HELP SAVE THE WORLD

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Sustainable development is development that balances current needs with the needs of the future while making life better now and in the future. While investigating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, I learned of the many issues our world faces and found out some ways on how I can help. The goal I researched the most was Goal #14, Life Below Water. After examining this, I have found out that overfishing and pollution of marine life are major problems our world faces. By simply not littering near oceans or on land, I will be helping the UN achieve this goal. I know I will be very careful to recycle things like plastic, which is a major pollutant of our oceans. I have already started to recycle more. Goal #5 is Gender Equality and I realize that I can also take action on this. I can help voice the awareness of this on social media. Also, I can encourage girls and boys to be friends with each other and work together cooperatively instead of against each other like it’s a competition among gender and which is better. Each person is an individual and women’s rights need to be more recognized around the world. I hope to help take a stand for equal rights for women. Someday, I hope to be able to donate or work with the UNDP or Empower to help fight violence against women. Goal #3 is

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Good Health and Well Being and ensuring healthy lives for all people is key to a happy and peaceful world. I feel this is the most important goal and by having universal health coverage so all people can have access to doctors and treatments is very important. Without good health, everything else is harder to achieve. I keep myself healthy by eating well and exercising and my parents are able to take me to doctor appointments as needed. I donate canned foods when I can and I would like to teach health someday because I think it’s crucial to all people. By donating food and money, and learning more about health and the rest of the world, it really has opened up my eyes. I did not realize the large amount of people, of all age ranges, with health problems. I plan to make you tube videos to reach out to other kids and teach them about nutrients and exercise and how we need to take care of ourselves before we can take care of our world. I also have asked my mom if I’m up to date on my vaccinations, because if everyone gets vaccinated, public health will benefit. Not only that, but every summer, I make a lemonade stand and save the money. I hope to save up enough money within the next two years to make a decent size donation to an organization that supports healthy lives. I think I can have a small influence on the world, but if every person makes small contributions, we can come together to reach many of the UN Sustainable Development goals.