Often times we are blind to what is
happening around us. Just because we cannot see the effects of pollution
and over-stripping the Earth of her resources in our own backyards,
doesn’t mean that it isn’t a very serious concern. Closing our eyes to
these issues is not going to help the problems go away. The world used
to be an absolutely beautiful place, but that beauty is slowly being
pushed out by the trash of mankind. We are consuming more than what this
Earth can handle and pretty soon the Earth will no longer be able to
sustain mankind. Here are 27 pictures that will open your eyes to the
serious danger that our very existence is in.
1.
This once beautiful elephant was killed for her ivory and her body was
left to rot. Between poaching and loss of habitat the African Elephants
are in serious danger of extinction. In less than 100 years, the
elephant population has gone from 4 million elephants to about 500,000
elephants left in the world today, and more and more elephants are
killed daily. Making it illegal to buy ivory has only increased the
value because it is more rare and people covet rare products. We need to
stop the demand for products made of ivory because where there is no
demand there is no reward for harvesting it from elephants.
2. This wave in Indonesia shows the extent of debris and trash in our oceans.
3.
This is a picture of the London’s sky’s which show how much air traffic
they get daily. It is reported that air traffic is responsible for over
half of the pollution caused by transportation, according to a report
released by the UN.
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