Questions from Mbezi Beach Secondary School

03. The topic of climate change arouses a number of strong emotions in people.

Asked by: Mbezi Beach Secondary School | Kantonsschule Alpenquai

a) Write down your emotional feelings for the words “anger, responsibility, hope and indifference” in connection with the topic of climate change.

 

b) Which kind of emotion do you feel most strongly in connection with the topic of climate change? (This does not have to be one of the four mentioned above). Explain the reasons why.

 

a) I think there is a lot of anger because of the climate change, there are a lot of people who are actually trying to do something against, but too many people just ignore everything and keep on living like they did before..but still we have hope, and i think everyone has this hope, because each one of us could do (even if it was a little thing) to help the world because of the climate change. some people feel indifference in front of this change, just because they don't "feel" it right now, but still we know that it will arrive us all. I personally feel hope very strong, because if everyone tries to help, it will get better, this i am sure of! Sophie

 

b)What do you think about climate change? - Very bad, because Antarctica will melt.

- We’ll see terrible things in the news - We gotta do something against it - It’s a big menace - I don’t give a fuck (julia steiner) - The deseases related to it make me sad - I like to be tanned (julia steiner) - I don’t care (lea mathis) - I’m oblivious of the clima change - It’s important - We could do so much with alternative ideas

 

c) What will be the consequences for Switzerland? - We’ll sweat more. - There will be more immigrants - We’ll be flooded - It’s great, because we’ll have better weather - The glaciers will melt - Switzerland won’t have much trouble because of the clima change, but the poor countries will.

I think there is a lot of anger concerning climate change, there are a lot of people who are actually trying to do something against it, but too many people just ignore everything and keep on living like they did before..but still we have hope, and i think everyone has this hope, because each one of us could do something (even if it was a little thing) to help the world. some people feel indifference in front of this change, just because they don't "feel" it...Sophie Erni

 

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