On Monday, October 5th, I went to a viewing of a movie called “2040” by the environmental classes. The movie was about climate change and other issues in today’s society, and it brought up multiple solutions on how we can fix up our world. After the film, there was a discussion panel section, where we were able to talk through some of the solutions and/or what we found interesting during the movie. I learned a lot about how I can even be a huge part in reducing climate change and restoring the world.

The main solution they brought up was about educating women in girls in society because providing them with job opportunities and a good education. This will give them a better quality of life and have such a huge impact on our environment, society, and economy. It’s also a win/win because as we are fighting climate change, we are also educating women and girls. 

I’ll mention a few other solutions they provided. First ride sharing and electric cars. Rideshare would take a ton of cars off the roads and therefore reduce emissions. There will be more parking spots available. With electric cars, obviously, they don’t have emissions so this is a key shift we are moving towards. Second there is regenerative farming, which is what we need to shift back to. This is when the plants absorb the CO2 from the atmosphere and they use it to make simple sugars which is their food. The rest they store in the soil, which enriches it first of all, and second of all it takes CO2 from the atmosphere. The third solution I want to talk about is the use of seaweed and how key it is. Seaweed absorbs a ton of CO2 from the atmosphere which is great for restoring the alkaline imbalance which has been destroying marine ecosystems. 

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