3. How do you change it all?
We can help the third world countries by buying fair trade products such as bananas and chocolate, also by buying ethically sourced clothes and products and by putting pressure on businesses which are discovered to be using cheap labour, such as the pressure put on Primark after undercover filming in sweat shops using child labour.
We can also help by changing lifestyle and diet choices, for example by becoming a vegetarian. This means less land would be used. About 2500 sq m of land will provide enough carbohydrates, from a variety of different staple crops, for one person per year.
Compare this with meat eaters who eat 11,000 animals in their lifetime each requiring vast amounts of land, fuel and water to reach the plate.
By targeting aid through reputable charities such as Oxfam, the British Red Cross and Action Aid hopefully the money will really get to the people who need it, helping them to help themselves. All countries should feed their own people with locally produced food, only exporting any surplus.
We should all try to live in an environmentally friendly and less wasteful way, we can do this by recycling products such as cardboard, paper, plastic, tin, glass, clothing, furniture and anything we no longer need which could be useful to others. Reducing CO2 emissions is everyone�s responsibility, only using cars for essential journeys, car sharing, use of public transport where possible, limiting air travel and making our homes as environmentally sound as possible, for example by using insulation and low energy light bulbs. Using household appliances which use the least electricity, water etc.
Governments should invest more in renewable energy such as wind and water power.
�How am I going to live today in order to create the world I wish to see tomorrow?�
I am going to live today in order to create the world I wish to see tomorrow by appreciating the very good life that I have and by not wasting any of the precious resources which are available to me.
I intend to not waste electricity by turning off the television, computer and other electrical appliances when not in use, not leaving things on standby, planning meals with the family so that we only put the oven on once and only filling the kettle as full as needed so I�m not wasting water and electricity.
I intend to not waste water by taking showers rather than baths, turning taps off when brushing teeth, using water butts to collect rain water and using bath water to flush toilets and water plants.
I intend to use less CO2 emissions by using public transport, cycling and walking where possible, not cooking too much food, only enough to eat,
using up any leftovers rather than throwing food away, and buying fairtrade or locally produced produce in season.
I am a vegetarian so I will continue to eat vegetarian food. I will also encourage my family to eat vegetarian food at least twice a week.
I will take unwanted items into charity shops so they can be recycled rather than thrown away, this will help to raise money for the charities and for people to buy good quality clothing at a cheap price; I can also buy things from charity shops, and by giving to charity for example giving money to a charity street collector. I will also help charity by buying cards for example Christmas cards from Oxfam. Buying ethical gifts such as a goat for a tribe in Africa, and paying towards a child�s education abroad.
I will also recycle cardboard, paper, plastic, tin, glass, clothing and furniture that I no longer need which could be useful to others.
I also hope to become more knowledgeable about politics so I can vote and vote for the people who will really help the world.
I also hope to watch the news more regularly to keep me up to date with what is happening in the world around me.
I hope that everyone will do their best for charities and in turn the world to make the world a better place to live in for future generations.
We have all got to play a part but if we all work together perhaps we can make a difference.