maybe we should spend less time on the streets with posters written “Save the Amazon” urging world leaders and governments to barn logging and illegal mining in the forest because sweetheart, you and I both know that these people have always ignored us in the past and will continue to do so no matter how many times or how loud we sing the climate crisis song.
Climate change, wildlife conservation, climate justice, global warming, environmental conservation, carbon footprint….the list goes on.
lets face it, these things are as boring as they sound, complicated and controversial as they look. and for people like my grandmother in the village, the English is just too deep to understand.
don’t get me twisted, i am a passionate conservationist but am sure you all agree with me that conservation or climate change is not the sexiest words people want to hear in the middle of a conversation about a football match in which Lionel Messi scored real Madrid within the first 10 minutes of the match. or during a girls’ talk about who is the most beautiful and richest Kardashian.
Forget Real Madrid, the point I am trying to make here is that conservation education or climate change awareness is not a walk in a beautiful and green park but again it is also not a volcanic mountain to climb.
And the good news is that conserving wildlife, ecosystems, the environment and restoring our planet back to its garden of Eden form is possible.however, each and everyone of us has a role to play as our climate activists are always reminding us.
but the questions that keep recurring are “what exactly is conservation? what on earth is climate change? let alone climate justice🤷♀️Carbon footprint..really?? do you mean to tell me that that carbon dioxide has escaped from the atmosphere and is now walking the face of the earth as it leaves its footprints behind?
“oh and this global warming you keep singing about is nothing but a conspiracy. I mean, first you told us that the sun is a ball of fire and now that heat from this fire is warming the earth, you want to falsely accuse us of causing global warming when clearly it is a result of the radiation from the sun”
this is an open letter to earth scientists, climate activists and advocates, conservationists and all guardians of the earth..
first of all, no amount of words will ever be enough to thank you all for the work you are doing. I am personally amazed and inspired by the energy and enthusiasm of young people across the globe taking action to combat climate change and protesting for our planet.it simply shows that there is still hope to regain our green oasis. we appreciate you all and encourage you to keep up with the good work.
to my fellow activists and advocates,
it is my prayer that we don’t get caught up in the protests with all the attention we are receiving globally and forget about why we started this fight in the first place- to protect, conserve and restore our planet, with or without world leaders.
in our fight, let us therefore remember to be inclusive and engage all the parties affected by this crisis. this includes each and every human being on earth, from the isolated village in the deep ends of the amazon rainforest, to the Masai village in Kenya. what I mean is that maybe we should spend less time on the streets with posters written “Save the Amazon” urging world leaders and governments to barn logging and illegal mining in the forest because sweetheart, you and I both know that these people have always ignored us in the past and will continue to do so no matter how many times or how loud we sing the climate crisis song. but what they don’t know is that change is coming whether they like it or not.
so, why not shift this energy that we have on the streets for unresponsive leaders to rather engage with our own communities and amplify the voices and abilities of young people that will join us in the fight because the truth is that we can’t do this on our own. the crisis is so detrimental to a point that not even science can retrieve it on its own.
I am sorry to disappoint you but protesting and striking will not bring back the trees we have lost and continue to lose while we are on the street… I know I do it too but i am just reminding us that striking is not the solution to our problem. what we need right now is what we call ‘ubuntu’, a word that originates from the beautiful continent of Africa that means and I quote “the quality of being human.” … To the observer, ubuntu can be seen and felt in the spirit of willing participation, unquestioning cooperation, warmth, openness, and personal dignity. in other words we define ubuntu as “I am because you are” as it encourages unity and cooperation.
Ubuntu is calling us to unite as a globe and take serious and immediate action out of the love we have for one another and for our planet. forget about world leaders, they will only care the day their own state or white house catches fire or is washed away by a cyclone.
I am therefore encouraging you all to keep the fire burning, however let us dedicate more time to empowering and sensitizing our own people who in one way or another are living in the aftermath and causing climate change but still ignorant of what climate justice or global warming is. educate them in ways and words they can understand because at the end of the day, it will take a farmer whose livelihood depends on cutting down trees to burn as fertilizer for a good harvest to end deforestation in Zambia once he is educated.
Yes our house is still on fire and we refuse to be silenced !
Voices of the Wild 