Reflection

“It is estimated that it takes only a three-feet rise in sea levels to displace over 100 million people living in coastal regions.” I remember myself writing on a piece of paper while crafting my research about global warming during freshman year. Climate change is not the result of our advancements in the modern era but rather the man’s negligent use of Earth’s natural resources. We contribute to greenhouse gas emissions through our increased demands for goods, industries’ lack of concern for the environment, deforestation, etc. Rather than accepting these unfortunate circumstances, it sparked a new challenge for me to create a voice that would make people lean forward and listen to what I have to say and found it through art. It’s never too late to save the ocean. In my picture, I placed the smoke towards the glacier and placed two bears struggling to move upwards before the ice melts to uncover the truth about how carbon emissions by our society leads to the melting of glaciers, endangering the lives of its inhabitants. This results in the change in weather patterns and increase of sea levels which explains the chaotic waves forming. The rise in sea levels opens the risk of islands such as Tuvalu, Maldives, Fiji, etc. to sink. I used the Big Ben and Golden Gate Bridge to symbolize those islands that hold the same value. Many of us are oblivious to our effect on the world. You may not have even seen the skull that is surrounds the shadow. If you still can’t see it, look from a different perspective, and turn the picture upside down. Humanity is wicked; when will we see it? When will we change?