Essay_Silvia

Let’s imagine how the world will be in the next fifty years…how our life will change…Are we ready for the biggest challenge in man’s history? Could technology and environment fairly cohabit? Too many queries, too many problems to solve, we are living a decisive phase. We have to work hard in order to save our mother Earth, we can’t waste any more time because the nature doesn’t wait for us. The environment constantly rebel through disasters such as tsunami, hurricanes, earthquakes and climate change. This is the wake-up call for every nation that has to respect the international agreements like Kyoto Protocol, which has established specific environmental legislation. The countries that haven’t signed the Protocol ignore the dangerous effects caused by pollution. It is projected that by 2075 between 75 and 250 million people will be experiencing problems with water supply. Inter alia, changing snow and ice conditions will force many communities in the northern hemisphere  to change their traditional way of life.  In the Mediterranean area the eldest people may be at risk and there could be more frequent forest fires because of longer, hotter summers. Besides rising coastal temperatures could make outbreaks of cholera more widespread, ecologically-rich areas, including The Great Barrier Reef, will be significantly affected with many species at risk. We won’t have enough resources for a growing world population, for a huge energy demand to satisfy the modern needs produced from technology; this last will survive only if we find a real eco-friendly way of using, we have to totally change our lifestyle, to convert our economies, our transports. Therefore we need a green revolution to save our planet and to preserve coming  generations.