Why we should worry about eco-anxiety
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Over the years Global warming has been warming the earth which is causing destruction, mayhem and vandalism. We are also suffering from eco-anxiety. It is when children are worried about climate change. One thing that is causing this is children are not having a day without being reminded about this problem.
Sadly, between 2010 and 2020, people were 15 times more likely to die from extreme weather such as flooding, droughts and storms, according to the IPCC`s report. This was a distressing report for the children of that time and must have increased eco-anxiety. This is not good for children.
Some people think that eco-anxiety is being seen way too much by young children and is causing even more distress for eco-anxiety stages. This could lead to not taking part in activities that are even a tiny bit causing climate change or even not eating. This can be very worrying for their parents as they could get very ill. What is also worrying is that trees are getting cut down for cattle farms and most of our oxygen comes from the rainforest but our main source is the Amazon rainforest.
In my opinion, eco-anxiety is good because its making people more aware but its making the children feel like its up to them to save their future but it is everyone’s job to tackle this problem .We need to stop now.
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We should worry about eco-anxiety for many reasons. I have thought of 5 reasons and will like to share them.
1)It could cause panic and mayhem across the world if climate change and global warming continues in the near future as there will be even more destruction on earth than there is now and that's mainly what eco-anxious people worry and fear.
2)It could cost people's lives as the symptoms of eco-anxiety are sleeplessness, loss of appetite, weakness and genuine stress about earth and that is very unhealthy for your body.
3)As sea levels rise due to melting icecaps, eco-anxious people are getting more and more worried that their country will flood and be taken over by water.
4)It could make people risk their lives for earth like remembering they forgot to recycle their plastic bottle and end up risking theur lives like for example, chasing a dump truck in the middle of the road.
5)People will take serious care of what they are doing like making sure they're not eating meat or checking did they recycle their waste.
But surprisingly, there are some reasons why we shouldn't worry that much about eco-anxiety. Here are the other 5 reasons. (I'll continue from 6.)
6)Eco-anxiety will spread awareness about climate change and global warming so people will pay more attention to what is happening and will help.
7)More waste will be recycled and that will be good as is helps earth and decreases littering levels.
8)Eco-anxious people and us are noticing that more people are paying attention to climate change and global warming and that is soothing eco-anxious people's feelings.
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I definitely agree with this comment. People often consider worry as a bad thing, but worry can help people to take action. We should share them for plenty of reasons, but I think the most important one to me is"Eco-anxiety will spread awareness about climate change and global warming so people will pay more attention to what is happening and will help. ". In my opinion the only way to help stop climate change through awareness. By making people aware we can get new ideas and solutions for this problem. This way we can make our planet better for mine and future generations.
The one and only reason why we should worry about climate change is because of the mass destruction it can cause, it can destroy our earth within a week and if you do you research well you will notice that there is no planet that has all the resource that earth provides us in order for us to leave to our 80's-100's. Resources like water, air( oxygen and carbon dioxide) and soil. If there is a planet that has all these qualities no need to worry.