Climate Change: A Human-Made Crisis

There is a fundamental difference between nature and man. Nature has no hidden agenda!

But, what about the human? There is an obvious or secret agenda behind every move. Moreover, he has heavy manipulation skills. Instead of making rational and rational decisions based on facts, the brain was developed by evolution. It does everything necessary for an indifferent life. The brain leads to completely opposite behavior and thought patterns.

The defense mechanisms are so good that the phenomenon of reality can be completely ignored. Political, economic, and ideological factors come into play. Sociological norms and patterns also contribute. These complicate the work even more as different layers.

Nature is not like that. Consistent and clear. Not open to manipulation. Or very heavy interventions are involved. These are changes that will not be played with the technique of harmony. They do not indulge in endless consumption and all that can be played…

Today, the disasters we experience on earth are many. Fires, floods, droughts, and unprecedented storms occur due to the imbalance between nature and humans. This balance has shifted in favor of humans in a very distorted way.

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Climate change, which we push ahead easily as the cause of every disaster, is not responsible for this disturbed balance.

Climate change is not a crisis created by nature. On the contrary, it is a very severe crisis created by man. Its consequences cannot be fully predicted even today. And it’s not our 4.5 billion-year-old world that will be hit hard, it’s humanity itself.

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Human has learned to live in a balanced way with nature over the centuries. However, with the industrial revolution, this relationship became an endless source to satisfy the insatiable hunger of consumption. The balanced relationship was shaken to its foundations.

Nature has a sharp power of adaptation. It could not recover from the damage inflicted by this brutality in such a short time. As a result, it became unable to balance itself. And so, this unique balance and harmony that had been going on for thousands of years was broken. Nature has shifted from being clear and consistent to giving more obscure responses. This was demonstrated by unprecedented temperatures, fires, floods and droughts.

Human, who is not a rational creature, still finds it difficult to understand and accept these issues today. Despite all the scientific facts, a high number of people think that climate change is not true. Of course, especially the fossil fuel industry, some governments and interest groups are involved. They are making billions of dollars through lobbying and greenwashing to turn this issue into a mess.

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The calls made by scientists do not mobilize people. The slogans of ‘our world is dying’ do not help to raise awareness. Seeing poor polar bears on melting glaciers does not help either. Instead, these messages cause people to reject the issue completely.

However, there are now, unfortunately, so many real examples that affect us deeply. Animal breeders faced a fire that was as big as before. They could not even find food in their living quarters. Fishermen could not hunt due to mucilage. Families could not swim. Farmers could not get crops due to drought. Others lost everything due to floods. …

Connecting all these disasters to the climate crisis is neither the right nor the moral approach. It reveals the culprit without taking any responsibility. The reason for these is primarily human-induced. Unconsciousness, carelessness, and greed are at the top of these causes. Climate change is a result of them.

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It originates from humans and the solution is in humans. Of course, states, policy makers, large institutions, and organizations must take sincere measures. These actions should be constructive and transformative regarding these issues. But let’s not forget that there are many things we can do individually as well.

The bigger the problem, the more difficult it seems to solve. As a result, we are more likely to do nothing rather than do something. However, as Adrienne Maree Brown said: “Small is good, small is everything. First, we must believe that our individual participation is valuable.”

We can all do something in the fight against climate change, deforestation, global warming, plastic pollution. Small actions have big results.

Follow reputable sources; learn, increase your knowledge and awareness. Start transforming your daily practices into eco-living and conscious consumption. And spread this around you.

Remember: ‘Small is good. Small is everything.’

So, #ActNow