Thirsk Friends
of the Earth
"TIME TO ANSWER NATURE'S SOS"
Another report has been released – this time from WWF – highlighting the huge scale on which we are damaging the natural world we depend on.
Wildlife populations are DOWN BY NEARLY 70% since 1970.
That’s staggering! Here’s the gloomy assessment of Tanya Steele, chief executive of WWF:
“We are wiping wildlife from the face of the planet, burning our forests, polluting and over-fishing our seas and destroying wild areas. We are wrecking our world – the one place we call home – risking our health, security and survival here on Earth.”
It’s depressing, but what can we do?
Well...
We can’t afford to just shrug our shoulders and turn away.
But,
We can get organised, we can:
Use our votes to elect representatives who want to turn this around,
Switch banks,
Shop ethically,
Fly less,
Eat less meat,
Join and support campaigning groups (like this one!),
Sign every environmental petition and letter going,
Write to our MPs and councillors,
And of course do everything we can to look after Nature on our doorstep!
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