Think back to the memories of your childhood and throughout your life...
how many of these memories involve water?
how many of these memories involve water?
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Every human being on the planet has a unique relationship with water as we all share a common thread—we all depend on it to survive. Our identities are often shaped by how much or little water we have had access to throughout our lives as well as the quality of this water. We rarely consider this relationship until we experience a scarcity of water or crisis in which our water is at stake, rather than protecting and caring for the water that we already have access to. Humans can sustain life without food for three weeks but only 8-10 days maximum without drinking water. Here in the states, unless living out west towards California, we rarely have to acknowledge the fact that we need water (clean water) to survive because it is so readily available. Now imagine a world without fresh drinking water. How about a world filled with water that is too polluted to swim in, drink or enjoy?
I've found myself shooting people in and around water for the last year or so and have come to find that underlying emotions, or even innate human qualities, are revealed when people interact with water.
I've found myself shooting people in and around water for the last year or so and have come to find that underlying emotions, or even innate human qualities, are revealed when people interact with water.
Now for the facts:
70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water, however, only 2.5% of it is fresh. This raises issues as we can only access so much while 96.5% of this water is held in the ocean.
Not only does sea rise create more erosion, flooding and the receding of coastlines, but it also harshens storms of all sizes. So, can we stop sea levels from rising? Lowering emissions seems like the easiest way to slow down this process, but sea level is bound to keep rising gradually. It’s unlikely that we can stop sea rise altogether but we can slow the pace. “The carbon-dioxide we’ve already loaded into the atmosphere will likely have effects on the oceans for centuries to come,” said NCAR”S Gerald Meehl. “But with aggressive mitigation, you can slow down the rate of sea level rise, which buys time for adaptation measures.”
Really the best things for us to do is educate ourselves and others while at the same time taking serious measures to lower personal carbon emissions and realize that our small actions can result in a larger impact when summed up with the actions of others. A lot of people end up taking no action when it comes to climate change because they feel overwhelmed by the vastness of the issue, they feel they will have no impact, or that the future looks so bleak that there is no point in trying to reverse impacts. We need to break down these viewpoints and focus on what local changes we can make. When we focus on the local, we work towards building a more resilient community, which will help us in the long run. From Rob Hopkins’ book, Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience —“It is one thing to campaign against climate change and quite another to paint a compelling and engaging vision of a post-carbon world in such a way as to enthuse others to embark in a journey towards it.”
70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water, however, only 2.5% of it is fresh. This raises issues as we can only access so much while 96.5% of this water is held in the ocean.
Not only does sea rise create more erosion, flooding and the receding of coastlines, but it also harshens storms of all sizes. So, can we stop sea levels from rising? Lowering emissions seems like the easiest way to slow down this process, but sea level is bound to keep rising gradually. It’s unlikely that we can stop sea rise altogether but we can slow the pace. “The carbon-dioxide we’ve already loaded into the atmosphere will likely have effects on the oceans for centuries to come,” said NCAR”S Gerald Meehl. “But with aggressive mitigation, you can slow down the rate of sea level rise, which buys time for adaptation measures.”
Really the best things for us to do is educate ourselves and others while at the same time taking serious measures to lower personal carbon emissions and realize that our small actions can result in a larger impact when summed up with the actions of others. A lot of people end up taking no action when it comes to climate change because they feel overwhelmed by the vastness of the issue, they feel they will have no impact, or that the future looks so bleak that there is no point in trying to reverse impacts. We need to break down these viewpoints and focus on what local changes we can make. When we focus on the local, we work towards building a more resilient community, which will help us in the long run. From Rob Hopkins’ book, Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience —“It is one thing to campaign against climate change and quite another to paint a compelling and engaging vision of a post-carbon world in such a way as to enthuse others to embark in a journey towards it.”