Impacts of the Human Species and Factors of the Agricultural Revolution & Agrarian Empires6/16/2020 The UN Development Goal my group has chosen to study is Climate Action. Climate Action refers to taking action to fight the effects of climate change, a global issue that has become very serious more recently. But climate change has been around for decades and was one of the factors that led to the Agricultural Revolution and the issue of poverty. I feel that poverty was influenced by humans and factors we have played a role in throughout history. These include collective learning, agriculture, and agrarian societies. Collective learning is what allowed us to build communities centered around agriculture. But we became too dependent on the success of those communities, costing the lives of many. This then created poverty as poorer people were the ones working in the agricultural industry. In addition, these factors connect to me because Hawaiʻi was a once flourishing agrarian society. Our lands were filled with sugarcane plantations, worked by immigrants from Japan, China, the Philippines, and more. Some of those plantation workers include many of my own kūpuna. Therefore, if agriculture was never apart of Hawaiʻi’s economy, I might not be here today. Also, if it were not for collective learning and the innovation of humans in the past, many of the inventions and advanced technologies we use today may have never existed. It is only because of the collective learning of those people that we have been able to advance to the modern society we have now. The issue of climate change connects to me because Hawaiʻi, like many other countries across the world, is experiencing the effects of warmer temperatures. Many people from Hawaiʻi, including myself, enjoy going to the beach. However, our beaches and oceans are being devastated by climate change. Therefore, if we do not address this issue now, who knows what our beaches will look like in 10 to 20 years. Climate change is also affecting our Native Hawaiian plants and animals by harming their homes and natural resources. Furthermore, I feel that it is of utmost importance that we address this issue and work alongside local non-profit organizations, such as Healthy Climate Communities. I feel that it is so neat what this organization is doing to fight climate change because their little action of planting more trees is having a huge impact on our environment. They are even teaching elementary students about this issue so that they will be able to make a difference in their communities. It is only a matter of time before this issue becomes worse, so it is necessary that we take action now. Grassly, E. (n.d.). 6.2.3-CCBH-Why-Human-Evolution-Matters.mp4. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from drive.google.com website: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12u4N0GU2OGTqlz8a6v709kPweYJ8PgEi/view
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