Hello, beautiful world.

(P) This is a short, little quick post. The weather, for April, has been sporadic and unusual, I’ve been caught out in downpours, witnessed the brightest snowy sunset, and seen he rain turn into hail with one icy blow of wind.

It’s chaotic, and I love that.

I love the chaos and the unpredictability. It’s beautiful and reminds me of the power our world actually has and that power results in such beauty. There’s so much out there for us to witness and see: Aurora Borealis- caused by charged electrons interacting with our atmosphere, resulting in beautiful light displays; the grand canyon- formed billions of years ago by fast flowing rivers carving their way through Vegas and The Great Barrier Reef- built by many tiny marine animals secreting certain minerals.

We are incredibly lucky that we live in a world with beauty all around is and it’s important we take the time out to witness them. You only live once (cheese!) but it’s true, if I thought I would never go and see some of these things, I’d be devastated, so get out there and do some travelling! Explore and be intrigued and marvel out this planet.

This brings me on to my final world about protecting the environment. It’s thought that coral bleaching has reached 75%. This occurs due to an increase in temperature of the sea causing the coral to expel the algae which protects it and gives it it’s colour. This can be reversed, by the sea temperatures lowering again, but we need to do more to combat global warming. Millions of marine animals would die without the coral reefs and we’d lose a great phenomena.

The dead sea is also at threat, it’s reduced in size by a third, 80 square feet, as more and more people tap into the Jordan River, the only one which feeds into it. This depletion is made worse as more and more cosmetic companies drain parts of the sea to harvest it’s minerals. Sadly, the only solution to this has been refused for fear of increasing seismic activity.

Finally, The Tahuamanu rainforest, home to so many endangered species such as jaguars, ocelots and giant otters, it also has the world’s largest salt lick which parrots and toucans feed off. But illegal logging is depleting the rainforest, which has the oldest mahogany trees in, for pursuit of money, the US buying 80% of the mahogany farmed out. Mercury and other dangerous toxins are also being released into the air and the rivers killing aquatic life, as a result of gold mining.

ere are so many more I could talk about, the poles melting, Ranthambore national park, The Yangtze river and the Everglades. It’s promising as more is being done to combat global warming and people are becoming more conscious of their eco footprint, but still more is needed to be done. We can’t keep using and abusing and expecting these wonderful things to remain forever.

Think not for yourself, but for others.

P xo.