The reason I posted this blog is because on Thursday in Biology we watched this video clip. It made me really think about a lot. These poor children have to walk through water every day to do anything, go to school, go to work, or just to have "fun" with their friends. My biology teacher gave us a worksheet to fill out while we watched this video and she wanted us to find 5 examples of innovative responses that people are trying to do to help the people in Bangladesh adapt to the climate change.
In Bangladesh they are trying to do a lot to help the people of this country but to me it’s not enough. A couple things that stuck out to me were the climate shelters they are building for the families. The climate shelters are basically floating houses for the people of Bangladesh. There are obviously not enough for everyone though so it’s sad to think about the people who don’t get a chance to save their families by living in a climate shelter. One aspect that I thought was great was the cell phones. The people of Bangladesh are sending text messages to Georgia Tech and getting a forecast result from the school, which is awesome so they can kind of know ahead of time about rain or cyclones that are approaching. When they get the text message or warning they can then put of flags and raise them up on a pole so the people can see and try and prepare for what is to come. The best response I think is the floating schools. Students that were not able to go to school before are not able to go to school on a floating shelter. They also can learn to use a computer and help them become more educated for the future. Something that really stuck out to me was the environmental scientist stating that if the sea level rises 1 meter (3 feet) 20% of the land will disappear and there will be about 35 million climate refugees. People in Massachusetts flip out if they have an inch of water in there basement I would love to show this clip to someone like that and show them 3 feet or a house that is completely under what and then see what they have to say.
In class we talk about people losing houses or other things. The people in this country lose everything to a climate change that we could be helping them by doing very small things like unplugging our phone chargers when we are not using them. They are on the “frontline” of this climate change but soon enough it will be us.
So I challenge all of you to think about your house being under water and what you can do to help them and yourself.
This article is very sad, but I really enjoyed reading it. It is sad that these people are losing there houses to changes that we could be helping with. The whole thing about unplugging our phone chargers is so true. I know I leave mine in all the time because it is convenient for me, but these people are losing their homes which is not convenient for them. After reading this I am going to start unplugging all of my electronics that are not being used. The other part that I liked was the part where Katelyn talked about people in MA getting 1 inch of water in their homes and freaking out about it. We do not realize how lucky we are to only get 1 inch of water, it could be a lot worse.
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