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So, if there is not enough money to feed the starving because it gets spent on weapons, ice cream and alcohol, and if there's not enough food for the world because nearly 40% of it gets thrown away, and if poorer countries are unable to develop because they are stripped of all the resources they need to make money, how can there ever be a peaceful future? How can there ever be a world where everyone is fed? It's simple really. If the rich of this world open their eyes and realized that we’re losing this planet because of greed and unbridled over-consumption, and heeded the warnings of those who promote world sustainability, perhaps there will be hope.
We have one earth and are one species, and all of us need to work together equally to ensure the planet’s future, a future we can look to with hope. To achieve this, we need to educate and empathize with all the people of the world. If we make others hurt, we are hurting ourselves. If we help those who are struggling with poverty, disease and intolerable living conditions, we are ensuring the earth’s survival and our own survival as well. There can be no room in this planet’s future for cultures who engage in over-consumption. This culture must realize its damaging ways so it can change. Otherwise, chaos, despair, sadness and disaster will ensue. In many respects, it already has.
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Jillian Xenia Sunderland
I am currently attending University and in the future hope to pursue Law and International Relations. I am also a photographer on the side, and have work shown in national galleries and international magazines.
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