My mother and I discussed climate change. She knew some stuff about it, but I guess I helped her feel in the gaps (along with the research she was doing while we were conversing). I told her I wanted to tell her a little about global warming. So she turned down her television and put her attention towards me. I told her about how the earth is covered by an outer layer. I couldn’t really remember what it was called so she researched it. The Ozone layer. So the ozone layer is the outer layer of the Earth, and it protects us from the sun’s most harmful rays. The paint sprays that are used rip away the ozone layer slowly. So the rays are coming in more and more. And the cars’ CO2 emission is being released in the air, as well as all the other extra CO2 coming from other common sources like factories, homes, etc.
The CO2 starts to collect, and build up in front of the ozone layer, blocking the suns rays from bouncing off the earth and back into space. So the rays are coming through strong, and then bounce back into the air weaker, and can’t get passed the CO2 ‘walls’. She knew some about that. And she talked about how the polar bears were dying off (something she saw on the news a while back) because the land they live on is melting. So finding solid rock to rest on after a long swim is becoming harder and harder and they just drown from tiredness. And I thought that was really sad. I never even thought of that. The ice caps and things are melting because they can’t stand the heat, and those things are home to many little critters, and some big critters. So if those are gone, the animals that relied on them are now stranded. On top of all that, the water that was once a glacier is now starting to melt, therefore getting warmer. So the creatures underwater that relied on freezing temperatures in the water, is now either having to adapt to warmer temperatures or dying off. So global warming is killing species by the bunch.
Then the conversation went towards how we could help change this. I told her we should adopt a polar bear. Then it wouldn’t have to swim anywhere. It could just chill in the backyard and we could shave a bunch of its fur so it wouldn’t be so thick and over heat. My little sister was there and said she would help dress the polar bear, and help me make the home. I agreed to making a home, and feeding the polar bear everyday. Or every other day depending on how they eat. It was a plan. But my mom thought we were just kidding. But I was oh-so-serious. Why wouldn’t I want a pet polar bear? That’d be the bestest friend I’d ever had.
My mom said we could make sure we use the car less, and maybe carpool so we wouldn’t pollute the air with so much CO2. She also suggested making sure the cars have been smog tested, which they have. So we were good on that. We decided to plant a tree, or more CO2 breathing plants so that would help if even only a little bit. So my little sister and I are starting a little garden thingy in the backyard. I thought about smoking, like smoking is another cause for pollution. Even though no one in my household smokes, that may be a reason so much CO2 is in the air. But I don’t really know.
I asked her what president Obama was doing against global warming. I forgot what she said. Ha. That’s my bad. I think I zoned out on the part of the conversation. The conversation went towards the things we buy, and how that may effect the ecosystem. I told her factory made things are definitely part of the problem. So Starbucks is a problem, the big name brand companies, Apple, Sterilite, Bath and Body Works, Chuck Taylors, Vans, Victoria Secret. Then we got onto the topic of food. And my mom is a vegan because she knows how nasty the meat industry can get. But I told her about how they also mess with the ‘healthy’ foods and make them genetically enhanced and modified. And she said she knew some about that. So she tries to stick with farmers markets. But I told her, if you think about. If farmers markets use fertilizers and such, the foods that they feed the cows and hormones to make them grow bigger and stuff, all that is in the poop that they fertilize with. So even the fertilizer is genetically modified and edited, and the seeds take in those nutrients and become the ‘healthy’ fruits you eat. So in turn, your ‘healthy’ fruits and vegetables are modified and not as healthy as they could be.
The world is a very unhealthy place. And I feel humans are people of now. Lets see what we can do that’ll help us now. And so that’s whats been going on. And that’s no good…. But hey.
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