Humanity
Iam 195 - Notes on Global Citizenship
Global diplomacy is the future of traditional diplomacy and I believe that if everyone acts as a global diplomat we can advocate for forward thinking ideas like universal basic income and borderless systems that will truly protect citizens in all 195 countries with safe food to eat, safe water to drink, safe air to breathe and give people the right to work by choice and not by force.
John BowenPublished 3 years ago in EarthDo the Covid-19 restrictions placed on the UK population constitute a violation of basic civil liberties?
The containment of Covid-19 is proving to be one of the toughest challenges facing our generation. The outbreak has prompted the UK government to take urgent action and we've witnessed very stringent measures come in to place in the name of Public Health protection. The freedom to assemble, to congregate in places of worship and even to exercise free speech has been restricted. While UK restrictions may not look illiberal or authoritarian in comparison with other states such as Italy or China who have adopted more severe and intrusive measures, the fact remains that our individual rights, liberties and freedoms have been to some degree compromised, if not entirely suspended (for the time being). The validity of the statement in question depends on whether it can be shown that the State's response was disproportionate to the actual threat; constituting an abuse of its discretionary powers.
Kevin Loi-HengPublished 3 years ago in EarthSWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a wonderful campaign initiated by the Government of India in 2014 to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management towards making the country clean.
Nira KumariPublished 3 years ago in EarthHappiness contained in a little flower
Interesting to say - maybe to better understanding and identifying this beautiful flower, Calendula is also known as Marigold. For me, to be eating flowers u had to turn into a rabbit, big long ears and be hopping everywhere. Be soft and fluffy snd cute to anybody, specially kids.
Chacha JaramilloPublished 3 years ago in Earth10 South American Animals That Get A Bad Rap
South America is widely considered to house some of the most incredible and most dangerous wildlife on the planet. While the former is certainly true, the latter may be overstated somewhat, as we’ll promptly examine today. This, though, isn’t to say that being careful is wrong; wild animals will always pose a threat and some on this list have seriously injured or even killed people. What’s also true, however, is that their reputation is almost always worse than the reality and they’re not an imminent threat to constantly worry about, especially not when basic precautions are taken.
Eve
A barn wasn’t the ideal spot for giving birth, but Maggie’s water had already broken and contractions were setting in by the time she reached the homestead. It was early morning but already warm. Dust coated her legs; muddy rivulets appeared where fluid leaked with each step she took. She'd tied her sweatshirt loosely around midsection, above her bump. Her Impatiently, she shoved back a few sweaty strands of hair. She'd given the farmhouse only a passing glance before heading for the mammoth red barn beyond it. Something about ushering new life into the world right next to a corpse seemed wrong.
To The Shark
She’s insecure, she’s scared, too timid to go on. A figure shrouded in a dark halo of serene deep blue, the depths of the ocean contained in one loney aura. She can feel the weight of it, pushing and pulling like a seductive tide, rocking her to sleep, jolting her awake when its cold fingers claw its way into her throat. She wants to understand it, to control it, but its crushing pressure that has no physical mass is too complex, too wild to own.
Olivia GyuranPublished 3 years ago in EarthHunger
My perception blurs as the cold water flows around me. Eyes dead ahead, watching every movement with eager anticipation. Small fish bump into me, but I pay no attention to their tiny bodies. I can feel the burning need to fuel my body as my insides scream for food.
Mel E. FurnishPublished 3 years ago in EarthThe Children of Man Made Climate Change
"But how can you sanction bringing a little girl... a child full of hope and naive belief into a world... when that little girl grows to be a young woman and looks you in the eyes and says, ‘You knew all along, didn’t you?’ What do you say then?" These are the haunting words of Philip Ettinger's character Michael in Paul Schrader's unforgettable film First Reformed. The entire film, this scene, in particular, has stuck with me since I first viewed it in 2018. Climate Change wasn't a regular thought in my mind until 2015 - the year I graduated high school. I was eighteen years old entering community college with a good feeling about the future, being somewhat confident in our political institutions, and believing everything would work out in the end. I'm twenty-four now and none of these thoughts apply to me anymore. The future is seeming bleaker and bleaker with each passing day, my political opinions have only been pushed further from inaction, and I highly doubt the world will "work this out" before our end. This begs the question: Is it morally responsible to have children in an age of incoming catastrophe?
End of the World
We were the only survivors. There were 62 of us that survived. One minute the world was there above us, that is before the silence hit. I was working as a plasma scientist at the Homestake Mine in South Dakota. The mine is home to one of the largest underground xenon detectors in the world. The detector is literally buried a mile beneath the Earth in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The mine was built to study dark matter and hunt for particles that could help explain the “Big Bang” event that gave birth to our universe. The experiments we conduct are spearheaded by an 815-pound xenon detector primed for particle detection deep below the Earth.
JENNY A. TIBBETTSPublished 3 years ago in EarthLiving Heirloom
Our gentry neighborhood was a target for plunderers who were gathering anything that sparkles and shines. This group of wayward civilians terrorized city after city, bombing homes and lighting fire to everything in their path. Our subdivision had already been hit once before, but not destroyed like other neighborhoods in our city. We were able to live in our house, even though it sustained some damage to the roof, but it wouldn’t survive a second ambush.
Abandon
The planet below lay barren and desolate. The pictures I had studied so well showed a planet made of endless blue oceans and lush green forests, instead there was nothing. Red desert that seemed to act as a warning to all potential visitors.
Laura GallaherPublished 3 years ago in Earth