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World Environment Day
Initiated in 1974 by the United Nations, World Environment Day is a global call to action. As we know, the earth has been severely impacted by humanity and while some progress has been made to slow the threat of climate change, it is important to renew these efforts wherever possible. On Saturday June 5, World Environment Day will be recognised once again.
And with this recognition comes responsibility. We are responsible for not only our lives but for the lives of future generations. At Craft Crate, we want our children to have the opportunity to appreciate earth’s beauty; its greenery; its wildlife; its oceans.
But over the past 50 years, the average temperature of the planet has risen a whole degree.
Our carbon pollution is steadily increasing and now sits dangerously close to the point of no return.
Scientists indicate that if our current emissions trajectory does not change, by 2030, the pollution we emit will have irreversible consequences.
Polar Bears are expected to go extinct in the next 60-80 years.
Tigers, in the next 30.
And rhinos-
By 2030, just 9 years from today, even if we manage to reduce our carbon footprint, they will already be gone.
In Australia, we are already seeing this kind of mass extinction firsthand.
The Great Barrier Reef has undergone severe coral bleaching and will never recover.
The horrific state-wide bushfires in 2020, followed by the devastating floods were labelled a once-in-a-generation weather event. But terrible scenes like this are likely to leave their mark again in a much nearer future.
But it does not have to be this way.
As OOSH/OSHC leaders, we can help change these predictions.
It starts in our centres.
Through education and through play, we can help our children understand our current impact on the environment, and what we can do to change it.
Our children are the future.
What sort of world do you want them to live in?
This World Environment Day, Craft Crate urges you to speak to your OOSH/OSHC children and educate them. Motivate them. Inspire them.
For ways to initiate change, see our blog on Earth Day and how to be sustainable in your centre:
https://www.craftcrate.com.au/blogs/craft-crate-blog/sustainability-5-tips-for-your-oosh-oshc-centre
For more information on our current impact on the environment and ways you can help outside the centre see:
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/
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