The global water crisis is one of the clearest displays of an environmental justice issue. While doing our research most issues had a trend pertaining to the lack of response from the people intended to manage it, city or state government. Specifically, in Flint’s water crisis, it was said that the city had to repeatedly be taken to court to progress a few steps further each time even after 18 months of being ignored.
Before doing extensive research on the global water crisis, I found to my surprise a lot of people don’t have safe drinking water in many countries. I always knew Mexico had unsafe tap water, if you aren’t native to Mexico drinking tap water is a danger to your body. Native Mexicans are able to drink this tap water without being affected because their body built immunity to the bacteria in the water. Learning that Mexico is suffering a drought left me to wonder what would they do when there’s no water in a couple of years? how does the government plan to fix this? The government has a plan to create ” artificial rain ” to increase rainfall but this has effects on the biosphere and increases ocean acidification so is it really a solution? With that being said I believe that yes, the global water crisis is an environmental justice issue. I can argue this because low-income countries and people don’t have access to safe drinking water and it’s a human necessity. The government of these countries isn’t doing enough to ensure these people have water. We only heard about this issue in poor countries and neighborhoods, the rich never have to worry about unsafe water or having water period. Change is needed and, it starts with us. we are the change.
Before researching more about the water crisis in Mexico, I didn’t even know the government took action in doing things such as creating “artificial rain” I did’t know that was possible and I found that interesting. I also found it interesting that there are so many different water crisis around the world that aren’t being addressed and are worsening. With water being such an essential, I think these water crisis’ needs to be taken more seriously. I do believe the global water crisis is an environmental justice issue because the definition of environmental justice is the fair treatment of all people despite race, income, origin and the enforcement of environmental laws. I think These water crisis’ are being overlooked in certain minority groups and there needs to be actions taken that’ll prevent these countries from having to deal with such a problem such as not having clean or even enough water. There need to be laws put in place to protect and support those that have been dealing with water crisis for more than a certain amount of time, if any time at all.
After researching the global crisis Kenya has faced my stance on global water crisis’ relationship with environmental justice has been reaffirmed. Water is an absolute necessity that is required to live. We as humans have the power to solve these water crises. I fully believe that the only reason why we don’t is that people don’t want to invest so much time effort and money into these things instead of their own societies. There are many instances of us in fact actually adding or creating these water crises for profit on numerous occasions. I have hope however and learning about how the people in Kenya work to overcome their situation lets me know there aren’t situations like this unfixable.
Yemen's water dilemma is an issue of environmental justice because Yemenis are poor. Water usage by residents is not regulated by the Yemeni government. The administration has been unable to appreciate the magnitude of the crisis' impact on Yemen's people due to weakness and corruption. The Yemeni government has done nothing to enhance access to safe drinking water.Civil unrest has erupted as a result of the government's failure to meet residents' basic needs, such as food and water. People in Yemen have been suffering from a lack of water due to the rising cost of water tanks. Their scarcity of water is exacerbated by resource depletion, coupled with climate change and conflict. Climate change is also a factor in the current water issue. Moreover, climate change impacts have become more visible in Yemen, placing additional strains on water security. Estimates of future rainfall variability show that drought periods are likely to increase. Similarly, it is expected that a high rise in temperatures could lead to higher evapotranspiration rates. Yemenis are confronting the severe effects of climate change in addition to the ongoing conflict, the COVID-19 issue, and economic collapse. Extreme weather, particularly flooding, has claimed lives, wrecked property, and harmed people's livelihoods in recent months. Because poor countries with unstable, corrupt governments are less likely to have regulations governing access to clean drinking water, global water crises are an environmental justice issue everywhere.
1. How do the earth systems affect each other? Earth systems affect each other because they are closley together, and since they all have their own roles. 2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters? An understanding of enviormental science can help in handling natural disasters because learning about Natural disatsters and the role they play on Earth, surrounds the topic of Enviormental science. When discussing and understanding natural disasters, you understand that Natural disasters are apart of Earth's surface, they are caused and/or triggered by enviormental factors. 3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future? The efforts we can make to create a sustainable future could be playing our part, as we are a product of this Enviorment. Efforts such as picking up trash, recycling, no littering, and etc.
The atmosphere takes rainwater to the hydrosphere. The geosphere helps by giving the atmosphere heat and energy. The geosphere reflects sunlight into the atmosphere. The biosphere gets gases, heat, and sunlight from the atmosphere. Having knowledge of environmental science helps you better understand the effects and causes of natural disasters. Many things become affected after these events, it is helpful to have an understanding of things to help recover better. There are many things we can do to create a more sustainable future. Firstly cutting down on fossil fuel emissions and make the planet greener.
1. How do the earth systems affect each other? An example of earth systems interacting with each other is how tsunamis are formed. Some tsunamis are formed in the middle of the when tectonic plates shirt or move causing the water to create waves this is the geosphere and the Hydrosphere interacting. 2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters? Knowing and being aware of the environment can help you prepare for natural disasters. For example, shelters were made as something to prepare for a tornado 3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future? Figure out a way to cool the earth's surface to slow down global warming.
Earth's systems are all necessary so one another could thrive. Without the atmosphere, a biosphere of humans and plants wouldn't be able to survive, or the hydrosphere wouldn't exist. An understanding of environmental science will further improve how humanity or factors from other spheres impact one another. Efforts we can use to push towards a sustainable future would first be lessening our use of fossil and unrenewable fuels. From there, we can then make the move to fully renewable energies.
