The Fatal Truth of Pollution
The global destruction is a daily problem that our planet faces. With industrial factories, cars, cities, and resource mining, our earth is taking a beating. Since the industrial revolution, greenhouse gases have affected our atmosphere's natural balance, trapping more heat into the planet. This is known as global warming. What some people do not realize, this affects us dramatically. Humans take Earth for granted and do not understand the outcome.
Ever since the industrial revolution, the planet has changed. In a negative way. Yes, the products produced are helpful and I will admit, I would be hopeless without out them. But I will not deny that the mining, construction, and industrial production is taking a toll on Earth. The picture below shows this toll with the use of colour. One on side there is a blast of colour. This colour shows the prosperity of our planet, the natural prosperity. There is lots of animals and plants. The earth itself is bright and clean. The ocean is not polluted and the land is clear. This colourful side shows the way the plant is post to be. Compared to the opposite side. It is dark, with shades of browns and blacks. The buildings represent the human impact. In place of trees and animals there is buildings. A ton of buildings. There is no sign of natural life. The planet itself is dark, appearing polluted. The ocean is black and the land is a dark green. The dark color represents the negative effect of human technology and in this context destroying the planet.
Humans mostly care about one thing and that's wealth. If you do not have money in today's society you are a nobody. This is one of the major problems humans face daily. How can i get more money? People view the planet as a gold mine. Literally. mining for gold, minerals, and oil. Also with the vast landscapes cities can be built. With cities jobs are created and money can be made. The attitude of the man displayed in this image shows that will for money. The man is hovered over the planet with his arms wrapped around it. He is encasing the planet, displaying his thought “this is mine.” He can do anything he wants with the planet no matter the outcome. This outcome happens to be the devastation of Earth. All the natural colours are dripping off. Just like how all our natural resources are disappearing. One of them the amazon rain forest. Lumber is a major industry. This industry brings in money. But it also causes pollution and extinction of many species. So, is man's greed for money way more important than the home we live on?
In the summer it is always nice to go to the beach on a hot day and relax in the water. But will this luxury be available for future generations? At the rate garbage is produced most likely not. Say you buy a 6 pack of pops for you and your friends, you drink them and throw the plastic holder and cans onto the ground. This garbage blows into the nearby river. Sure a couple pieces of garbage goes in, who cares? Now think of all 7 billion+ people doing this all day. Where does this garbage go? In our lakes,rivers, and oceans. Not only is this bad for marine life but it is only bad for us! This garbage will keep accumulating until it gets like the river shown in this image. The river itself is a symbol of what our future generation will have to deal with. Maybe our kids, maybe our grandkids, but this garbage is not going away. The garbage creates pollution in the water, kills off food sources. It also makes the water undrinkable. What will happen if there is no more drinkable water? What will this do for our future generations?
Does nature really matter? Do I even have to ask that question. But what would happen to us if all the nature disappeared? Well everything plays a toll in existence. Without predators there would be too many prey, without plants there would be no herbivores and etc. Everything is tied together in some way and that is what the image is showing. The image is drawn with lines connecting people with nature. The lines run through all of the trees and all the people. The lines are able to show that without nature we would die. Nature provides all the species with a suitable environment, food, and a chance for survival. But with the pollution and multiple industries our natural resources are disappearing. Which is a major problem and threatens our existence. So, without the tie to nature we would not be able to survive.
To conclude, Earth is not just an object that we can take advantage of. This is our only home and we need to protect what we have. We need to understand what is happening to our home and stop digging our own graves.
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I enjoyed reading your blog post. Although the same topic was done a few times, yours had the best and most thorough explanations of it's images. The use of multiple mediums and textual elements gave clear proof of the points you were trying to prove, as well as an informal style of writing that made the post seem less like a research report. The more factual addition to the third image made the issues seem more real. My only criticisms would be the similarity between the first and second images and the, in my opinion, overuse of rhetorical questions. This was definitely one of the more relaxed and opinionated pieces, but I think it took good form.
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