PROJECT Topic Our precious earth Worked by Atea

PROJECT Topic: Our precious earth Worked by: Atea Avdyli

Earth otherwise known as the World or the Globe, is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets.

Most critical problems in the world 1. Climate change and destruction of natural resources 2. Large scale conflict and wars 3. Religious conflicts 4. Poverty 5. Lack of education 6. Food and water security

Climate change and destruction of natural resources Climate change affects many natural resources when: lakes freeze and thaw trees bud in the spring changing temperatures and precipitation cause extreme events that affect water resources As the climate changes, some species will adapt by: migrating to new locations changing their breeding seasons seeking new food sources

Large scale conflict and wars Peace research concentrates on the question of violence. In particular, it has come to focus on violence on societal conflicts. ” Wallensteen, 1988. A conflict can be described as one of three: 1. a fight; battle; struggle. 2. sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests, ideas, etc. 3. emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of impulses in a person. The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing multi-sided armed conflict in Syria fought primarily between the government of President Bashar al-Assad, along with its allies, and various forces opposing the government. The unrest in Syria, part of a wider wave of 2011 Arab Spring protests, grew out of discontent with the Assad government and escalated to an armed conflict after protests calling for his removal were violently suppressed.

Religious conflicts Judaism versus Islam Conflict, in which the Jews as a religious group were involved, in this part of the world, goes back more than 3, 000 years, and is historically documented in the Jewish and Christian Old Testaments, among other records. History reveals that this conflict among these Semite neighbors in the Middle East has had at its heart the overemphasis of religious differences between Islam and Judaism. Even though, until the advent of the modern country of Israel as a de jure Jewish nation in 1948, the Jews, as many other religions, had not escaped conflict and violence throughout the world from other sources as well. The establishment of Israel, however, focused back – for the first time in centuries – their conflict almost exclusively in the Middle East.

Poverty Quick Facts on Global Poverty: According to UNICEF, around 22, 000 children die each day due to poverty. Hunger, lack of sanitation and access to clean water and lack of resources for proper health care the main reasons. Back in 2011, 165 million children were stunted due to malnutrition. Around 1 billion people welcomed the 21 st century not knowing how to read and write. Infectious diseases continue to cause the deaths of the poor people around the world. Diarrhea causes the death of 1. 8 million children each year. Ending Poverty 1. Bring education to the extremely poor to enable them to have better jobs. 2. Give them Health Care to improve their physical conditions and make them more competitive. 3. Use the budget allocated for War and Weapons to stop Global Hunger. 4. Governments should invest in programs and projects that will be beneficial to improving the lives of the poor – to open opportunities for them to lift themselves out of poverty. More schools, better sanitation, a cleaner environment and more income opportunities. 5. Give people living without electricity access to renewable energy.

Lack of education Today, education remains an inaccessible right for millions of children around the world. More than 72 million children of primary education age are not in school and 759 million adults are illiterate and do not have the awareness necessary to improve both their living conditions and those of their children.

Food and water security Water Security issues are a sign of our continued and harmful Anthropocene. Amid other global issues such as climate change, food security and wellbeing that are driving communities to relook into production and consumption patterns, analysis of water related practices stands crucial. There is a greatly heightened sense of awareness amongst politicians, policymakers, researchers and the general public that water security is a new and emerging threat. Just in the past few years, a number of high-level meetings involving the world’s leaders and thinkers have focused on water security. This project directly responds to the growing concerns around water security and food security worldwide. It addresses issues related to the likelihood of conflict and war over shared water resources, on the continuing availability of water resources to produce sufficient food for 9 -10 billion people.

ESSAY Never in history has a generation differed as greatly from those of the past. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening, thus, their are more people living in poverty and more "middle class" society being forced to live in poverty. Our world is full of hate for one and other, mostly caused by a pre-conditioned belief of each other. We would be lead to believe that we live in an "enlightened society" by our worlds leaders, but the truth remains that poverty, hunger and human misery remain very much evident in society today. In order to eliminate any of these issues we must redefine what we believe is an enlightened society. Throughout history, poverty has existed. In this day and age there is no difference. During the time of the Roman Empire, peasants revolted against the wealthy upper class. Eventually, the Roman Empire was overthrown due to disease, attacks from neighboring countries and the conflict within. However, what started the downfall of the Roman Empire was unhappy peasants that were not hungry and without shelter, but were tired of the rich living in lavishly decorated houses and drinking wine. Society today is no different. Their is a clear distinction between the rich and the poor. All around us we see people segregated by class. From cars we drive to newspapers we read, their are noticeable differences. People in today's society often live in communities according to economical and social status. It is very unlikely that a person who is rich will live in the projects, but can do so if he/she chooses. A person who does not have a lot of money cannot live in an upper class neighborhood because their economical status deems them unfit for that neighborhood. Their are very few choices that the lower class has. So that’s the world where we live and this has to change.