It’s time for a new leader: you
The earth has been our home for millions of years. It is also every animal’s, plants and trees home. The earth provides us with clean air, clean water, soil to grow food in, good weather and a nice climate and it is our responsibility to keep it this way. But we are ignoring this responsibility because of our greed. We are doing everything we can to get more and more money even if it means harming the earth. And the result of that is the waters are polluted, the air is not always clean, the weather is worse and the climate is heating up.
We now have climate change and the earth will soon become uninhabitable, and still people ignore this because they want more money. We can get rid of climate change if we work together, we can do it but we really need someone to take charge, we need a leader. But we do not need to wait for this leader, in fact we cannot wait for this leader. We do not have the time for that. So we must all become leaders, we must take action whether it is in our local community or our county, city, town or country. We must fight for a clean earth so that it can stay our home.
Video: In a landmark display of unity and determination, thousands of young people led a day of climate action across the North Bay on Friday. The climate strike was just one of thousands of similar protests happening globally, all demanding action on the issue of climate change.
To be a leader you do not need to be perfect, it does not matter where you are from, what your gender is. All that matters is that you act. Raising awareness, cleaning up trash, finding sustainable ways to live, cleaning up the oceans and so much more. All this needs to be done and we can do it. We can band together and do this. We can organize protests,we can create groups to clean up the trash from the land and ocean, we can do it all. The choice is ours whether we fix this or not. We must all become leaders because the earth is not just where we live, it is our home.
My name is Raja Abastado and I live in Sonoma county. I am an 8th grader at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm. I wrote this because we are in a dire situation with climate change and we need people to take action and fight for a clean, free earth.
For inspiration:
Youth Climate Strike: North Bay Photo album
Hundreds of young activists joined an inspiring Youth Climate Strike in Santa Rosa, to demand action on climate change.
