Save the Poor Arctic!
By: Charmaine
Five groups fighting climate change
There are five groups that are fighting climate change, they are 350.org, Sierra club, Greenpeace, Idle no more and Union of Concerned Scientists. They are all working to solve the issue for climate change and saving the Arctic. The five groups are also telling the government to Save the animals in the Arctic and save the Arctic.
Citizen groups
Citizen groups in this picture is saying that " If it's melted , it is RUINED! And they have the world on a ice-cream cone that the world is melting on it, and they use that to represent the Arctic is melting and we have to Act Now!
Solving
In this picture, they are asking the government for Climate justice and trying to tell the government that the Arctic need help.
Climate change problems
Fossil Fuels and pollution are the two of the main problem because the factory exhaust too many carbon dioxide and that damage the ozone layer.
The polar bears are in the Arctic, but all the ice melted. And that's what the citizen groups have to work on right now!
Climate Solutions: Citizens Climate Lobby Canada
Who's involved?
Bill McKibben was leading the environmental activist for many years, he started this in 1988. He even wrote a book called " The End Of Nature ", this book was published for a few years and it was the first book that was written for general people. Bill McKibben is working in the 350.org right now.
( Bill McKibben )
350.org
350.org is one the five groups that are fighting climate change and Bill McKibben is involved in the 350.org.350.org was partnered with few other local organization of the pipeline across North America, they are Bold Nebraska, Tar Sands Blockade, the Indigenous Environmental Network, Idle No More and theHip Hop Caucus.
How well are they doing?
The environmental organizations are still combating climate change, they face a lot of difficulties during their main projects and focus. But they still have to work much more to save the poor Arctic, like polluting, they have to stop polluting by developing curriculum materials for teachers!