EcoWarriorMe

Over the past couple of I weeks I've been asking new followers what they perceive as the biggest challenges we face. There has been a spread of topics reflecting the diverse range of interests in the environment including: Human stupidity/politics/corruption Pollution Water shortages Food shortages Floods & unpredictable weather Global Warming Population Methane Poor urban environments Thanks to all of you who contributed, posts are below in acknowledgement.  If you would like to add your thoughts on the biggest challenges faced by humanity and planet earth, the please either tweet me @EcoWarriorMe or comment below. In my opinion, there have been a couple of omissions so far: energy and poverty.  Are they too obvious, or not really that important? T rinityTrove_HR Global warming, landfill toxins, water shortages, and Congress. designal exable The biggest challenge is human stupidity. Man regularly makes horrible mistakes, from ...

Once the 4th largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has reduced to only 10% of its original size in under 50 years due to over abstraction of water in the rivers which feed the sea.  The world's newest desert, the Aralkum, has formed as a consequence, leaving fishing villages many miles from the coast and fishing boats stranded in the desert.  The once thriving fishing industry is gone, along with twenty out of twenty four indigenous species. Dust, sand and salt from the now exposed sea bed are stirred up by the wind, causing high levels of respiratory illness. The images paint a very powerful picture of the impact that we can have on nature. ARAL SEA from Romain A on Vimeo . The decision to abstract water for irrigation from the two principle rivers which feed the Aral Sea, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, was well intentioned - part of the Soviet era campaign to turn nature to mankind's use and to provide an opportunity to develop agriculture on an industr...