Bubión on fire, but...

Every year, around summer season, many wildfires appear as the heading of the news. They are becoming more and more frequent as well as bigger. Moreover , this is a catastrophe for us, humans, but also for the animals, plants and overall the whole planet where we live.

On the one hand, many of these fires are caused by a human action. Either intentional ones or accidentals (due to the rubbish we have thrown there), they are still our fault. As far as I am concerned, we are not doing enough to prevent them ,so we ought to apply harsher measures. For instance, in those cases where the fire has been intentional, there should be no other solution, but a jail sentence. And in the other case, a great solution would be creating a fine for any kind of rubbish thrown, even if it is just a cola can.

On the other hand, sometimes they happen because of natural reasons. Lightnings sometimes reach the top of a tree and burn it down, unluckily that cannot be prevented, but we could pay more attention to the forest when a electric storm starts, as it is easier to stop a fire when it is little.

Also, a wildfire can begin because of what they call "rule of 30" (+30º temperature, -30% humidity ,wind of +30km/h and +30 days without raining),conditions which are given more often because of the global warming.

All in all,  wildfires should be at the spotlight during all summer. Quite recently we have seen fires in Bubión, a really big one in Huelva and yesterday one in Motril. Because of that we should invest more money in developing the existing technologies to detect fires before they occur.

Is the CORONA VIRUS really the solution to CLIMATE CHANGE?(QUARANTINE: DAY 11)

COVID-19 is being devastating against us, especially for elderly people. It is killing many persons not just in Spain but in the whole world, the cypher of deaths is too high and we don´t even know the real world ´s cypher due that the misinformation of some governments and the inability to know the effect in underdeveloped countries. A measure that has been taken is the quarantine, which has reduced the number of infected people and it´s helping to slow down and decrease the curve of the pandemic.

This quarantine is key for the solution of this problem and we have to respect it and be solidary, and if we are given freedom to go outside we must be sensible and be aware of the risk that it is for us and for other people.

This quarantine is being as I said good for ourself, but also for our planet. While we are being quarantined the global pollution has decreased dramatically due that people are not using cars and staying at home. Not using the car has reduce a lot the amount of CO2 that is released to the atmosphere and has made the air quality in the cities much better, it has also cleared the sky of big cities providing photographs that show a shocking difference.  Also, the factories have slowed down their production because of the people staying at home and most flyings have been cancelled.
Many animals have returned to their habitats now that human action has stoped and we can even see them in urbane areas. Furthermore, water quality has improved.


This improvement on  our environment in just one month has made a big difference. And we are hoping some of these new habits will remain when COVID-19´s quarantine finishes. We must learn something from this tough experience and maybe some people will keep in mind this progress and use less their cars, recycle and do the shopping conscientiously.

To put it in a nut shell, the quarantine is helping us and our planet. We mustn´t be childish and respect it staying at home. Moreover we should use this time to think about the planet and how can we stop climate change.

RUBBISH!!!

Rubbish is literally anywhere, on the streets, on the countryside, even on the sea.... Affecting in special to animals and sea animals which often die by ingesting it or because the are chocked. It is a problem that we had created so that we must solve. Its our responsability.

Some actions help to reduce the amount of waste we produce and so are great to fight climate change.

In Paris many restaurants are transforming their food- waste into compost, which also benefits plants. I think its a very original solution and they should encourage other countries like Spain to follow their example.

Countries less advanced are using what they call echo-brick. They are plastic bottles filled by every kind o not organic waste such as plastic covers from different products, which are putted together with pressure creating a high density brick which can be use as a normal one to create homes.

Now a days we are finding interesting and creative solutions which do not just reduce the amount of waste we have but they also solve other problems at the same time. However we still having a lot of work to do.

Overpopulation

Over population has became one of the main problems of the 21st century, the birth rate has increased more in a few decades than it has done all along the history and it is highly possible that it continues growing even more. At the moment almost 8 billion people live in this world.

This is concerning for scientists who study climate change and our environment due to this is one of the causes of that. They declare that we must do something. Every single person needs a lot of space and resources to live -water, food, home, installations such as schools, hospitals...- so their impact in our planet is huge.
So as at this point is obvious, the consequences of overpopulation is the lack of resources in our planet.

We can hardly do anything to solve this problem but the two thing I can think of to help this are: firstly reduce our consume and impact, It is estimated that we would need one and a half planets Earth to satisfy our demandings at the moment. We are taking a 50% more the Earth can produce.

And Secondly is to giving women around the world a proper sex education and contraceptions to give them their right to choose if they want to have a children or not.

To sum up this is a problem to take into consideration when we are talking about climate change because it is highly affecting it but it doesn't seem to be equally treated as that.

Less and less water!!!

An alternative way to save water that probably you didn’t know is to reduce your meat consumption. 

Yes, I know that it sounds weird and probably most of the meat lovers when they hear it jump into a defensive position. But I’m not suggesting people to become vegetarian because that’s a personal choice and honestly I wouldn’t do it myself, but eating less meat in your daily basics its possible and much easier than you think.

The pasture for livestock is the sector which requires the most water -yes, more than the plant agriculture, and the difference could surprise you- This happens due to the fact they have to feed thousands of animals during all their lives and some of them, like cows because of their size require a lot. So in the case of American people, who eats an excessive amount of meat, this is a problem.

This is just another thing to do for the climate as well as the typical ones of “Do not water your plants as much as you do" but instead of being focused on the sector which less water takes -domestic issues- is directed to the one which takes the most. 

If you want to learn more I recommend you to search “Vegan Calculator” wich will calculate the water besides other factors about meat.

Nature is calling.

Since the beginning of humankind we have been so closely related to nature. Thousands of years ago we depended so strongly on nature, if the weather wasn’t the right one we could have famines and we would starve and pray to nature to be kind with us. But what has changed? Now, We, Humans, think that we have become more intelligent, more powerful than nature, we think that we don’t need her. But we could´t be so wrong…

"Nature is speaking” and her message is dedicated to us. She isn’t speaking in a soft and delicate voice, her words are loud and it´s a declaration of a war that we are not able to win. Without weapons, without any bullet. Just a silenced by ourselves slow but constant destruction of our home. That its herself, so that´s a clue that something isn´t going very well.

But as the mother she is, she is giving us a bit of time to fix our errors and to learn of our mistakes. We have to move, start taking action and treat her with the respect she deserves. We have 11 years (according to the UN) to stop the consequences of climate change, which for some of you can sound like a lot but it is less than 130 months and we aren’t doing enough yet.

On the other hand her message has arrived to some people, in special to young people, who are going to be the leaders in the future, and they are going to vote for the action. This gives us some hope with their answer of “yes nature, we hear you”.