Questions from Colegio José Antonio Encinas

09. Looking back and thinking ahead

Asked by: Colegio José Antonio Encinas | Mbezi Beach Secondary School

a) Imagine it would be possible to turn back the clock a hundred years. What do you think we would do differently?

b) We are naturally not able to turn the clock back, but we can learn from the past. What kind of information does the past reveal?

a)things I would differently will include

-giving people education about climate change and environmental issues.

-encourage planting of trees

-make strong laws that will punish people that destruct the environment

-stop the cuting of trees for the purpose of getting charcoal and firewood

-encourage people to grow crops that are grought resistant

-stop people that are practicing monoculture and shifting cultivation

b)The past information reveal the following

-Climate change began about 100 years ago and since then the temperature has been increasing.

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