Top 5 World Problems

List of Problems:

1)    Global warming

2)    Terrorism

3)    Depletion of natural resources

4)    Animal cruelty/ endangerment of animals

5)    Overpopulation

List of Solutions:

1)    Educate the public

2)    Advocate for renewable energy

3)    Placing and enforcing laws against animal cruelty/ endangerment of animals

4)    Gun control

5)    More protection in the homeland of terrorist

Global warming is my most serious problem because the earth is where us humans live. In spite of everything that is going on the universe if we do not put in our effort to improve the earth then what are we going to be left with? The destruction of our natural resources came in second because we are not only managing to currently destroy our future generations from having an abundant and fruitful earth by depleting our natural resources faster than we are allowing them to replenish themselves. We might not see it now but in a few years, future generations would not have the privilege to know what the Amazon Forest looks like, or what an animal in its natural habitat looks like. I picked terrorism as my third one due to the fact I see it as a self-destruct mechanism that unfortunately we have had to face within past years. It only seems to be getting worse and worse, there is so much anger and ignorance that has made humans go against each other and reach this self-destruct era. As my fourth topic, I picked overpopulation; this goes hand in hand with destroying our natural resources, the more people on this earth means more waste, consumption and even more, destruction of land to create space. There are more and more humans brought into this world when we are already destroying it as a whole. Last but definitely not least, as an advocate for animals, animal rights came in fifth place. This problem is one that really touches home for me; not only as being an animal lover but trying to give them a voice is something I have always worked very hard towards. I believe every animal in this earth is here for a purpose and by killing them for peoples selfish reasons is something that really impacts me.

Lack of knowledge is essentially what causes people to make poor decisions or no decisions at all, no actions towards making a difference in the world. I believe that by educating the public the chances of us humans making a difference are so much higher. If we were all in the same page and educated ourselves and spread knowledge little by little the human race can make incredible changes. This solution is one that can be done by simply passing knowledge around and it is one that can resolve a lot of problems worldwide. A solution that I believe us humans can also fulfill is being in favor of renewable energy and doing small things such as using public transportation more often, turning off appliances when they are not in use and with today’s technology going paperless is now a lot easier and most convenient. Small things like these are all possible and they make such a big impact. Another solution that has already taken place in parts of the United States has been placing and enforcing laws on animal cruelty. This is something that has finally made headlines but not so much for other parts of the world, for example in Africa, people can still get $25,000 hunting licenses to bring down beautiful ENDANGERED animals for their own selfish “sport”. To be honest, I do not understand why it is still legal to hunt in Africa; there is no other solution to prevent this than to place laws against it. Gun control is a harder solution to achieve but not impossible. Americans have the right to carry a concealed weapon but over the past decades, it has gotten out of control to the point any criminal in the streets can get their hands on a gun without a problem, making our safety very vulnerable. By having tougher laws and more restrictions on the people that can purchase weapons we can slowly try to get this problem under control. My last solution is more challenging but also not impossible if we had the ability to protect the innocent lives in the homeland of terrorists we can prevent terrorist taking control of their own base, making them less powerful and less likely to spread fear to their own people. This is a solution that is very hard to go through but it is still possible and a route that we can take.