Australian Wildfires

As some of you might know already, the environment is warming up due to the greenhouse gasses we are producing. This leads to many wildfires.

Wildfires are natural and can do good to the environment as they burn old crops that fell to the ground, giving way to new ones. The ash they create also makes the soil healthier. The problem is that too many wildfires are created making it impossible for the rain to put them out.

These wildfires spread and burn everything. Animals, people, houses, plants all burn down. Not to mention the amount of carbon dioxide it produces which is bad for the environment.

This is happening in Australia now, killing the wonderful wildlife that lives there, as well as the people. An estimate of 480 million koalas have died already (this number might have risen due to the date this was written on). This is an extreme number already, but this is only the Koalas. Many other animals have died or suffered severe injuries.

What can we do to help? Of course. People always want or ask to help. And by help, people think of big things. But on the contrary, all you have to do is the stuff everybody always tells you to do: save the environment. You might think that it is annoying that everyone always asks you to do this, but now there is something bad that is going on that needs stopping. You need to act now if you haven’t acted before. And it’s the little things that matter, like turning off the lights when you don’t need them, turning off the tap as soon as possible- when you are washing your teeth don’t run the tap, walking or using public transport when possible.

I know you have heard these rules many times before, but have you actually done something? People will keep repeating this unless we do something. And why you? Because everyone else will ask the same question. Why me? Well if you do it, and so does everyone else who asked this question, then from these small acts something big can be done. It is not even an inconvenience, just a little extra act that needs to be done, or just for you to pay attention a little more.

Well now do you understand how little it takes to achieve something great or stop something terrible from happening? Well I hope so. There is also one more thing that can be done. The things I listed before are things to be done in general, but if you want to do something extra, then you can donate to charities that help save animals or plant trees in Australia. There is one particular website that has a range of choices for donating: https://www.savethekoala.com