planet. But, as usual, we are taking our sweet time listening and taking appropriate measures. As Kenyans we have the unique habit of taking decades to acknowledge disasters. The HIV scourge, for instance, was first seen in the early 80’s but it took us and our leaders 2 decades to acknowledge that it was an actual disaster.
When it comes to climate change and impending extinction, we simply don’t have 2 decades. We need some sense knocked into us, NOW! It is time to act and I don’t mean feeble attempts to reduce plastic use. I mean real changes. Something drastic, if it may shock and seem unfair, well, it is just the price we have to pay.
Someone should impose a Kenyan environmental day, when all media unites to air appropriate documentaries and movies and all employers are decreed, yes decreed, to plant a certain number of trees on the chosen day. I suggest everyone simultaneously watch these shocking documentaries like ‘11th HOUR’ or’ EARTH’ and maybe, just maybe, we’ll finally realize that when we pit ourselves against nature, we will lose.
The planet has after all been around for billions of years and if something has to go, as the youngest species at the top of the food chain, we are expendable. It is true, we are fast wiping out 50% of all life on earth, but it is also true that earth is resilient. Wake up people and use all these advances in science and technology to make life on earth sustainable.
When it comes to climate change and impending extinction, we simply don’t have 2 decades. We need some sense knocked into us, NOW! It is time to act and I don’t mean feeble attempts to reduce plastic use. I mean real changes. Something drastic, if it may shock and seem unfair, well, it is just the price we have to pay.
Someone should impose a Kenyan environmental day, when all media unites to air appropriate documentaries and movies and all employers are decreed, yes decreed, to plant a certain number of trees on the chosen day. I suggest everyone simultaneously watch these shocking documentaries like ‘11th HOUR’ or’ EARTH’ and maybe, just maybe, we’ll finally realize that when we pit ourselves against nature, we will lose.
The planet has after all been around for billions of years and if something has to go, as the youngest species at the top of the food chain, we are expendable. It is true, we are fast wiping out 50% of all life on earth, but it is also true that earth is resilient. Wake up people and use all these advances in science and technology to make life on earth sustainable.
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