This week Fandango asks;
Do you think, given everything that is going on in the world, that children born these days will have a worse or better life than their parents? Why do you feel that way?
I don’t know if our children’s children will have a better life or worse but definitely a challenging one. Most important resource that is in danger is clean water and then the clean air. The coming generations will have to turn around this situation that is currently prevailing. They will have to find ways to preserve the earth’s atmosphere and stop the pollution so that they can have clean water and air.
The answer is simple enough but people need the will to break free from the stranglehold of big money to implement it. Give up fossil fuel and turn to renewable energy.
The rest of the situations are ever changing and every generation has had its challenges. The socioeconomic and political scenarios are changing every decade of so and to the previous generation it seems like the end of the world, only to see the world rightening itself.
But if we don’t save our environment, the situation will be very dire indeed.
Written for FPQ # 160, hosted by Fandango
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Far worse!
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Hopefully not.
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love this Sadje…
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“The socioeconomic and political scenarios are changing every decade of so and to the previous generation it seems like the end of the world, only to see the world rightening itself.”
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It’s a hope that I am not willing to give up! Thanks
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👏👏👏I’m with you!
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There is a silver lining. Our children are extremely adaptive. There will always be pulls of destruction and creation. Throughout human history they have been there. Yet here we are, living a lives and they haven’t been that bad.
So our kids will live theirs and their kids will live theirs.
We don’t need to worry. But yes, we need to resist the destructive forces as much as possible. Human and natural.
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Well said Shashi! Human beings have found ways to survive through tough situations before
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It’s sad and scary how our Earth is being destroyed 😦
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It is very sad! If only we realized we can fix these problems.
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All your points are very reasonable. I have to agree
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Thanks a lot Christine ❤️
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The answer is simple, but money gets in the way of solving problems, as the people controlling the oil have enough influence to make the laws, so nothing ever gets resolved.
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I totally agree with you Jim! If it weren’t for the big oil, our planet can be saved.
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Sadje a thoughtful reply! Your words about the earth’s health for future generations reminded me of those often quoted words by Helen Caldicott:
We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrowed it from our descendants”
We are not
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Very true Suzette. It’s in trust for our next generation.
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Yes! A very important trust indeed.
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Very true.
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Such a wonderful thought. I feel they will have their share of situations to deal with greater than the ones at their birth, situations of both medium and extreme happiness and suffering just like the rest. How they overcome them will individually determine their personality. We can’t generalize.
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Very true Lamittan. We can hope and pray that they find ways to deal with these issues more wisely than we did.
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Yes, we hope and pray they do. 🙏
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Indeed.
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I’m hopeful about it. 😁💡
Recently, I watched the “Ek thi Nigar”, which is a biopic of Nigar Johar, General surgeon (Pakistan army).
Her journey starts from 1980 and she become General surgeon in 2020. The timeline after 2000 was relatable.
This movie has been created and characterised so passionately. I enjoyed it. (Such stories make me hopeful.)
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I too am hopeful my friend. I’ve heard of the movie, and when I find time, I’ll watch it, thanks. Stay hopeful Lokesh. We are relying on your generation.
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Correction: “Aik Hai Nigar”
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I’ve heard this name. Thanks
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You’re right. If we don’t take definitive steps to save our environment — and our planet — our children and, especially our grandchildren, won’t have much of a future.
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That’s true Fandango. I don’t think this/ our current generation has it in them to take the steps needed to stop the destruction of our environment. It will be up to our children to do so.
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I feel better in some ways but worse in others. Like my son will never know the joy of living technology free as a kid. But on the other hand, technology like household items makes things easier. But the rise in anxiety is quite alarming. I also do hope changes are made to sustain the environment for the next generation. There is always hope.
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Yes, technology is double edged weapon. It improves life and creates problems too. I too have hope.
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Overall I feel hopeful about their ability to change the environment. Technology will allow them to connect and work with other like minded people. Together they can and will fix our environment.
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That’s my hope too. Thanks
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wise sentiments … without these natural resources life will be very tough!
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Thanks Kate. There are many alternatives for energy! And cheaper too.
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absolutely but we are leaving the water and air pollution a bit late …
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The initial lockdowns proved that it doesn’t take long for the air to recover if we stop polluting it. I hope that we wake up to the seriousness of our situation before we are jolted with a calamitous event.
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well I count the severe floods here as a calamitous event … 2,800 homes destroyed and another 5,000+ severely damaged! How do you house that many families when we already had a housing shortage 😦
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It is and the people running the governments need to sit down and think. So sorry for the loss in the floods.
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guess we would prefer it if they got off their rear ends and acted Sadje … many would have drowned if locals hadn’t saved them. We’ve had disaster planning since the seventies yet fifties years on it still takes the govt a week to get involved 😦
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That is very disturbing Kate. No matter where such disasters happen, we look to the administration for help.
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ten days to swing into action here … we can never trust them again! And with volunteers running the rescues and aftermath there is little coordination …
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To bad! It’s their job to provide help and relief.
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fifty years of disaster planning and they’ve gone backwards …
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How unfortunate
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Yes, climate change is the big issue now…almost anything else is a distraction…except for reducing the possibility of nuclear war 👍👍
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I don’t think there will be a nuclear war. An empty threat to keep the west in check.
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Of course, we’ll be fine 👍👍
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no worries 🤗
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The future we won’t see is a concern because we care about those who will be a part of it.
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Very true Patricia. But I believe that when the time comes, people will rise up to the challenge.
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No, its not children who will face worse future, but parents face
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I hope not.
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Completely and wholeheartedly agree. Wonderful post, Sadje .
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Many thanks Jeff.
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You’re welcome, Sadje. It’s always my pleasure.
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I keep praying for a great miracle to wake humans up from their course towards annihilation.
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I think it’s going to a calamity that will wake them up because nothing short of disaster moves us to take action.
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I completely agree with you, Sadje. Environmental pollution and global warming really needs to be controlled for the betterment of the next generation.
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Exactly right Shruthi. I hope that we do it before it’s too late
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I agree. We have to do something now.
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We have to. Thanks
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worse cos we know too much too soon
tmi oh me oh my
and what can be done
misinformation
and blatant lies
good luck kidz
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We can wish them good luck because we have not done much to help them
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even neil peart penned wish them well. pfft.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Sadly, I think it will leave them worse off in so many ways – socially, emotionally and financially too. Oh, Morally too!
Sad!
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It is sad that people in charge don’t care what we are leaving behind.
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Amen to that My Dear!!! 😊💕🌹
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As a mother, I think I will always worry about my children’s future regardless of the current state of our world. It may or may not be a good future as I can’t predict it. Hopefully, solutions for all those issues weighing us down now will be resolved for a brighter future for them, but sadly, I’m not as convinced we are that evolved. Interestingly, my oldest son is more optimistic than I am. So, maybe he has a crystal ball? 😉
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I hope that too Susi. Perhaps our children or grandchildren will do what we could not; put the welfare of people and planet over the money.
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I sure hope so!
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It does seem to be headed for a bleak future… lets hope enough people step up to do something about it.
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I sincerely hope so.
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